A project to model favorable habitat areas for the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella is underwayin Washington's Puget Sound. Sediment from nearly 100 sites will be sampled during two cruises in January ...

Standing on the shores of Netarts Bay in Oregon on a sunny fall morning, it's hard to imagine that the fate of the oysters being raised here at the Whiskey ...

One of the greatest summertime headaches for western Lake Erie boaters and municipal water-treatment operators is back in full force. A huge bloom of potentially toxic microcystis algae, which has ...

Online social media tools have revolutionized communications. Facebook, You Tube, and Twitter are now commonplace in the private sector and increasingly being used by the federal government. These social media ...

The U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) program is making it possible for today's graduate students to learn about cutting-edge climate change research that will prepare them for careers in ...