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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