Rebecca R. Helm
Rebecca R. Helm is an assistant professor of biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville, where she studies the ecology and evolution of life in the open ocean.
The Marine Biologist Who Dove Right In
He changed the study of ocean life by getting in the water.
April 9, 2024
A Plastic Oasis in the Sea
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t all garbage. It’s also an ecosystem.
October 25, 2023
Hidden in Plain Sight
How a trail of plastic waste might help us find the mysterious Velella
July 15, 2021


