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Resource Provides Critical Data for a Sustainable Blue Economy

03-24-2026

As new stewards of the National Ocean Economics Program, Bigelow Laboratory aims to create an accessible resource that integrates environmental and social data to inform economic growth, ocean forecasting, and marine policy.

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Registration for BLOOM Educators Opens — and Expands to New Hampshire

03-23-2026

With new curriculum resources and a geographic expansion, the program aims to give more teachers the knowledge, confidence, and tools to bring ocean and aquatic sciences into their classrooms.

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Reconstructing Food Webs to Reveal a Dynamic Gulf of Maine

03-20-2026

With a unique combination of tools and datasets stretching back decades, a multi-institutional team is developing a holistic picture of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem to better understand how energy moves and what’s driving change in the ocean.

New Study Traces how Cells Learned to Live Without Oxygen

03-13-2026

Using single-cell genomics, scientists have discovered an unusual lineage of microbes in the low-oxygen sediments of Maine’s muddy coast, providing new insight into the evolution of the cellular structures that fuel complex life.