May 25, 2013

MBL Scientist and Nobel Prize Winner Osamu Shimomura Elected to National Academy of Sciences

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Contact: Gina Hebert 508-289-7725; ghebert@mbl.edu MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA—Dr. Osamu Shimomura, a Distinguished Scientist and Corporation member at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has been elected to The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), an honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research. The achievement, considered one of the highest honors in American [...]

Long-Term Tundra Warming Study Yields Unexpected Results; Provides Insight into Ecosystem’s Resiliency

New Sculpture, “Flukes,” Graces Waterfront Park

Gordon Gund's "Flukes" is an abstract form inspired by the shape of a whale's tail.

The MBL’s Waterfront Park in Woods Hole was enhanced this week with the installation of “Flukes,” a cast-bronze sculpture generously donated to the MBL by the artist, Gordon Gund of Princeton, New Jersey. The sculpture was inspired by an encounter Gund had with pilot whales one summer on Nantucket Island. A pod of whales had [...]

MBL to Present 125th Anniversary Concert, July 7

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Contact: Gina Hebert 508-289-7725; ghebert@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, MA—In celebration of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s 125th Anniversary, the public is invited to a special MBL Anniversary Concert featuring Curtis On Tour, a program of the Philadelphia-based Curtis Institute of Music, on Sunday, July 7 at 7:00 PM in the Lillie Auditorium, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole. [...]

MBL Awards Science Journalism Fellowships

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Printable version (pdf) Contact: Andrea Early 508-289-7652; aearly@mbl.edu WOODS HOLE, MA – Twelve science journalists have been awarded Logan Science Journalism Fellowships from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), an internationally known biomedical and environmental research and educational center located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Now in its 27th year, the MBL’s Logan Science [...]

Deep, Permeable Soils Buffer Impacts of Agricultural Fertilization on Streams and Rivers in Southern Amazon, MBL Study Finds

Rain over a soybean field at Tanguro Ranch in the Upper Xingu watershed, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Intensive crop farming in the Amazon depends on regular rainfall, but lower amounts of water returned to the atmosphere from cropland compared with forest has the potential to change rainfall amount and timing over large areas. Credit: Christopher Neill, MBL

Contact:  Diana Kenney, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) 508-289-7139; dkenney@mbl.edu Printable version (pdf) WOODS HOLE, Mass.—The often damaging impacts of intensive agriculture on nearby streams, rivers, and their wildlife has been well documented in temperate zones, such as North America and Europe. Yet a new study in an important tropical zone—the fast-changing southern Amazon, a region [...]

Shorebird Migration Documentary Featured at MBL Falmouth Forum Season Finale, April 26

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Printable version (pdf) MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA—Wildlife photographer Shawn Carey will share his film “Epic Journeys: A Documentary of Shorebird Migration” at the final presentation of the 2012-2013 MBL Falmouth Forum season on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 PM at the MBL’s Lillie Auditorium, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole. The event, co-sponsored by The 300 [...]

Great White Sharks in New England: “Jaws” or Treasure? Shark Expert To Give Talk for Kids at MBL, April 18

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MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA— Shark expert Dr. Greg Skomal, author of The Shark Handbook, and senior fisheries expert with Massachusetts Marine Fisheries, will give a free talk for grade-school students titled “The Great White Shark in New England: Jaws or Wildlife Treasure?” on Thursday, April 18at 3:00 PM in the MBL’s (Marine Biological Laboratory) Lillie [...]

National Book Award Winner Julia Glass To Share Writing Process at MBL Falmouth Forum, April 5

Printable version (pdf) CONTACT: Susan Joslin, Marine Biological Laboratory, 508-289-7281; sjoslin@mbl.edu MBL, WOODS HOLE, MA— Novelist Julia Glass, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, will discuss her writing life during the lecture, “Inside the Head of a Novelist,” Friday, April 5at 7:30 PM in the MBL’s Lillie Auditorium 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole. [...]

Deep Carbon Observatory Releases Volume, “Carbon on Earth”