One Mukilteo resident has been sharing his decades of marine science and policy expertise by volunteering with the Snohomish County Marine Resources Advisory Committee. His day job is an environmental compliance analyst, but in his free time UW alum Lincoln Loehr has helped analyze reams of data from mussels collected along the shoreline, contributing key insights into the pollution patterns in Puget Sound. 

A new study in Biology Letters has found that at least one insect has found a use for the increasing abundance of plastic in the ocean — as a place to lay eggs. The increase in abundance of this insect, and the potential effects on plankton, crabs, and other community members, is uncertain. OCEAN‘s Giora Proskurowski is quoted. Read more here. 

Check out this video about the implosion of the encased “crush cam” – and how that led to not just media coverage but also public assistance to figure out a solution!   

Check out this great video of the School of Oceanography‘s Robert Morris talking about the joy of discovery and the importance of bacteria for our global ecosystem.   https://youtube.com/watch?v=iJRa96T8F9c 

John Delaney, professor in CoEnv School of Oceanography, gave a TEDxDublin talk last November, about submarine vulcanism. Check it out!