It’s official: The TIDE Project has been re-funded by the National Science Foundation until 2016. The TIDE Project will continue its fertilization experiments to look at the effect of chronic nutrient enrichment of salt marshes. We will focus on our … Continued
Anne’s recent election into AAAS is well-deserved, and if there were a companion award for outstanding achievements in kindness, generosity, and commitment to others, she would rightfully be awarded that, too. I have had the privilege of working closely with … Continued
This weekend, Dr. John Fleeger, a former TIDE Principal Investigator (PI), and Dr. Anne Giblin, a current TIDE PI are being inducted as a member of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS), known to us scientists as … Continued
There are so many stories of science from the Plum Island marshes and it’s wonderful when they are written down. The one below is from Harriet Booth, a recent graduate of Brown University, who was also a TIDE Project intern … Continued
Twenty-four pairs of eyes are upon me. These eyes, these critical eyes, belong to 12-year-olds. Twelve-year-olds who expect this real-life scientist standing in front of them to teach them about ocean acidification (OA). They’ve had no chemistry and I’ve never … Continued
Though unnoticed on my first visit to the Rowley marshes, I soon became well acquainted with Melampus bidentatus, or the coffee bean snail, during subsequent stem counting, transplant planting, and genetic sampling ventures. While working in close proximity with the … Continued
We all know that fertilizer grows plants, but can it grow fish? The answer turns out to be yes in salt marshes according to a new TIDE paper published in Marine Ecology Progress Series by Konner Lockfield and John Fleeger … Continued
11 October 2013 Rowley, Massachusetts I’m standing in the sandy soil of Stackyard Road adjacent to the marsh of Clubhead Creek. The day is overcast and the light wind makes it cool, but it’s still a nice day on the … Continued
The week of 21 September 2013 Rowley, Massachusetts I step onto the marsh and it announces autumn. Before the leaves of the trees are set afire with an autumnal blaze, before the morning air is tart with a cold bite, … Continued
Cowlicks of Spartina patens, Rowley, Massachusetts Near the final curtain of every July in the marsh, just as the greenhead swarms abate and the swelter of real summer has a final push, emerges a new character on the scene: … Continued