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BLUE On Tour
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —An inspiring new environmental film festival is set to make waves in Corpus Christi this Saturday. The BLUE On Tour Film Festival will be screened for the first time ever in Corpus Christi January 23, 2016 at the...
Seeing Red
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill spanned 87 days during which approximately 4 million barrels of crude oil were released into the northern Gulf of Mexico; making it the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history. British Petroleum soon after committed $500...
Ken Dunton receives prestigious 2016 Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education
The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, or ALSO, is the leading professional organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science. It formed over 60 years ago and is best known for its journals and its interdisciplinary...
From Sea to Dune
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) funds a new “Dunescape” in Port Aransas and a Sea-level Monitoring Program in Aransas Bay. Both projects will be implemented and managed by the Mission-Aransas Reserve at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute...
Reading between the lines – clams and climate
Students at the workshop competed in two teams to see who could correctly identify clams to the descriptions and pictures in Norman Tebble’s 1976 classic British Bivalve Seashells. Credit: Courtesy photo, ARAMACC.Some scientists can pick up a seemingly obscure clam and...
Seeley awarded conference travel funds
During the conference, Matt will present his work on the habitat use and trophic structure in Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) using geochemical proxies in scales. Credit: Matt Seeley, UTMSI.Matt Seeley, a graduate student, was recently awarded travel funds from the Southern...
So Many Activities, So Little Time
Are you visiting Port Aransas or Rockport this winter? We have many opportunities for you to learn and enjoy the wonders of our marine environment. You won't be disappointed! Wetlands Education Center ToursDid you ever want to visit and learn...
Happy Holidays
Season's greeting from The University of Texas Marine Science Institute. We hope your holidays will be filled with joy and laughter through the New Year!
Student Spotlight: Christina Bonsell
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Ken Dunton Research Area: Ecology (phycology) Christina Bonsell and Dr. Ken Dunton model with their research subject the kelp Laminaria solidungula. Credit: Ted Dunton, UTMSI. Please tell us a little bit about your research project. Kelp is an important...
Professor Ken Dunton featured in painting selected by U.S. State Department
Artist Bob Selby captures the collaboration of ecologists and the U.S. Coast Guard in the pursuit of knowledge in the vast Arctic Ocean. The painting “Chukchi Reach” received the 2014 George Gray Award and it is on view at the residence...
Annual Library Arts and Crafts Holiday Party
There was a wide variety of art from very talented UTMSI staff and friends. Credit: Liz DeHart, UTMSI. Dr. Steve Lanoux, Assistant Director Operations, (left) received the 2015 Environmental Hero Award. Presented by Jace Tunnell, Mission-Aransas Reserve Director, and Katie Swanson,...
Tony Amos awarded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2014 Recovery Champion
Tony Amos is the Director of the Animal Rehabilitation Keep at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, which promotes stewardship of our oceans by rescuing and releasing rehabilitated sea turtles and marine birds back to the wild. Credit: Theta Kenney,...
Read About Our Latest Activities
The fourth quarter edition of Marine Science News 2015 is out. Check out the newsletter for our latest activities (September through November). Happy Holidays! Download the PDF version.
In Search of Spawning Aggregations in the Sea of Cortez
Story courtesy of Dr. Andrew Johnson, The Gulf of California Marine Program at SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography (SIO) University of California San DiegoAndrew Johnson, Alfredo Barroso, Brad Erisman, David Ivan Castro and Timothy Rowell pose for a photo following a long reef dive....
What it Means to be a Sentinel Site
Researchers with the Mission-Aransas Reserve at UTMSI are understanding how changes to sea level affect our marshes, mangroves and seagrass WHY The primary focus of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System’s Sentinel Site Program is to understand changes in sea level...
Climate change likely to increase black carbon input to the Arctic Ocean - Jim McClelland joins UGA in recent study
Story courtesy of Mike Sullivan, University of Georgia University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Aron Stubbins led a team of researchers, including Professor James McClelland from UTMSI, to determine the levels of black carbon in Arctic rivers and found that the...
Coastal Bend Bays Foundation Honors Marine Scientists
Several researchers at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute were recognized tonight at the 13th Annual Conservation & Environmental Stewardship Awards Banquet hosted by the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation. Pictured left to right: Scott Holt and Ken Dunton were dual...
Shuting Liu receives Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship
Shuting Liu, a Ph.D. student with Dr. Zhanfei Liu, received the spring 2016 Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship. Her research seeks to understand how small microorganisms decompose organic matter in coastal seawater. Want to learn more? Check out her recent manuscripts.
It’s been a NOAA November
UTMSI Director, Dr. Robert Dickey.UTMSI Director, Dr. Robert Dickey, participated in several advisory panels for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this month. Dr. Dickey has been a member of the NOAA Restoration Science Program Advisory Working Group since its inception....The University of Texas
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