At the heart of ocean conservation is education. 🦑🌊

This summer SEA is offering an undergraduate program exploring topics of ocean governance specifically looking at the effort to protect 30% of the Earth's ocean.

✨Creature Feature✨

These sparkly critters are an unusual species of copepod called Sea Sapphires (Genus Sapphrina). The iridescent colors are the result of alternating layers of hexagonal guanine crystals and cytoplasm in a specialized layer of cells just below the hard exoskeleton. 🌊 #MarineLife

Last week, former Secretary of Education of New Zealand and former Director of Education for the World Bank, Maris O'Rourke (left), stopped by the Seamans in Auckland Harbor to chat more about SEA with Captain Allison Taylor and the crew.

By providing high school students with the opportunity to gain hands on experience in marine science, we can help deepen their understanding of the ocean, strengthen critical thinking skills, and prepare them to tackle environmental challenges in their future academic and personal pursuits. #EduSky

This is what science at sea looks like for undergraduate students participating in one of SEA's study abroad programs #science #seaeducation

We are excited to announce Dr. Richard Hopper as SEA's next president. Rick will be joining SEA later this fall after having served as serving as Chief of Party for a US-funded higher education reform initiative in Vietnam.

Meet one of the newest member of SSV Robert C. Seamans, Cap. Cap is a paper nautilus pulled from one of the daily neuston tow deployments. Students on board the Seamans are participating in SEA's Oceans & Climate program, sailing from Fiji to Aotearoa New Zealand. 🦑🧪🌎

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Recent blog from the Seamans: "It is so hard to wrap my mind around the fact that I am currently doing science out in the middle of nowhere ocean, and it is even harder to grasp the fact that I am getting to play at sailor scientist right now (never expected that combo)." 🧪🦑

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Proctor Academy's Ocean Classroom students have set sail north toward Lunenburg, Nova Scotia for their first leg of their voyage focusing on fisheries, wildlife, and the history of whaling.

Read more about this custom program and the full voyage plan: www.proctoracademy.org/explore-proc... 🧪🦑🌎

A leader in ocean education for more than 50 years, SEA remains committed to providing unique opportunities for students to engage with the ocean, gaining insights into the complexities and consequences of climate change.