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MIKROS: UN MUNDO OCULTO Nov.-Oct. 2023
Madrid Planetarium Spain, November – September 2023.
The exhibition creates an imaginary world of the overlooked and imperceptible unicellular algae, cyanobacteria, or foraminifera in support of life on this planet as we search for possibilities of life elsewhere -
Sea Ice in the Arctic: a secret world
The Arctic Ocean is the most extreme ocean in regard to the seasonality of light and its year-round existing ice cover. Arctic seas hold a multitude of unique life forms highly adapted in their life history, ecology and physiology to the extreme and seasonal conditions of this environment.
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Present | Past | Future?
With warm temperatures rising, and the poles melting, humankind could be forced to evolve and adapt to marine life. In this case, the future shows two different scenarios.
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100 Years of Seaweed & Kelp
Sourced from the Algae Collection at University of California Santa Barbara with support from UCSC Arts Research Institute and the OpenLab Collaborative Research Center.
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Exploration Center
Explore algae through digital microscopes, hand held magnifying glasses and our lightboard of algal forms. Browse our library of algae themed books or spend some time playing PhytoHeroes or Back to Anemone, games developed by members of the Algae Society.
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Pacific Coast Seaweed in Wrack
Collected from beach wrack, cleaned, dried, pressed, dipped, & pinned. “Wrack” is the term for seaweed, surfgrass, driftwood, and other organic materials produced by coastal ecosystems that wash ashore on the beach.