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  • Crystal Clear Volunteers
    - Crystal Clear Volunteers
    It’s a good bet that the kids romping around Ellacoya State Park, the owner of a $49 million lakeside estate and even The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon share something in common... Read More
  • students in marine biology class
    - Seeking Surface Data
    You might be surprised to find undergrads in a science class drawing and coloring, but that’s exactly what they were up to in a recent introduction to marine biology lab in the... Read More
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill NOAA image  The Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, pictured in this image from NOAA, began in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010.
    - Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon and Beyond: Experts and Witnesses Share Their Expertise
      The Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, pictured in this image from NOAA, began in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, when the BP deep ocean well Macondo blew out. The blow-out... Read More
  • students studying marine life
    - Marine Biology Bootcamp
    It was an early move-in for a group of first-year UNH students who packed their bags and boarded a boat headed for Marine Immersion week at the Shoals Marine Lab. Marine Immersion... Read More
  • underwater mountain,
    - There’s a Mount on the Bottom of the Sea
    Where on Earth could a 3,000-foot mountain hide? On the bottom of the sea – an area about which we know less than the surface of the Moon. That’s where UNH scientists on a... Read More
  • godzilla
    - UNH Scientist’s Image Appearing in New Godzilla Movie
    An image of the Mariana Trench has been licensed by Warner Bros. and is being used within a quick-cut-montage sequence in the new Godzilla movie. It was mapped and developed by... Read More
  • Larry Mayer
    - Ocean Interconnections
    Photo: Lisa Nugent/UNH Photographic Services In the ocean, everything is connected, from water columns and currents to geological formations and marine life. At UNH’s new School... Read More
  • teacher and student at ocean discovery day
    - Ocean Discovery Day
    Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Learn hands on about ocean science from researchers, students and UNH Marine Docents. Visit our state-of-the art laboratories and hear about... Read More
  • larry mayer on marine vessel
    - UNH Launches School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering
    Larry Mayer is the director of the University of New Hampshire’s new School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering. Mayer, a professor of Earth science and ocean engineering, is... Read More
  • ocean buoy
    - The Yin and Yang of Coastal Carbon
    UNH carbon dioxide sentinel buoy off Appledore Island after January 2013 Nor'easter. Photo by Shawn Shellito, UNH-EOS. Back in the spring of 2004, when the Center for Coastal... Read More