SMS incoming first year students Diving for Boot Camp
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Shedding Light on Arctic Marine Ecosystem Services – Field Report
SHEDDING LIGHT ON ARCTIC MARINE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES | FIELD REPORT Sentinel North International PhD School | July 12-24, 2018 The second edition of the Sentinel North International Ph.D School sets its course towards Baffin Bay in Nunavut, Canada. The team of 19 students and 22 mentors from 12 different universities have boarded the […]
Read moreMarine scientists to examine plankton in Pacific Ocean’s ‘twilight zone’
July 5, 2018 University of Maine scientists are part of an interdisciplinary research team equipped with advanced underwater robotics and analytical instrumentation that will set sail in August from Seattle to the northeastern Pacific Ocean. They’ll examine the life and death of plankton — microscopic organisms that are the base of the ocean food web […]
Read moreSea Vegetables Class (SMS 491) enjoying a dinner this spring
Enjoying a dinner of Sea Vegetables at Dr. Brawley’s home!!
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SMS students dive at Georgia Aquarium
Harriett (Hattie) Train – Undergraduate marine science student, expected graduation 2019 Colby Johns – Recent B.S. marine science graduate, 2015 Elisabeth Maxwell – Recent M.S. marine biology & marine policy graduate, 2017 Three SMS students recently (February 23, 2018) traveled to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, to dive in the Ocean Voyager exhibit. […]
Read moreTownsend leading research as part of NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
Research led by University of Maine Professor of Oceanography David Townsend is part of NOAA’s newly announced Ocean Acidification Program. Townsend is working in collaboration with UMaine School of Marine Sciences researchers Larry Mayer, Aaron Strong and Damian Brady; Joe Salisbury of the University of New Hampshire; and colleagues from Friends of Casco Bay, Northeast […]
Read moreMaine Sea Grant awards funds to four new research projects
The Maine Sea Grant College Program has awarded funds to faculty at the University of Maine and other research institutions statewide for four new projects representing nearly $1 million in research investment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and matching sources. Amanda Klemmer and Brian Olsen of UMaine’s School of Biology and Ecology will […]
Read moreClimate vulnerability and resilience in the most valuable North American fishery
Arnault Le Brisa, Katherine E. Mills, Richard A. Wahle, Yong Chen, Michael A. Alexander, Andrew J. Allyn, Justin G. Schuetz, James D. Scott, and Andrew J. Pershing *Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME 04101; School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, […]
Read moreState largely ignores role as seas grow more acidic
Despite a bipartisan recognition of a threat to Maine’s shellfish industry, leadership on the issue has fallen to a group of concerned volunteers. Pictured in Bath, Susie Arnold, a marine scientist at the Rockland-based Island Institute, is one of the leaders of the Maine Ocean and Coastal Acidification Partnership, a volunteer effort. Staff photo by […]
Read moreState largely ignores role as seas grow more acidic
Pictured in Bath, Susie Arnold, a marine scientist at the Rockland-based Island Institute, is one of the leaders of the Maine Ocean and Coastal Acidification Partnership, a volunteer effort. Staff photo by Gregory Rec Despite a bipartisan recognition of a threat to Maine’s shellfish industry, leadership on the issue has fallen to a group […]
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