Highlights

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Tracking Trash on Texas Beaches

The scientists use old-fashion hard-work to collect that marine debris to count all of the items in the survey area. Credit: Jace Tunnell.Ecologists with the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve recently received a $51,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Monday, 09 November 2015

Putting the Science into the Port Aransas Science Fair

The 2015 Science Fair at the H.G. Olsen Elementary School in Port Aransas was a success. Credit: Matt Khosh, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute.Last week was the Port Aransas Science Fair, which was a culmination of six weeks of...

Friday, 06 November 2015

Blue Carbon in Our Own Backyard

Workshop participants learned about wetlands and how the carbon stored here is being used in the carbon market and GHG offset credits. Credit: Jace Tunnell, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute. PORT ARANSAS, Texas – Did you know that the...

Thursday, 05 November 2015

Around Campus with Venus Mills

We sat down with Venus to talk about who she is and why she bloomed where she was planted.Position: Administrative Associate, but “I love the title of secretary” Tell me a little bit about yourself.I like to say that I bloomed...

Tuesday, 03 November 2015

End to an Icy Field Season

The 2015 field team from the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, and University of California - Santa Cruz. Credit: Lee Fuiman.Dr. Lee Fuiman and his research team just returned to from the Antarctic where they were conducting experiments to understand...