Highlights

Thursday, 03 December 2015

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...

Thursday, 03 December 2015

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...

Wednesday, 02 December 2015

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...

Wednesday, 02 December 2015

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.  

Monday, 30 November 2015

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....