• Nitrogen Cycling in the Warming Coastal Arctic

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    The School of Marine Sciences presents Dr. Deborah Bronk President and CEO Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Deborah Bronk became the President and CEO of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean […]

  • The Win-win of Putting Marine Science to Work for Community Sustainability

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    Polycom availability with Darling Marine Center, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and Bigelow Laboratories. School of Marine Sciences presents Dr. Heather Deese Executive Vice President – Island Institute People who […]

  • Right Whale Conservation and the Management of the American Lobster Fishery

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    The School of Marine Sciences presents Dr. Erin Summers Director, Division of Biological Monitoring Maine Department of Marine Resources The  North  Atlantic  right  whale  experienced  an  unprecedented  mortality  event  in  2017  with  the  loss  of  3%  of  the  population through entanglements in fixed fishing gear and ship strikes. New studies are confirming that this endangered […]

  • Species Invasions and Rapid Adaptation in the Sea

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    Dr. Carolyn Tepolt Assistant Scientist - Biology Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Biological invasions are agents of significant and ongoing global environmental change, and can have devastating ecological and economic consequences. […]

  • Toward a Global Tipping Point for Sustainable Fisheries

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    Dr. Jake Kritzer Director, Boston Environmental Defense Fund Seen by many as the biggest threat to healthy ocean ecosystems, curbing overfishing has become a priority focus for many actors spanning […]

  • Rapid Warming and Salinity Changes in the Gulf of Maine Alter Surface Ocean Carbonate Parameters and Hide Ocean Acidification

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    The School of Marine Sciences presents Dr. Joseph Salisbury University of New Hampshire A  profound  warming  event  in  the  Gulf  of  Maine  (GOM)  during the  last  decade  has  caused sea surface temperatures (SST) to rise to levels 2 solubility and, in turn, the status  of  the  sea  surface  carbonate  system.  When  combined  with the concomitant  increase in sea […]