The annual Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone Report Card shows unusually persistent hypoxia in July.
Research & Scholarship
Research & Scholarship
Trawling through time: 70 years of the Juvenile Finfish Trawl Survey
W&M's Batten School & VIMS regularly monitor Chesapeake Bay species, including the invasive blue catfish.
Service & Community
A safer passage for wildlife
A team of William & Mary volunteers gets creative to help animals cross Jamestown Road.
Research & Scholarship
Activating entrepreneurial energy to pursue coastal & marine solutions
The Dean & Director’s Innovation Fund empowers recipients to work at the intersection of research and enterprise.
W&M Life
Kerry upholds science, research-backed truth as inaugural Blue Horizons Fellow
The new program brings leaders, innovators to William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS to inspire, engage and collaborate.
Research & Scholarship
National TRAP Program targets ghostly issue with second round of coastal clean up funding
The second round of programmatic funding awarded by William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS totals $1.8M in support of 13 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters.
Research & Scholarship
W&M’s cross-university environmental initiative hosts inaugural conference
The Virginia Coastal Resilience Collaborative brought together prominent perspectives on important state and local issues.
Research & Scholarship
Fair highlights vibrant campus research community
The third annual Undergraduate Research Opportunities Fair drew a record crowd to Sadler Center's Chesapeake Room Oct. 15, with more than 270 students exploring the expansive array of multidisciplinary research opportunities available on campus.
Research & Scholarship
An average year for juvenile striped bass in Virginia waters in 2025
Preliminary results from an ongoing long-term survey suggest that an average year class of young-of-year striped bass was produced in the Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in 2025.
Research & Scholarship
New shellfish aquaculture specialization highlights industry-ready graduate students
For some graduate students at William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS, a new sub-concentration in shellfish aquaculture may be the shining pearl in their degree.
Research & Scholarship
Bay scallops surge on the Eastern Shore
Once locally extinct, the Virginia bay scallop population is increasing exponentially due to restoration work by W&M’s Batten School & VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory.
Research & Scholarship
Blackwater photos suggest new symbiosis between fish and anemones
Captured through breathtaking blackwater photography, the images show rarely seen encounters.
Research & Scholarship
Warming oceans may pose a serious threat to American lobsters
A new study published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series reveals American lobster embryos can handle ocean acidification surprisingly well, but increased temperatures may pose distinct challenges for the species.
Research & Scholarship
Study highlights the benefits of biodiversity for commercial fisheries
Combining 17 years of Chesapeake Bay population assessments with economic analyses, researchers show the importance of diversifying catches across species.
Excellence
Leading with values that endure
W&M makes gains in excellence and preeminence.
University News
W&M’s Batten School & VIMS launch Blue Horizons Visiting Fellows Program
John F. Kerry to serve as inaugural fellow.
Research & Scholarship
Seagrass swap could reshape Chesapeake Bay food web
A new study shows that an ongoing transition from eelgrass to widgeon grass as the dominant seagrass species in the Chesapeake Bay could have ecological impacts across food webs, fisheries and ecosystem functions.
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The Nepal Water Initiative
The Nepal Water Initiative seeks to assess environmental threats to Nepal’s water resources under a changing climate and to empower conservation champions in Nepal to address these threats.
University News
W&M’s Batten School & VIMS welcome their first class of coastal & marine sciences undergraduates
Supported by extraordinary philanthropy, the major is the first undergraduate degree in coastal and marine sciences offered by a Virginia public university.
Research & Scholarship
Bay grasses see record gains in salty waters, offset by losses in central region
Results from the Chesapeake Bay 2024 Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Survey show resilience in key areas despite overall losses.
Research & Scholarship
Rising from the ashes
The W&M community is living with, learning from and preventing devastating wildfires.
University News
An extraordinary year for William & Mary
Record-breaking philanthropy positions William & Mary to lead.
Research & Scholarship
Can a parasitic worm help rebuild blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay?
A new study published in the journal PLOS One by researchers at William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS suggests parasitic worms could serve as a valuable biomarker for managing the fishery.
University News
Introduction to Marine Science: A growing gateway to coastal careers
With enrollment tripling in the last several years, William & Mary’s Introduction to Marine Science course taught by Professor Mark Brush is becoming one of the most popular undergraduate electives on campus. Photo by John…
Service & Community
More than 2,000 educated, inspired at Marine Science Day
The 23rd annual Marine Science Day, the marquee open house event at William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS, drew more than 2,000 attendees on Saturday, May 31 with public access to academic buildings and…
Research & Scholarship
2024 sea level ‘report cards’ map futures of U.S. coastal communities
Featuring four new localities, the updated report cards show past and projected rates of sea level rise and acceleration for 36 U.S. coastal communities in a new, interactive dashboard.
Research & Scholarship
William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS unveil Chesapeake Bay Hall
Chesapeake Bay Hall serves as a hub for much of the lab-based science driving the institutions’ academic, research and advisory missions.
Research & Scholarship
Virginia’s experience with MSX aids Atlantic Canada’s aquaculture industry
W&M’s Batten School & VIMS recently hosted a delegation of government officials and aquaculture industry representatives from Atlantic Canada.
Research & Scholarship
Life, leadership and conservation
Maasai women rangers share wisdom with William & Mary students.
Research & Scholarship
Study warns of deadly future marine heat waves in East Coast estuaries
East Coast estuaries such as the Chesapeake Bay could experience marine heat wave conditions for up to a third of the year by the end of the century.
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