SPECTRUM NEWS • October 13, 2023
The expansion of a lab in East Boothbay will help scientists find ways to address the damage done by climate change, the president of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences said Thursday. “This work has never been more important,” said Deborah Bronk, president and CEO. “When it comes to looking at the ocean and climate change it is all about the microbes. They will determine how the ocean responds to a changing climate and they are our greatest tool at trying to address the damage that’s been done to the ocean and to try to heal the planet.” Bronk’s remarks came at the official groundbreaking for a new 25,000-square-foot Center for Ocean Education and Innovation that’s supported by a $12 million federal grant, $9 million from donors and $8 million from the Harold Alfond Foundation.