Research Interests: My research explores the impact of marine microorganisms on the ocean. Marine microbes (i.e., phytoplankton, bacteria, viruses) account for >95% of all oceanic biomass and their dynamic activities…
Research Interests: My principal research interests lie in the cycling of metals, nutrients, carbon and sulfur as they relate to the Earth’s biogeochemical evolution. In my research I study chemical…
Bob Chant (left) has been awarded the 2015 Research Excellence Award. This award is given annually to faculty members and takes into account: Socio-economic significance of his/her research program Compatibility…
At the 107th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association Richard Lutz was inducted as an Honored Life Member. This is the highest honor bestowed by the Association and in…
The International Union for Quarternary Research has established the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal in recognition of the many contributions of Nick Shackleton, a giant in the field of Quaternary science.…
“We may be sitting on a precipice of a major extinction event.” That quote from a member of the research team that published “Marine Defaunation: Animal loss in the global…
Life's Engines How Microbes Made Earth Habitable | Princeton University Press For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms…
The Ocean Sciences Voyager Award is given in even-numbered years to mid-career scientist (8 to 20 years post-degree) in recognition of significant contributions and expanding leadership in ocean sciences. Significant…
Handbook of Sea-Level Research Professor Ian Shennan (Editor), Professor Antony J. Long (Editor), Dr Benjamin P. Horton (Editor) ISBN: 978-1-118-45258-5 600 pages March 2015, Wiley-Blackwell Measuring sea-level change – be…
A team of researchers reported Wednesday that the ocean did not rise quite as much as previously believed in the 20th century. They proposed a seemingly tiny adjustment that could…