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How white band disease sweeps through a reef
Photo by mattk1979 via Flickr. “Living in panama and working on the reefs I would watch white band disease sweep through the population,” said assistant professor of earth and environmental science...
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Making whoopee, coral style
Pocillopora damicornis is one of the most commonly studied coral species on the planet. Photo by David Combosch. When it comes to making babies, most species pick a strategy and stick with it. Humans,...
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Guest post: Life lessons from counting phytoplankton
As part of her co-op, Sam Wessel is doing research with graduate student Jennifer Elliott at the Marine Science Center this semester. Photo courtesy of Sam Wessel. Today’s post was generously...
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Mission 31 to splash down on June 1
This story is part of an ongoing series highlighting Northeastern’s research efforts at Mission 31. Full coverage. Nine miles off the coast of Key Largo, Fla., and 63 feet beneath the waves lies the...
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An aquatic adventure resurfaces
This story is part of an ongoing series highlighting Northeastern’s research efforts at Mission 31. Full coverage. Sara Williams first heard about Aquarius when she was in middle school: Girl Scouts of...
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What’s wiping out the Caribbean corals?
Here’s what we know about white-band disease: It has already killed up to 95 percent of the Caribbean’s reef-building elkhorn and staghorn corals, and it’s caused by an infectious bacteria that seems...
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Billions of tons of plastic are choking the ocean. She’s here to help clean...
17.6 billion. That’s how many pounds of plastic end up in the ocean on average each year, according to estimates published in 2015. We know of this plastic, but one of the big unknowns is figuring...
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