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Boston MA (SPX) May 12, 2023 - Throughout the ocean, billions upon billions of plant-like microbes make up an invisible floating forest. As they drift, the tiny organisms use sunlight to suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Without Prochlorococcus in the open ocean sequestering huge amounts of carbon, “we would be looking at a very different planet,” Rogier Braakman says. New research suggests the microbe’s ancient coastal ancestors colonized the ocean by rafting out on chitin particles.
The Transcript For 35 years, BU’s Marine Semester has offered undergrad and grad students in the BU Marine Program an unparalleled intensive hands-on laboratory and field experience. Over the course of the fall semester, they take one course in each of four blocks to allow for deep dives into topics related to their research interests. They study in BU Marine Program’s teaching lab and off campus at field sites throughout New England, among them Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Boston waterfront, as well as Belize in Central America, where they spend up to two week...