Elizabeth Halliday
Elizabeth Halliday grew up exploring the deserts around Tucson, Arizona, and found that nothing was more different—and exciting—than trips to the beach. She pursued her interest in marine science as an undergraduate at the University of Maryland, as an exchange student at the University of Vienna, and later as a Ph.D. student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program. Her thesis dealt with coastal water quality at local beaches, but her studies of microscopic marine life have taken her around the world, from a marine research station in the Mediterranean to an Antarctic icebreaker. Along the way, she developed a passion for communicating the wonder and value of science.
Uncovering the Ocean’s Biological Pump
Dan Ohnemus clearly remembers the highlight of his fourth-grade class in Bourne, Mass. He and…
Sassy Scallops
MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Meredith White examined how increasingly acidic ocean waters affect scallop…
Elemental Journeys
Humans have changed the face of the Earth by significantly altering the natural movements of…
New Weather-Shifting Climate Cycle Revealed
Scientists have uncovered evidence for another natural cycle that, like El Niño and La Niña,…
Testing the Waters and Closing Beaches
On a warm, tranquil evening this summer, Falmouth resident Annette Hynes took a friend down…