MBL Distinguished Scientist Mitch Sogin talks about microbial diversity in this feature from Mongabay.com. By Ian Morse Scientists are clear: the number of plant and animal species on Earth is declining. The climate crisis, habitat loss, pollution and the illegal wildlife trade are all pushing species toward extinction. Researchers especially worry that losing too much
MBL Senior Scientist Joseph Vallino chats marine microorganisms, ocean chemistry, and thermodynamics with the Future Tech Health Podcast team. By: Future Tech Health Podcast At the Marine Biological Laboratory, Senior Scientist Joseph Vallino is researching how microbes impact the chemistry of the ocean. He joins the podcast to discuss his work in the field of
Reporting for this story was made possible by an MBL Logan Science Journalism Program “Chicago Fellowship” to Kathiann Kowalski. By Kathiann Kowalski CHICAGO, Ill. — Science detectives are following new clues in their quest to stop a killer — malaria. The disease claimed the lives of roughly 429,000 people in 2015 alone, according to the
George A. O’Toole of Dartmouth College, incoming co-director of the MBL Microbial Diversity course, writes about changes (and constancies) in the study of microbiology on the “Small Things Considered” blog. For the past 4 years I have been serving as a faculty instructor for the Microbial Diversity Course at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole. I noticed something striking