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Check out our new Marine Studies Building Webcam... Contruction on the new building at HMSC begins March 15th, 2017!

Oregon State University is 150 years young! Help us celebrate with the OSU150 Sea Grant Festival in Feb 2018.

OSU Marine Studies Initiative FAQs , video , website, and strategic plan .

Hatfield Marine Science Center—Fifty Years of Discovery and more on HMSC history.

HMSC News

Study: Reducing carbon emissions will limit sea level rise

Jul 16, 2018

A new study demonstrates a clear correlation between cumulative carbon emissions and future sea level rise over time and the news isnt good. … Read full story.

New species may arise from rapid mitochondrial evolution

Jul 11, 2018

Genetic research at Oregon State University has shed new light on how isolated populations of the same species evolve toward reproductive incompatibility and thus become separate species. … Read full story.

HMSC Currents

Cowen-Sponaugle NFS project launches with winter cruise aboard Sikuliaq: Project Summary

Feb 15, 2018

Meso-zooplankton food-webs in intermittent upwelling systems: An overlooked link in a productive ocean. Eastern boundary currents are among the most productive marine ecosystems on the planet and support a significant proportion of global fisheries, yet there are unanswered questions about the role of non-crustacean zooplankton in transferring production through upwelling food webs. Organic material in […]

OSU inks largest research grant in its history to begin ship construction

Jul 17, 2017

CORVALLIS, Ore. Oregon State University has just received a grant of $121.88 million from the National Science Foundation to spearhead the construction of a new class of research vessels for the United States Academic Research Fleet. It is the largest grant in the universitys history. This grant will fund the construction of the first […]