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Exploring the Three Seas as a student and a teacher
Liz Magee traces her passion for diving back to her participation in the Three Seas Program more than 10 years ago, and she couldn’t be happier to have found her way back.
May 15, 2015
3Qs: Why time is now to link science, ocean policy
Northeastern professor Brian Helmuth, an expert on climate change and environmental policy, has co-authored a paper in the journal Nature Climate Change examining the need to further integrate science into U.S. climate and ocean policy.
August 05, 2014
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
Researchers ready for historic aquatic ‘Mission’
Northeastern researchers are teaming up with Jacques Cousteau’s grandson to reignite the famous oceanographer’s singular vision.
December 02, 2013
Researchers ready for historic aquatic ‘Mission’
Northeastern researchers are teaming up with Jacques Cousteau’s grandson to reignite the famous oceanographer’s singular vision.
December 02, 2013