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A group posed outside of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on the Bodega Marine Reserve

Marine ecology meets climate modelling

In early June 2025, CMSI sponsored a hands-on workshop at Bodega Marine Laboratory focused on using R to wrangle and analyze Earth System Model (ESM) output (AKA climate models).

An underwater scene with light filtering down from the surface.

Massive Burps of Carbon Dioxide Led to Oxygen-less Ocean Environments in the Deep Past

New research from the University of California, Davis, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Texas A&M University reveals that massive emissions, or burps, of carbon dioxide from natural earth systems led to significant decreases in ocean oxygen concentrations some 300 million years ago.

A portrait of Anya Brown standing next to a large tank of seagrass outside the Bodega Marine Laboratory

Anya Brown is investigating microbes’ critical role in coral reefs

“So the clue was, ‘This temperate coral undergoes quiescence in the winter. Another word for this is … ?’” Anya Brown has spent most of her adult life around coral reef systems. Her brother, meanwhile, has cultivated a career as a writer on the American quiz show, “Jeopardy!”