Colleen Petrik is an assistant professor of biological oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. She received her bachelor’s degree in marine science and biology from the ...

Biological oceanography examines the distribution, abundance and interactions of marine life and how these dynamics drive ecosystem processes and global biogeochemical cycles. At its core is the study ...

Clarissa Anderson is the Director of the Southern California Coastal Observing System (SCCOOS) and the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Systems (CIMEAS) at Scripps ...

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Professor Ezekiel Okwemwa, a Nobel Laureate on environmental matters, who succumbed after a long battle with Cancer, will be buried on December 8. The researcher in Biological Oceanography is a ...

Growing up in the small town of Shelton, Wash., Professor Bruce C. Monger, earth and atmospheric sciences, always enjoyed the outdoors. Monger did not think about becoming an oceanographer or ...

The University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography is one of the nation’s preeminent oceanography schools. Dean Paula Bontempi is leading the school’s newer focus on climate issues and ...

According to Penry's theory, phytoplankton produce organic matter. ...

Domoic acid is a potent neurotoxin produced by several species within the diatom genus Pseudo‐nitzschia. Its occurrence in marine food webs poses significant risks to both wildlife and human health, ...