Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science continue to monitor the algal blooms that have been discoloring Chesapeake Bay waters during the last few weeks. These “red tides” occur in the lower Bay every summer, but have appeared earlier and across a wider area than in years past, likely due to last winter’s warmth and this summer’s heat.
Celebration of 50 years of human seafloor habitation could mark last use of “America's Inner Space Station.”
Recent surveys by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) reveal an unprecedented number of young scallops in two fishery management areas off the mid-Atlantic coast. The results bode well for the continued success of the commercial fishery.
On the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, a pair of researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science are using a 1-year, $350,000 contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior to test whether sound waves can be used to determine the size of oil droplets in the subsea—knowledge that could help guide the use of chemical dispersants during the cleanup of future spills.
Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is a co-editor of “Valuing the Ocean” a major new study by an international team of scientists and economists that attempts to measure the ocean’s monetary value and to tally the costs and savings associated with human decisions affecting ocean health.
A large group of researchers gathered at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to integrate and refine field measurements and computer models of carbon cycling in the waters along the U.S. East Coast.
Governor Bob McDonnell and the Science Museum of Virginia have named Chancellor Professor John Milliman of the College of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science as one of Virginia’s Outstanding Scientists for 2012.
The American Geophysical Union recognizes VIMS professor Deborah Steinberg for her ocean research with one of its highest awards.
New discoveries in “marine forensics” by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will allow federal seafood agents to ensure that the blue marlin sold in U.S. seafood markets were not taken from the Atlantic Ocean. Regulation of Atlantic blues reflects overfishing and a troubling drop in population.
Researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science are working with commercial fishermen to collect and share fisheries data in a cooperative venture to build trust and foster sustainable and profitable fisheries in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.
Eleven research teams from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have received funding from NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office to study species that play an important role in the Bay’s ecology, commercial fisheries, and recreational angling.
A new partnership between the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Watermen's Museum in historic Yorktown Virginia lets schoolchildren use robotic subs to study shipwrecks from last major battle of the American Revolution.
Preliminary results from a 2011 survey conducted by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) reveals a strong class of young-of-year striped bass will enter the adult population in 2012. That's good news for anglers and the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
Researchers with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will embark on October 15 for a 3-and-a-half-week visit to sturgeon collaborators and collections at natural history museums in Russia, Romania; and France. The ultimate goal of the collaborative international study is to resolve the tangled classification of this ancient and threatened group of fishes in order to make more informed conservation decisions.
Coastal residents ask about the strange flotsam they've found atop waterways and strewn along beaches.
Data from the Tidewatch observational network and real-time computer simulations at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science show that peak water levels in Chesapeake Bay during Hurricane Irene were—with the exception of one tide station—slightly lower than in either Hurricane Isabel (2003) or the “Nor’Ida” storm of November 2009.
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International—AUVSI—has named professor Mark Patterson of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science as the winner of its inaugural “Member of the Year” award.
A global study by an international team including professor John Graves of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science quantifies the threat to tuna and billfish populations around the world.
Sport Fishing magazine has chosen professor John Graves of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science as one of five winners of its inaugural Making a Difference awards.
Development of disease resistance among Chesapeake Bay oysters calls for a shift in oyster-restoration strategies within the Bay and its tributaries. That’s according to a new study by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
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