Jul 14, 2023
A marine heatwave is a period of unusually high ocean temperatures and is defined by its duration and intensity. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) defines a marine heat wave as a period with persistent and unusually warm ocean temperatures,...
Jul 11, 2023
There is a new opinion piece by Jenna Flemma, the Director of the Ocean Defense Initiative, in the Summer issue of ECO Magazine about the importance of the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act coastal restoration investments that will...
Jun 28, 2023
The Business of Feeding the World According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, approximately 4.5 billion people get a significant source of their daily protein intake from fish. But that doesn’t mean billions of people are going down to...
Jun 14, 2023
Among all the ocean sciences, marine biology is one of the most popular among high school students. We are not sure if this is because of all the ocean sciences, it is the one typically offered at the high school level, or because students think being a marine...
May 24, 2023
Technology Comes Alive Biotechnology, simply put, is technology that utilizes the biological systems found in living organisms (or the living organisms themselves) to develop and make new commercial products. While cutting-edge developments in areas such as cloning...
Apr 10, 2023
The Environmental Defense Fund recently posted an Expert Q & A, which is a must-read for anyone interested in ocean sustainability issues. Read answers from: Matthew Thompson, Aquaculture Programs Manager at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life (New England...
