More space for research, teaching, and living is now available at the 118-acre facility, which is located about thirteen miles from the Bowdoin campus and offers a wider range of opportunities for students and researchers.
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After Bowdoin, Irby taught science at a prep school for three years before attending grad school at William & Mary, where he earned a doctorate in marine science, and then moving into the policy realm.
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EOS majors Liam Houlgate ’21 and Holly Harris ’22 spent the fall semester of 2020 examining the unique physical and chemical features of the mineral zircon found within rock samples collected from the Rhodope Metamorphic Complex (Greece).
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In a new high-profile paper in Nature Climate Change, Bowdoin's Phil Camill and sixty-nine other scientists highlight peatlands' impact on climate change and the importance of their preservation.
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Bowdoin's lab instructors in biology, physics, chemistry, neuroscience and earth and oceanographic science worked many extra hours this summer to design new labs and experiments that students could do at home.
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Based at the Schiller Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin seniors tackle a variety of ocean-related projects, from seawater chemistry to green crab predation to the effects of an increasingly acidic and warmer ocean on marine life.
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Clara Benadon '23 and Lucie Nolden '22 get to grips with fisheries research over the summer, as they interned with Northeast Fisheries Science Center, a unit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA.
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Alexis Mullen '23 is spending the summer in the coastal Maine fishing community of Stonington. An interest in oceanography and fisheries prompted her to pursue an internship with the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries.
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With a summertime grant from Bowdoin, Thais Carrillo is creating a virtual version of the Giant's Stairs in Harpswell, a site of geological importance.
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The Earth and Oceanographic Science Department has released a statement on race and racism, including the department's commitment to actions that will contribute to a future that is equitable and just. Black Lives Matter.
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If you are considering Spring 2021 courses in EOS, we have provided this PDF with additional course information for our Spring classes. This supplement describes how several classes and labs will work within the course blocks for this semester. (Updated 12/4/2020)
