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Seaweed may be a winner in a warming world

By ⋅ May 4, 2018 ⋅ Post a comment

Have you ever thought about ocean critters that might benefit from climate change? Hernández et al. collected six species of seaweed to investigate who might thrive in the warmer, more acidic waters of the future. Read more to see if any seaweed species were winners! Victoria TreadawayI am a PhD candidate at the Graduate School […]

Marine Halloween: Crabs Dress Up To Trick-or-Treat

By ⋅ October 31, 2017 ⋅ Post a comment

Dressing up is a Halloween tradition. In the ocean, some animals ‘dress up’ to trick their predators or go unnoticed by their treats (prey).  Read more about how these creeping crabs get into the Halloween spirit year round. Megan ChenI graduated with a Masters of Coastal & Marine Management from the University of Akureyri in […]

An Ocean in Your Beer

By ⋅ March 17, 2017 ⋅ 2 comments

This St. Patrick’s Day, think outside the green beer and whiskey and try an ocean-inspired beer! Didn’t know there were beers brewed with ocean life? Read on to learn more about how our oceans and your beer are intertwined. Erin McLeanHi and welcome to oceanbites! I recently finished my master’s degree at URI, focusing on […]

Diversity and its role in combating the effects of climate change

By ⋅ October 3, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

In the battle against climate change, ecosystems need to get down with diversity. Gordon OberPostdoctoral Researcher, Claremont McKenna College I am currently a postdoc at Keck Sciences, Claremont McKenna College. I work with Dr. Sarah Gilman, measuring and modeling energy budgets in intertidal species. I am a climate scientist and marine community ecologist and my […]

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