Stony Brook University) The US Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute announced today that they will sequence the genomes of four species of labyrinthulomycetes. These little-known marine species were selected for sequencing as the result of a proposal submitted to

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) The National Science Foundation is funding a study with the goal of building a multi-decadal time series of Agulhas Current transport. Led by Dr. Lisa Beal of the University of

Society for Experimental Biology) Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey subjected species found in Antarctic waters to increasing levels of water temperature to learn how well they would cope with a warmer ocean. The study, to be presented at the

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service) An international team of researchers is surveying the Mid-Atlantic Ridge halfway between Iceland and the Azores to determine its biodiversity and perhaps discover new species and clues to deep-sea food webs. The project is part