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Oceanography

Photo: Microbes under a microscope, they appear as red and scattered

Microbes

Microbes Reveal Clues About Extraterrestrial Life

April 16, 2025

Photo: A coral reef in the deep ocean

Deep Sea

See the First Detailed Illustration of an Ancient Deep-Sea Mountain

January 17, 2025

Research

Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers

December 13, 2024

Photo: A picture of many polymetallic nodules, bumpy rocks, on the ocean floor

Marine Science

Oxygen Produced in the Deep Sea Raises Questions about Extraterrestrial Life

August 15, 2024

Image: A Modern wire frame mesh design vector illustration of the year "2023". Numbers are depicted with glowing neon green low polygonal digits on black background.

2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

Photo: Group photo of Assistant Professor of Biology, Sarah Davies (center) and PhD student, Maria Valadex Ingersoll (CAS 23) and Dr Hannah Aichelman (right) (CAS 23). The three women pose in a lab as Davies holds up a sample of bleached coral and another sample of algae rests on the lab tables in front of Ingersoll.

Coral Reefs

For Coral Reefs, Temperature Is Everything—Is It Too Late to Save Them?

September 26, 2023

Photo: Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano erupts in the background as Peter Schroedl, a person wearing black clothes, a face mask, orange neon vest collects specimens from volcanic rocks in the foreground.

Microbes

What Microbes Can Tell Us about Life on Earth and in Space

April 24, 2023

From left, Oliver McRae, Lena Dubitsky and James "Jacy" Bird, an ENG associate professor have been studying what bubbles can teach us about how microplastics, viruses, and bacteria aerosolize. Bird just put out a paper on his findings. The team worked in the lab, Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Photo by Jake Belcher. Three people stand in a lab setting with highspeed cameras and other technical equipment setup nearby.

Bubbles

New Bubble Popping Theory Could Help Track Ocean Pollution and Viruses

March 9, 2023

Image of BU Earth and environment researchers Catherine Mahoney, and Amanda Vieillard at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in Boston, Mass. The women crouch in the yellow grass and set up portable carbon sensors. The Boston City Skyline is seen behind them.

Blue Carbon

Empowering Citizen Scientists to Study and Protect Coastal Wetlands

March 3, 2022

Deepwater Discoveries

There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage

July 21, 2021

Detail photo of a fluorescent pink deep sea soft coral with a squat lobster peaking out from inside the coral

Marine Science

The Deep Ocean Reveals Surprising Discovery about Immunity

March 12, 2021

A photo of fishing boats out for skrei cod in the arctic sea

Sustainable Oceans

How the Past Can Guide Our Stewardship of Tomorrow’s Sustainable Oceans

May 28, 2020

Data Science

Mapmaker/Matchmaker

March 26, 2015

Richard Murray, Directory of the National Science Foundation Ocean Science Division, on board the research vessel Knorr

Environment & Ecology

Richard Murray Goes to Washington

March 16, 2015

South Africa is one place where anti-shark netting has been widely deployed. Photo by Stuart Philpott / Alamy Stock Photo

Environment & Ecology

The Future, Buried in the Deep

November 17, 2014

The Future, Buried in the Deep