Sean Mowbray
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Sean Mowbray’s Contributions:
Seagrass and Plastic Are Not Friends
The year 2021’s hopeful optimism is 2024’s unfortunate reality.
Jul 17, 2024 | 500 words, about 2 minutes
Peeling Back the Sediment Layers
Pulling DNA out of buried sediment offers scientists a way to fight shifting baseline syndrome.
Mar 8, 2023 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
What to Do When the Recovery of One Species Puts Another at Risk?
In Antarctica, rebounding fur seals are threatening the frozen continent’s fragile flora.
Nov 30, 2022 | 800 words, about 4 minutes
Facial Recognition—Now for Seals
A neural network, trained using thousands of photos of harbor seals, offers a noninvasive way of telling seals apart.
Jun 29, 2022 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
The Surprising Scale of the Seagrass Sanitation Service
Millions of cases of potentially deadly gastroenteritis are prevented each year because of the pathogen-reducing powers of seagrasses.
May 4, 2022 | 500 words, about 2 minutes