Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
United Kingdom
| Environment
More information
The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Inc. (BIOS) is uniquely situated and excellently equipped for highly productive marine field research. Only 700 miles from the East Coast of the U.S., Bermuda is located on some of the world's northernmost coral reefs and surrounded by deep ocean. Significant research opportunities are presented by Bermuda's diversity of ecological communities: from limestone caves and mangroves to coral reefs and the Sargasso Sea. Moderate temperature of air and water make BIOS a year-round magnet for independent and collaborative research. Disciplines as diverse as marine invertebrate zoology, coral reef ecology, chemical and physical oceanography, animal physiology and carbonate geology are studied. We monitor atmospheric and marine pollution in Bermuda and their sources; and study the development of biomarkers to indicate the presence of environmental contaminants and stress in coral reef and other marine ecosystems.
