Current research is examining how shrinking glaciers and melting permafrost in Alaska will affect water quality and material fluxes to the coastal ocean

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A CTD/Rosette package being prepped to retrieve water samples from the deep ocean

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USCG Ice Breaker "Polar Sea" in Antarctic waters where DMS researchers are involved in biogeochemical research

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USM-Department of Marine Science CENGOOS buoy, northern Gulf of Mexico

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The department's R/V LeMoyne facilitates many forms of active research, including monitoring of the health of our coastal environment

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Flow ice in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, a productive region where DMS researchers have examined chemical and biological variability

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Sunset over Horn Island, Mississippi: these barrier islands are threatened by storms and sea level rise

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One of the many perks of fieldwork in Alaska

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Productive local marshes are a beautiful resource that protect our coast and are an important wildlife habitat

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Foraminifera of the genus Elphidium, collected from the Mississippi Bight: these microscopic shells shed light on environmental changes of the Bight over time

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