There are infinite possibilities when one uses the Earth and its progeny as sparks for creativity.
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Blue Button
Category: Marine Studies Initiative
Mark Whitham’s know-how is a sought-after commodity for small canners hoping to kick-start or upgrade their facilities.
A Coos Bay entrepreneur teamed up with an Oregon Sea Grant seafood specialist to create a new business and local jobs.
Varvara and Flex are western grays, an endangered species of only 130 individuals worldwide. However, not all scientists are convinced that western grays are distinct from eastern grays (the species that whale watchers are most likely to spot from the capes and headlands of the Oregon coast). This study will help sort out that question.
If you love big surf, go to Depoe Bay on the Oregon coast during a winter storm.
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Ocean Views
Technology extends our vision. We’ve always known that the ocean is a dynamic environment, but satellite-borne sensors, sonar, time-lapse video, moored buoys and autonomous gliders are revealing new details: fish, squid and whales in unexpected places; rumblings that foretell the creation of the seafloor; wind-driven surface currents; nitrogen-fixing microbes; circulating rings of water; shifting concentrations of chlorophyll that may signal plankton blooms.