Collaborated With: DEAPS, students in the biological oceanography department

The ocean surface can look like a vast, still expanse of emptiness. But with the right tools and a closer look, we can see that within the ocean is an energetic soup of physics, chemistry, and biology.
Have you ever wondered what lives in the Charles River? Take a closer look at the microscopic life teeming within just a few drops of water with our live plankton camera. You can observe the beautiful geometry of phytoplankton and then watch them get engulfed and digested by zooplankton predators.