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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »