Hallo aus Freiburg! I’ve been in town for just under a month now, and the weather has just begun to feel like autumn. Despite the new and exciting possibilities that come with living abroad, I’ve noticed myself reminiscing about where I was a year ago back in Burlington. I was enrolled in one of my …
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Hello from the other side of the Atlantic.
Since wrapping my project at Shoals Marine Lab, i’ve embarked on a new adventure. I’m happy to report that for the next four months, i’ll be living in Germany’s Black Forest region studying forestry and environmental science. I’ve been in Germany for over a week now, and it has taken me some time to get …
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Results
Hey everyone! Alex here with some more updates on my research project. Since my last blog post, I’ve finished data collection and entry, analysis, and interpretation. I set out to determine if cutting Ascophyllum nodosum down to 16 inches would impact its ability to act as a buffer against abiotic stressors. The second part of …
Background research and Experimental Design
After learning of Maine’s commercial seaweed industry, I began researching and found a wealth of information online. The majority of seaweed harvested in Maine is Ascophyllum nodosum, commonly known as rockweed. A. nodosum has been commercially harvested in Maine since 1971. The industry has been shrouded in controversy since then, all leading up to the …
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Seaweed.
The state of Maine has an active seaweed industry that is hotly debated within the state. In fact, as recently as March 2019, a lawsuit over intertidal seaweed ownership went all the way to the Maine Supreme Court. Before the ruling, intertidal fish and plants were not “owned” by any private entity, meaning that harvesting …
Welcome.
Read on for neat science. Hello world. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Alex and for the next two weeks, we are going to be diving deep into the scientific method. As I write this, I am sitting in a classroom surrounded by microscopes, beakers, quadrats, an emergency eyewash station, and all …
Science, Exploration, and Life 