Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

---

Dive in with Megan Deehan, a marine conservation student at the University of Miami, and Nathan Formel, a researcher at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) to experience an underwater world filled with different marine animals and the DNA they leave behind (environmental DNA).

This is the first of three videos in an exciting series exploring environmental DNA or "eDNA", NOAA AOML's technology used for environmental DNA sampling, and a hands-on activity for DNA extraction.

Visit aoml.noaa.gov/omics for more information on environmental DNA research at NOAA AOML.