Biological oceanography S’not your typical carbon capture This mucus-making microbe deploys a snotty strategy for cycling carbon in the ocean. Reference: Larsson, M.E., Bramucci, A.R., Collins, S.…
Microbiology The more (food) the merrier (polar marine fungi) Ever considered foraging for fungi in the Antarctic? What about in Antarctic waters? Dr. Barone and scientists discover deep-sea benthic…
Microbiology What’s out there?: Bacteria off the coast of India It is a perennial thought for everyone out in nature, “what’s out there”? Today, we take a look at the…
Sea Ice Melting ice, shifting microbes Polar bears have been the poster child for sea ice melting in the Arctic. But what does sea ice loss…
Microbiology The ocean’s tiny, mysterious majority The earth has more viruses than the universe has stars - but we know far less about our tiny majority…
Microbiology Toxic living: finding the right home for sulfur-oxidizing bacteria Hydrothermal vents are hot, dark, and toxic environments. But to sulfur oxidizing bacteria, they're home.
Ocean Acidification Stressed-out microbes in an acidifying ocean The ocean is acidifying in response to carbon dioxide emissions, but we are just beginning to learn how this effects…
Biogeochemistry Microbiology Methane on the dinner menu Bacteria in coastal waters can eat methane, a greenhouse gas - but just how much and how fast can they…
Biogeochemistry Funny happenings in the tropical Pacific Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas made by environmental microbes. In the ocean, microbes making this greenhouse gas live…