by Dan Distel | Oct 12, 2023 | In the field, In the lab, News Briefs, Research
Did you know that 75–90% of the estimated 1–2 million species living in the world’s ocean remain undiscovered and undescribed? Together, these species constitute the ocean’s taxonomic dark matter—the critical portion of life’s diversity hidden beneath the waves. To...
by Dan Distel | Sep 30, 2023 | In the field, In the lab, News Briefs, Research
Staghorn corals (Acropora cervicornis) were once among the most dominant reef-building corals in the Caribbean. However, starting in the mid-1980s, these iconic corals began a steep decline. Due to climate change and a mysterious bacterial plague known as “white band...
by Zack Anderson | Jul 22, 2023 | In the field, Research
There is no Earth 2, but there is Biosphere 2—an experimental ecosystem entirely isolated from Earth’s atmosphere and ocean. Built more than 30 years ago in Arizona, Biosphere 2 was created as an experimental life raft designed to test the feasibility of creating...
by Zack Anderson | Mar 2, 2023 | News Briefs, Videos
Did you know that there is currently a marine ecosystem off the coast of Alabama that is being powered by an ancient undersea forest!? OGL’s Dan Distel gave an amazing talk about how this is possible at Salem State’s Darwin Festival in February. If you...
by Dan Distel | Jan 19, 2023 | In the lab, News Briefs, Research
By Dan Distel, Hannah Appiah-Madson, Rosie Poulin, and Zack Anderson January 19, 2023 We are all familiar with the genetic code—the simple set of three-letter words that translate the As, Ts, Cs, and Gs of DNA into the diverse and complex forms we know as animal life....
