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The jellyfish are coming! Experts tangle with exploding population

A "jellyfish bloom" may sound pretty, but it can get ugly fast. A swarm of moon jellyfish from the Baltic Sea were sucked into the cooling pipes of a nuclear power plant on the Swedish coast last week, shutting down one of the three units for four days. In 2008, another such "…

ORCA students dive deep into marine science

On the first day of class, the school was empty.

No books. No labs. No lecture.

Instead, the faculty and their students were on a beach near Deception Pass State Park.

The 90 students from Ocean Research…

Steve Hollenhorst to serve as interim director of Western’s Shannon Point Marine Center
Retirement celebration for Steve Sulkin is June 4
Candidates selected to fill director position at SPMC
Threatened Puget Sound marine life shows global threat of ocean acidification

Chemistry is not always easy to learn or communicate about, but it is at the very root of the problem our oceans face today. The chemistry of the world's oceans and inland marine waters, such as Puget Sound, is changing significantly and with unprecedented speed. The most serious of these…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø research contributes to state's ocean acidification fight

When Gov. Chris Gregoire signed an executive order on Nov. 27 to address the growing threat of ocean acidification, she took a bold move to place the state of Washington at the forefront of an issue that will affect not only Washingtonians but potentially all of the world's citizens in the…

Marine scientist to speak on seagrasses Nov. 2
Art exhibit shows beauty of Shannon Point
Director Of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's Shannon Point Marine Center To Retire

Stephen Sulkin is planning to retire as professor and director of Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center.

Sulkin has held the post since 1985, and says he'll retire next summer, with his successor starting next fall.

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