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Why Are Blueberry Hermit Crabs Using Plastic Waste as Shells?

Observations of hermit crabs using beach trash such as plastic bottle caps in lieu of shells have increased...

University of Essex

16%
funded

$10,950
goal

28
days left

Do seawater microbes help oysters cope with ocean acidification?

Oysters are critical members of our coast, but today they live in more acidic environs thanks to increasing...

88%
funded

$9,896
goal

13
days left

Nutrient Limitation in Phytoplankton

Marine phytoplankton activity is abundant at a global scale and play a major role in the carbon cycle. However...

Dominique Kelly

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

67%
funded

$3,000
goal

18
days left

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Ocean Solutions

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Biotech for Conservation

$50,000 Grant

Other Grants and Funding Opportunities

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National Science Foundation

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