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Congratulations to Emily Slesinger who has been elected for the 2021 University and Louis Bevier Fellowship Award

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Launches Buoys to Collect Essential Atmospheric, Cold Pool, Animal Migration Data

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores) announced the launch of two buoys that will collect critical atmospheric and weather data, and track the migration of species…

Congratulations to Heidi Yeh on defending her PhD Thesis Proposal

Graduate student Heidi Yeh successfully defending her PhD Thesis Proposal this morning on the topic of "The Oyster Microbiome in Sickness and in Health."

“Ghost Forests” Expanding Along Northeast U.S. Coast

Higher groundwater levels from sea-level rise and increased flooding are likely the most important factors Why are “ghost forests” filled with dead trees expanding along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England…

Scientists’ findings suggest corals will withstand climate change

Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn’t know how they…

Congratulations to Jessica Valenti who has been awarded a School of Graduate Studies Merit and Achievement Award

Congratulations to Jessica Valenti who has been awarded the School of Graduate Studies Merit and Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership and Teaching. This award recognizes Jessica’s excellent leadership and…

Slocum Glider “Silbo” Circumnavigates the Atlantic Ocean – Part 3

This episode is the third in a four-part series on "Silbo", Teledyne Webb Research's autonomous underwater glider that recently made the first ever circumnavigation of the Atlantic Ocean by an…

Theodore Thompson

As a young Bahamian, I was always within walking distance to the beach. However, my interest in marine science did not begin until I moved to the outer Island of…

Sea-Level Rise in 20th Century Was Fastest in 2,000 Years Along Much of East Coast

The rate of sea-level rise in the 20th century along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast was the fastest in 2,000 years, and southern New Jersey had the fastest rates,…

Congratulations to Dr. Chuning Wang for Successfully Defending his PhD Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Chuning Wang for completing his Ph.D. on the topic of Modeling Buoyancy - Driven Circulation in an Idealized Tidewater Glacier Fjord.