Tag: Marine Biology

The Value of Summer Courses at Marine Stations

When the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory first opened in 1892, it offered summer courses in fields such as zoology, studying the diversity of marine organisms found in Monterey Bay. It was said at the time, “there is no field in science more inviting nor more promising of large results than those pertaining to the morphology and… Read more The Value of Summer Courses at Marine Stations

Deep Frying in a Tank Top

This is the final of a three-post series written by undergraduate students who completed summer research in Palau with the Palumbi lab. This past summer, a research team consisting of members of Steve Palumbi’s lab at Hopkins Marine Station and Stanford undergraduates set out to study resilience of Palau’s corals to rising ocean temperatures. When… Read more Deep Frying in a Tank Top

Flame of the Sea

This is the second of a three-post series written by undergraduate students who completed summer research in Palau with the Palumbi lab. The indigo of the open ocean reflects the bright baby blue sky, forming an azure world only broken by the green palm trees of distant islands. I inhale air, saturated with salt, as… Read more Flame of the Sea

A Day in the Life of My Summer in Palau

This is the first of a three-post series written by undergraduate students who completed summer research in Palau with the Palumbi lab. It’s 6 AM in Palau, a country east of the Philippines, and we’re 16 hours ahead of the rest of the Palumbi lab in California. I have been living here for a few… Read more A Day in the Life of My Summer in Palau