Posts by David Levin

After three action-packed weeks aboard the Sarmiento de Gamboa, everyone on board is reflecting on the experience and totaling up all…

When we hear the word “migration” we often picture charismatic animals covering vast distances—like wildebeests crossing the Serengeti, or Canada…

In school, we learn about the carbon cycle–typically within the context of forests. Through photosynthesis, trees absorb carbon dioxide and…

On a bright, breezy morning, six of us stand on the aft deck holding Pyrex tubes full of 3D-printed materials,…

Imagine you’re planning an oceanographic expedition. You need to pinpoint the right place in the ocean at the ideal time…

John San Soucie is a PhD student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program…

With bad weather approaching, we are suspending science operations and hunkering down.

Members of the science team and the ship’s crew huddle around buckets and trays in the wet lab. They’ve gathered…