Thivanka received the best platform presentation award at SETAC NE which comes with a $500 travel award to the national meeting this fall.
New Publication: Neglecting organic alkalinity introduces greater error than assuming boron to salinity ratios in Arctic sea ice brine carbonate system calculations.
Rush, S., Lee, CH., Lee, K. et al. Neglecting organic alkalinity introduces greater error than assuming boron to salinity ratios in Arctic sea ice brine carbonate system calculations. Sci Rep 16, 9393 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-39719-6
New Publication: Trends in the physical and chemical state of the ocean
Vlahos, P, Dupont, S, Evelpidou, N, González-Quirós, R, Knezevic, J, Smolyanitsky, V, Thomas, D N & Vargas-Yáñez, M 2026, Trends in the physical and chemical state of the ocean. in The Third World Ocean Assessment: WOA III. United Nations. < https://woa.un. org/third-world-ocean-assessment/changes-second-world-ocean-assessment/chapter-3trends-physical-and-chemical >
New Publication: Sea spray driven CO2 efflux: modeling the effect of sea spray evaporation on carbonate chemistry and air-sea gas exchange
Lucy Hendrickson, Leonel Romero & Penny Vlahos
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science volume 9, Article number: 31 (2026)
Erich Nitchke awarded Certificate of Excellence for his talk at the Northeast Biologist Conference
New Publication: Spring awakening? Seasonal controls on halomethoxybenzenes in arctic waters
Freeman et al., (2025) Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180857
New Award: NOAA ECOHAB
Assessing How Nitrogen and Acidification Affect HABs in an Urban Estuary – PIs Dianne Greenfield and Penny Vlahos have been awarded funding to investigate conditions that lead to higher rates of toxic algal blooms in coastal estuaries.
New Publication: Global Change Biology
J Zavorskas, P Vlahos, K Wagstrom, R Srivastava,
Global Change Biology 31 (7), e70339 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70339
New Publication: Boron to salinity ratios in the Fram Strait entering the Central Arctic: The role of sea ice formation and future predictions
Boron to salinity ratios in the Fram Strait entering the Central Arctic: The role of sea ice formation and future predictions , Samantha Rush, Penny Vlahos, Chang-Ho Lee, Kitack Lee, Lauren J Barrett, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104463
New Publication: Air-surface exchange of halomethoxybenzenes in a Swedish subarctic catchment
Air-surface exchange of halomethoxybenzenes in a Swedish subarctic catchment TF Bidleman, K Agosta, E Shipley, M Tysklind, P VlahosScience of the Total Environment 948, 174849 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174849
New Publication: Droughts and deluges: changes in river discharge and the carbonate chemistry of an urbanized temperate estuary
Lauren J Barrett, Penny Vlahos, Mary A McGuinness, Michael M Whitney, Jamie MP Vaudrey