Recent Blog Posts

Recent Posts
“Wait, you still eat fish?” and other things marine science students are tired of hearing
by Grace Teranishi, MLML Ichthyology Lab As marine scientists and scientists-in-training, we at MLML know we dodged a bullet in the decision against pursuing a career in, say, medicine—a path that inevitably leads to …Read More »MLML Climate Collective (MCC): Addressing the climate crisis with collective action
by Taylor Azizeh and Basil Darby, MLML Vertebrate Ecology Lab and MLML Physical Oceanography Lab These days, “climate change” seems like a buzzword in many settings. However, the rapid and devastating effects of an anthropogenically-shifting …Read More »Does science have market value? Understanding the influence of science on the economy
by Jason Gonsalves, MLML Physical Oceanography Lab Eco-consciousness at first seems like an individual choice without wider implications. Working with Green Seal this past summer revealed the attachment of this behavior to anentire market …Read More »Fourteen students defend thesis research in 2021!
By Emily Montgomery, MLML Phycology Lab 2021 was a complex year to be a graduate student, with global societal issues demanding our attention and energy alongside our usual scientific workload. The emergence of the COVID-19 …Read More »Our Supercharge Experience: The Logan Lab
By Arie Dash, CSUMB Logan Lab The Logan Lab is the Marine Environmental Physiology Lab at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB). We are a mix of graduate and undergraduate students under the guidance of …Read More »Happy World Oceans Day!
By Kali Prescott, Vertebrate Ecology Lab A day near and dear to everyone here at MLML. Here is a brief history on World Ocean Day and a link to the website! World Ocean Day was …Read More »Dissonance in science communication: Taking an evidence-based approach to discussing climate science
By Jason Gonsalves, MLML Physical Oceanography Lab You don’t have to be actively involved in the larger national discussion to know that climate change is an increasingly sensitive topic, even in 2021. As unbelievable …Read More »Microplastics in Monterey Bay
By Bri Sotkovsky, MLML Geological Oceanography Lab What are microplastics? Hi there! My name is Bri and for my graduate thesis work at Moss Landing Marine Labs I plan to focus on microplastics in …Read More »What climate change means for water management in California and what you can do to help
By Allie Margulies, SFSU Estuary & Ocean Science Center Looking back on the past few years, it feels as though Californians have faced a climate related crisis almost every year, whether it’s related to floods, …Read More »Climate Change and the Legacy of Moss Landing
By Erick Partida, MLML Chemical Oceanography Lab One of the many points of pride that Moss Landing Marine Laboratories holds up is the legacy of our former director Dr. John H. Martin, and his …Read More »The other pandemic: linking COVID-19 and climate change
By Grace Teranishi, MLML Ichthyology Lab ⧪ Salinas, CA (Summer 2020) By now we’ve grown somewhat accustomed to the haze and the smell of smoke, the ash that dusts our cars, our patios, our coats. …Read More »Recognizing individuals through repeated field encounters
By Kameron Strickland, MLML Ichthyology Lab & CSUMB Image Analysis Lab Our pursuit for statistical power involves repeated trials and non-trivial sample sizes. After hundreds of fish dissections or thousands of water samples, big data can …Read More »Where have all the abalone gone? The impacts of ocean acidification on abalone populations
By Kayla Roy, MLML Ichthyology Lab When you think of sea food what do you think of? Do you picture a fish fillet, lobster bisque, or maybe fish and chips? These are some of …Read More »Earth’s Climate History
By Noelle Lewis, MLML Geological Oceanography Lab How and why we study temperature changes in the past 540 million years You may have heard the phrase that looking to the past can help us …Read More »The Pets of Moss Landing Marine Labs
By Lauren Cooley, MLML Vertebrate Ecology Lab At this point in the pandemic, I think we all know that working from home is a real drag, but for many of us, one of the few …Read More »