Marine Sciences News Archives
The role of salps in the Southern Ocean: posted 2008-03-19 11:12:27
Read the cruise diary of Paola Batta Lona, a UConn PhD students. Paola is at sea on the Norwegian vessel, GO SARS, in the Southern Ocean.
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Mystic Aquarium, UConn partnership receives $500,000 grant (Norwich Bulletin): posted 2008-03-19 11:12:25
A new $500,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), one of only four awarded in the country, will enable UConn and collaborating partners to train graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in a rapidly emerging field, oceans and human health.
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Highly Cited Article: posted 2008-03-19 11:12:21
The article "The Case for Atmospheric Mercury Contamination in Remote Areas" is a highly cited article (Fitzgerald, W. F.; Engstrom, D. R.; Mason, R. P.; Nater, E. A.). The article is being featured on the ACS Publications website as a "Highly Cited Paper" as defined by Thomson Scientific (ISI) Essential Science Indicators.
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Attack of the Jellies (Popsci.com): posted 2008-03-12 09:07:50
"The number of occurrences, their duration and geographical extent—all of those are exceptional," says University of Connecticut zoologist Ann Bucklin, who is heading up the count of zooplankton—marine animals that drift with currents—for the Census of Marine Life, an international effort to count all ocean animal species by 2010 (jellyfish are one type of zooplankton). "It appears to be outside the normal variation that we've seen in the past," she adds. "The [zooplankton] blooms seem to be dramatically more severe than they used to be."
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Grant to support training in oceans, human health (Advance): posted 2008-03-10 15:09:56
A new $500,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), one of only four in the country, will enable UConn and collaborating partners to train graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in a rapidly emerging field, oceans and human health.
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Focus the Nation (The Day): posted 2008-02-13 15:38:00
Connecticut College in New London and the Avery Point campus of the University of Connecticut in Groton are joining about 1,600 other schools and colleges across the country this week in “Focus the Nation” events to inspire action to address climate change.
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Geologist joins international study of earthquakes (Advance): posted 2008-01-30 14:59:03
Tim Byrne, associate professor of marine sciences, will spend six weeks on a Japanese research vessel to learn more about what causes earthquakes.
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Mystery at Sea (Smithsonian): posted 2008-01-10 14:03:03
How mercury gets into tuna and other fish in the ocean has scientists searching from the coast to the floor.
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New study shows fish respond quickly to changes in mercury deposition (ENN): posted 2008-01-02 11:24:37
Reducing atmospheric mercury emissions should quickly reduce mercury levels in lake fish, according to a three-year study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The study showed that an increase in mercury loading at rates relevant to atmospheric deposition resulted in a significant increase in methylmercury production and accumulation in fish in only three years.
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Wetlands Are Major Obstacle For Route 11 (The Day): posted 2007-12-03 10:22:02
Both the EPA and the federal Fish & Wildlife Service steadfastly hold that better alternatives exist, like widening and adding turning lanes to Route 85 and redoing the intersection with Route 82. They argue that would sufficiently ease the traffic and safety problems Route 11 is supposed to fix, and do far less damage to intact wetlands.
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