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Some scientists have all the fun

Northeastern's Mission 31 research team collected more than two years worth of data in just two weeks of the monthlong underwater research expedition. But even greater was all the fun they had.
July 25, 2014

Live from the seafloor, it’s Mission 31!

Last week, Northeastern researchers were joined by Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Stephen W. Director to converse with audience members at the Boston Museum of Science from a unique vantage point: the bottom of the ocean at the Aquarius Reef Base off Florida's coast.
June 30, 2014

Take 5: A ‘Nor’Easter’ on Florida’s tropical shores?

For the next two weeks fac­ulty, stu­dents, and staff from North­eastern University’s Urban Coastal Sus­tain­ability Ini­tia­tive and led by pro­fes­sors Mark Pat­terson and Brian Hel­muth are taking part in Mis­sion 31.
June 20, 2014

An aquatic adventure resurfaces

It's been 12 years since research technician Sara Williams first learned of Aquarius. Now she's getting a chance to visit it herself during Mission 31, a monthlong research dive.
June 10, 2014

Wherefore art thou, dear zooplankton?

Graduate student Amanda Dwyer will lead a research project in conjunction with Mission 31, a monthlong underwater expedition led by Fabien Cousteau, in which she'll examine the dynamics of zooplankton on coral reefs.
June 05, 2014

Researchers soak up data from Mission 31

As part of a month-long underwater research mission, graduate student Allison Matzelle will lead a project studying the flow of energy through one of the oldest organisms in the world: the giant barrel sponge.
May 28, 2014

Mission 31 to splash down on June 1

Northeastern researchers will investigate the effects of global change on reef ecology as part of Mission 31, documentary filmmaker Fabien Cousteau's 31-day underwater expedition off the coast of Florida.
April 30, 2014

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