Sunday happiness: the Bertness Rock Anthem
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By , on September 9th, 2012 One comment   Pictures and Movies   , ,  

Mark Bertness’ salt marsh ecology lab at Brown University has a lengthy academic family tree – and in fact your friendly ocean bloggers Jarrett Byrnes, John Bruno, and yours truly are little twigs on it. So with that in mind, please enjoy this truly epic science music video from the latest Bertnessians, with a special . . . → Read More: Sunday happiness: the Bertness Rock Anthem

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Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosion
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By , on July 18th, 2012 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, New Research, Oil Spills, Uncategorized   , , , , ,  

Another oil spill study hot off the presses! This new Silliman et al. PNAS paper is looking at the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on heavily-impacted salt marsh ecosystems around Barataria Bay, Louisiana. In contrast to our own badass study looking at oil impacts on sandy Gulf Coast beaches, marshlands provide a . . . → Read More: Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosion

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