BML in the News

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October 28, 2009, Science, Nature, BBC News: BML researchers are studying how marine organisms may respond to climate change. A new research article by Pincebourde, Sanford, and Helmuth examines how sea stars cope with a warming world and is highlighted in the journals Science "Natural Coolant", Nature “Chill out” and the BBC News “Starfish pump up to cool down”.

September 13, 2009: Press Democrat Editorial: Sea Sick: Rising acid levels, floating trash are signs of oceans in peril

September 11, 2009: AAAS Pacific Division Meeting: Researchers Detail Mounting Perils for San Francisco Bay

September 6, 2009, Press Democrat: Bodega Bay scientists weigh impact of ocean acid levels on shellfish

August 19, 2009, Nature: Biological diversity- the number of species in an ecosystem- is threatened globally, and BML researchers are trying to understand the consequences of these diversity changes for how marine ecosystems work. Their efforts to make biodiversity research more relevant to real-world systems have been highlighted in a recent news feature in the journal Nature: "Biodiversity: Rack and Field"

August 14, 2009, San Francisco Chronicle: "Snails threaten Tomales Bay Olympia oysters"

August 10, 2009, Science Daily: "Invasive Species Threaten Critical Habitats, Oyster Among Victims"

July 8, 2009, PNAS: "Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems"

June 29 2009, Nature: "Vital marine habitat under threat - Destruction of seagrass on a par with loss of rainforests and coral reefs"

November 4 2008, KQED: Cosco Busan Oil Spill, One Year Later, BML Faculty Gary Cherr addresses impact of hydrocarbons on herring embryos, listen:

August 2, 2007, "Bodega Bay Volunteers Remove Non-Native Crab"

February 14, 2007, KGO TV/ABC News, "Tracking Climate Change Through Ocean Currents"

January 29, 2007, California Aggie OnLine, "A Tour of the Bodega Marine Laboratory"

In Memoriam: Cadet Hammond Hand, Jr., Ph.D. Marine Zoologist, Professor, Mentor, and First Director of Bodega Marine Laboratory >

August 28, 2006, UC Davis News & Information: "Greenhouse Methane Released From Ice Age Ocean"

March 17, 2006, UC Davis News & Information: "Experts Call for Battle Against Invasive Species"

February 12, 2006, DateLine UC Davis: "Ocean, faculty await new wave of students" [PDF]