Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science continue to monitor the algal blooms that have been discoloring Chesapeake Bay waters during the last few weeks. These “red tides” occur in the lower Bay every summer, but have appeared earlier and across a wider area than in years past, likely due to last winter’s warmth and this summer’s heat.
Celebration of 50 years of human seafloor habitation could mark last use of “America's Inner Space Station.”
Recent surveys by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) reveal an unprecedented number of young scallops in two fishery management areas off the mid-Atlantic coast. The results bode well for the continued success of the commercial fishery.
On the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, a pair of researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science are using a 1-year, $350,000 contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior to test whether sound waves can be used to determine the size of oil droplets in the subsea—knowledge that could help guide the use of chemical dispersants during the cleanup of future spills.
Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is a co-editor of “Valuing the Ocean” a major new study by an international team of scientists and economists that attempts to measure the ocean’s monetary value and to tally the costs and savings associated with human decisions affecting ocean health.
A large group of researchers gathered at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to integrate and refine field measurements and computer models of carbon cycling in the waters along the U.S. East Coast.
Governor Bob McDonnell and the Science Museum of Virginia have named Chancellor Professor John Milliman of the College of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science as one of Virginia’s Outstanding Scientists for 2012.
The American Geophysical Union recognizes VIMS professor Deborah Steinberg for her ocean research with one of its highest awards.
New discoveries in “marine forensics” by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will allow federal seafood agents to ensure that the blue marlin sold in U.S. seafood markets were not taken from the Atlantic Ocean. Regulation of Atlantic blues reflects overfishing and a troubling drop in population.
Researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science are working with commercial fishermen to collect and share fisheries data in a cooperative venture to build trust and foster sustainable and profitable fisheries in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.
Eleven research teams from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have received funding from NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office to study species that play an important role in the Bay’s ecology, commercial fisheries, and recreational angling.
A new partnership between the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Watermen's Museum in historic Yorktown Virginia lets schoolchildren use robotic subs to study shipwrecks from last major battle of the American Revolution.
Preliminary results from a 2011 survey conducted by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) reveals a strong class of young-of-year striped bass will enter the adult population in 2012. That's good news for anglers and the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
Researchers with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will embark on October 15 for a 3-and-a-half-week visit to sturgeon collaborators and collections at natural history museums in Russia, Romania; and France. The ultimate goal of the collaborative international study is to resolve the tangled classification of this ancient and threatened group of fishes in order to make more informed conservation decisions.
Coastal residents ask about the strange flotsam they've found atop waterways and strewn along beaches.
Data from the Tidewatch observational network and real-time computer simulations at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science show that peak water levels in Chesapeake Bay during Hurricane Irene were—with the exception of one tide station—slightly lower than in either Hurricane Isabel (2003) or the “Nor’Ida” storm of November 2009.
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International—AUVSI—has named professor Mark Patterson of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science as the winner of its inaugural “Member of the Year” award.
A global study by an international team including professor John Graves of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science quantifies the threat to tuna and billfish populations around the world.
Sport Fishing magazine has chosen professor John Graves of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science as one of five winners of its inaugural Making a Difference awards.
Development of disease resistance among Chesapeake Bay oysters calls for a shift in oyster-restoration strategies within the Bay and its tributaries. That’s according to a new study by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
A study led by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that jellyfish can drastically alter marine food webs by shunting food energy from fish toward bacteria.
A team of 21 researchers from 11 nations has completed the first-ever study of the risk of extinction for individual seagrass species around the world. The 4-year study, requested by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), shows that 10 of the 72 known seagrass species (14%) are at an elevated risk of extinction, while 3 species qualify as endangered.
“TerpSearch” survey could lead to more effective management of human activities that contribute to mortality of diamondback terrapins.
Tests of a new antibody-based “biosensor” developed by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science show that it can detect marine pollutants like oil much faster and more cheaply than current technologies. The device is small and sturdy enough to be used from a boat.
A new VIMS study shows that turbulence from boat propellers can and does kill large numbers of copepods—tiny crustaceans that are an important part of marine food webs.
A joint study between local oyster growers and researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggests that moving farmed oysters into saltier waters just prior to harvest nearly eliminates the presence of a bacterium that can sicken humans.
An international research team finds that loss of plant biodiversity disrupts the fundamental services that ecosystems provide to humanity.
Professor Elizabeth Canuel of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is among 20 environmental scientists awarded a prestigious Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship for 2011.
A new study by an international team including professor Mark Luckenbach of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that the decline of oyster reefs is a global problem. The team's analysis shows that oyster reefs are at less than 10% of their prior abundance in 70% of the 144 bays studied around the world.
Researchers with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have set two Antarctic firsts by successfully deploying an underwater glider at 77° south and diving beneath the Ross Ice Shelf.
They share a first name and a passion for oceanography, but beginning in late January, professors Deborah Bronk and Deborah Steinberg of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will be polar opposites—literally. Bronk is scheduled to arrive in Barrow Alaska on January 25th to lead a team studying the Arctic coastal ecosystem. Steinberg will be leading her own team into their fourth week of shipboard research in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula.
A new study of sea-level trends by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science brings both good and bad news to localities concerned with coastal inundation and flooding along the shores of Chesapeake Bay.
Researchers with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science identify “alien pod” in local lake as a very large colony of freshwater bryozoans—aka "moss animals."
Professor Emmett Duffy of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has received a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a global experimental network for studying how changes in biodiversity impact seagrass beds.
A new study co-authored by professor Kam Tang of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveals that tiny aquatic organisms known as "water fleas" play an important role in carrying hitchhiking bacteria to lake and ocean habitats that are otherwise inaccessible due to stratified density boundaries. For organisms as small as bacteria, the boundary between water masses of different temperature and salinity may as well be a brick wall. Hitching a ride on larger zooplankton helps them break through to greener pastures.
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