MACS student Megan Gonzalez recently returned from an oceanographic cruise on the R/V Atlantis @rv.atlantis as part of the VISIONS 2025 Expedition. This program is designed for students to participate in the Regional Cabled Array, which streams real-time data from instruments along the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate off the...
REU 2025 officially came to a close today with a truly outstanding and diverse student research symposium. Students revealed findings that will influence science and conservation here in the Salish Sea and beyond. It’s always a bit bittersweet to have to say goodbye after this journey together.
This year we...
New paper alert! Dr. Shawn Arellano (MACS/Biology) and colleagues published a new method for observing and quantifying deep-sea plankton behavior in a pressurized chamber. Article link in bio.
Exciting news on the sea star wasting disease front! The cause of the disease, which has caused severe declines in sea star populations along the Pacific Coast of North America since it was first observed in 2013, has been identified as a bacterium in the genus Vibrio. Former WWU graduate...
