The Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab is launching a new project partnering with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). In 2020, the State of New York finished collecting three years of acoustic and visual data on large whales in state waters. MGEL will work on an analysis of this data, correlating the visual …
MGEL has played a large role in the mapping of Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for cetaceans, a project that aims to expand on previous BIA work. This second iteration, BIA II, has resulted in a series of publications, four of which MGEL has contributed to. In this context, Biologically Important Areas represent areas and times …
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A recent article on Project Wildlife and Offshore Wind (WOW) was written by MGEL staff and published as a Tethys Story. Tethys is a database and online space for the international community of those interested in the environmental effects of wind energy. Tethys Stories are written by individuals working at the intersection of marine systems …
In a constantly changing ocean, how can we understand how the myriad of threats faced by marine mammals affects their lives? This is the driving question behind Population Consequences of Multiple Stressors (PCoMS), a collaborative working group that aims to understand the impact of multiple stressors on the long-term health of marine mammals. The group …
Though humans need proper documentation to travel back and forth across the Canada/US border, right whales have no such restriction. As the climate changes, North Atlantic right whales (NARW) are shifting their habitat use patterns within US and Canadian waters. As such, understanding where NARW are distributed throughout their habitat range is a critical and …
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MGEL PhD candidate Gabby Carmine recently had the opportunity to attend the resumed fifth Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Held at the United National Headquarters from February 20th to March 3rd, 2023, this conference was convened to discuss a treaty to govern the high seas. Gabby attended BBNJ to …
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Duke University recently hosted “Winds of Change: Tracking the Development of US Offshore Wind Energy,” a one-day symposium to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the offshore wind energy sector. This event was jointly orchestrated by the Nicholas School of the Environment, the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, and the Center for Energy, …
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Debbie Brill is the marine mammal subcommittee coordinator for the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC), which works to coordinate and direct efficient research efforts to support environmentally friendly offshore wind energy development in the U.S. Atlantic. She is a relatively new recruit to MGEL, starting work with the lab in 2021. As …