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UMCES-led research cruise explores deep ocean in Atlantic
July 30, 2019
A University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science research cruise leaves for the deep Atlantic Ocean for a week of science at sea. Scientists will be sampling the depths of the ocean and analyzing bacterial diversity and function to better understand the marine carbon cycle in the ocean.

Four UMCES graduate students selected as Knauss Fellows
July 29, 2019
Four University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science graduate students have been named finalists of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program.

Sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship
July 1, 2019
New research published in Science finds that sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in a three-way symbiotic relationship.

Next Generation: Taylor Armstrong on controlling toxic algal blooms in lakes
June 28, 2019
"I will be looking at how we can control and mitigate harmful algal blooms in polluted lakes. I want to figure out what those chemicals being released by the barley are to simplify the process of combating harmful algal blooms."

UMCES graduates next generation of environmental science leaders
May 23, 2019
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s sixth annual Commencement ceremony was held on May 23 at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Southern Maryland and featured Commencement speaker Professor Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center.

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