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Will Ocean Acidification Create “Super Crabs” in Bay? Maybe Not
October 13, 2015
Sorry to disappoint comic book fans, but don’t expect to see any crabs with super powers swimming around the Chesapeake Bay — despite the Washington Post's prediction not long ago that "it is the dawn of the super crab."

White House highlights Arctic research with a local connection
October 13, 2015
The White House’s press release about President Obama’s recent announcement regarding new investments aimed at enhancing safety and security in the changing Arctic notes that “Climate change is reshaping the Arctic in profound ways. The global Arctic has warmed approximately twice as fast as the rest of the world, resulting in significant impacts on land and sea.”

Welcome to CBL’s New Students!
October 13, 2015
The start of the 2015/2016 school year has brought six new students to the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

Congratulations to CBL’s Newest Graduate!
October 13, 2015
Caroline Coulter, of Little Rock, AR, came to Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in August 2012 with a B.Sc. degree from UNC Chapel Hill, where she majored in chemistry. Caroline was awarded a 2-year CBL Graduate Education Committee Fellowship and entered the Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES) program with a specialization in Environmental Chemistry.

A new way to WHALEWATCH
October 13, 2015
Despite the end of commercial whaling, many whale populations have been slow to increase in number, and one of the reasons for this is continued human-induced mortality. Human impacts including collisions with vessels, entanglement in fishing gear and exposure to underwater noise are major sources of disturbance, injury and mortality to large whales.

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