Our Work | High seas at Duke

What we do

Spatial Ecology

Where does biodiversity exist in the ocean?

To answer this question, Duke scientists, lead the Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab (MGEL), have endeavored to provide fellow scientists and policy makers with the spatial data and tools to better inform research and decisions about the biodiversity of the world's oceans.

Deep-sea

How do we attain sustainability in the deep-ocean?

For four decades, Duke scientists, lead by Dr. Cindy Van Dover and her lab were among the global leaders in the exploration of the deep sea and the ecology of deep-sea ecosystems.

Ocean governance

Duke University does not only approach international governance processes from an academic standpoint, Duke faculty and students are also regular attendees and participants in international fora, where they contribute data, knowledge and legal perspectives to the table.

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Ocean data

For several decades, Duke University has been a leader in generating, aggregating and distributing biological, ecological and oceanographic data across ocean basins and jurisdictional boundaries. Duke faculty run and are members of various international data platforms and are shaping the conversations on future ocean databases.