UVI graduate Mara Duke is studying plankton in Brewers Bay. The purpose of her study is to gain unique insight into how environmental conditions impact all levels of the ecosystem within a small coastal bay with highly diverse habitat types.

Amelie Jensen, graduate student at the University of the Virgin Islands in the Master of Science Marine & Environmental Science program has undertaken the task of investigating carbon storage in seagrass habitats around the Virgin Islands.

Plastic breaks down into microscopic pieces, but they never disappear.

Throughout the Caribbean, the staghorn and elkhorn corals have experienced devastating decline. Coral nurseries are the key to their survival.