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Bigelow Ocean Education & Innovation Center

On June 8, World Ocean Day, Bigelow Laboratory announced an initiative to create a transformative new center.

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Research Technician Hannah Sterling collects water samples

August Spill Prompts Expanded PFAS Monitoring in Casco Bay

12-26-2024

Since last summer, scientists have been monitoring PFAS across Casco Bay — providing valuable insight into what are “normal” levels and how these forever chemicals behave in coastal waters — to inform response to a recent accidental pollutant spill.

Scientists monitoring data in the control room during the Octopus Odyssey

Program Works to Cultivate a Network of Deep-Sea Diplomats

12-19-2024

COBRA, the Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator project, aims to build relationships between scientists — and with policy makers — to encourage science-based decision-making as human activity in the deep ocean intensifies.

FIELD NOTES: Panama

12-12-2024

Postdoctoral Scientist Sara Swaminathan is part of a new, multi-institutional team working to understand how the feeding preferences of algae-foraging fish, which help maintain the ecological balance of coral reefs, may shift as those reefs degrade.

From Idea to Innovation

12-10-2024

Scientists at Bigelow Laboratory know there are nearly limitless possibilities hidden in the world of algae, and they have bold ideas to tap into that potential for drug discovery, food security, climate change mitigation, and many more applications.