by Sigurður Björnsson | Feb 5, 2026 | News
How oil research protects ocean health. Understanding oil spills, offshore drilling, and marine pollution starts before any accident happens. In this episode, marine microbial oceanographer Dr. Alice Ortmann explains how scientists collect baseline ocean data to...
by Sigurður Björnsson | Jan 22, 2026 | News
Connecting microscopic processes to global change for climate literate societies Ocean microbes are invisible yet indispensable: they drive key biogeochemical cycles, influence how carbon and nutrients move through the Earth system, and mediate responses to warming,...
by Sigurður Björnsson | Dec 30, 2025 | News
For decades, models and culture experiments hinted that the ocean’s most abundant photosynthetic microbe—Prochlorococcus—would hold its own in a warming ocean. New work in Nature Microbiology paints a sharper picture: by fusing shipboard observations with...
by Sigurður Björnsson | Dec 30, 2025
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Marine Natural Products will bring together a broad range of researchers at all career stages from academia, government and industry to discuss new frontiers and emerging strategies for investigation and application of complex...
by Sigurður Björnsson | Nov 27, 2025 | News
In our latest Marine Microbiome Newsletter (November 2025 edition), we have highlighted critical updates and, following COP30, make the case for bringing marine microbiome decisions into climate decisions: warming impacts on Prochlorococcus, acidification thresholds,...
