My second week at UC Davis, and I’ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium here on campus. Although her talk wasn’t particularly beefy, I captured a few interesting tidbits: It was refreshing to hear a government official state her steadfast optimism, and urge scientists . . . → Read More: Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists
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By Dr Bik, on  January 12th, 2012  5 comments  Climate Change, Scientist!  climate change, global warming, Jane Lubchenco, NOAA, ocean, Public, Science Communication, UC Davis By RickMac, on December 1st, 2011 6 comments Bringin' It, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Ramblings, Uncategorized, Weather National Climate Service, NOAA Some of these things are not like the other. Can you spot the Zombie worms? What’s the difference between a collection of Osedax “Zombie worms” and the 112th United States Congress? One is a population of spineless, sedentary, opportunistic life forms that thrive in darkness while devouring the bones of the dead. The other are . . . → Read More: When Far-Sighted Vision Meets Near-Sighted Politics or Zombie Worms For Congress!
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 29th, 2011 One comment Natural Disaster, Weather Atlantic, GOES, Hurricane, NOAA, satellite, Tropical Storm, Weather From NOAA Visualizations on YouTube: The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on Nov. 30 and produced a total of 19 tropical storms of which seven became hurricanes, including three major hurricanes. This level of activity matched NOAA’s predictions and continues the trend of active hurricane seasons that began in 1995. From Arlene to . . . → Read More: The 2011 Hurricane Season in 4.5 minutes
By para_sight, on July 8th, 2011 10 comments Environmental Sciences, Gadgets & Gear, Ramblings, Vessels and Equipment atlantis, NASA, NOAA, WHOI If everything goes smoothly, this morning at around 11 o’clock, four brave souls strapped to 800,000 gallons of liquid oxygen, hydrogen and hydrazine will ride a controlled explosion into near-earth space aboard the NASA shuttle Atlantis. For the last time. The NASA space shuttle program is drawing to a close after 30 years, and Atlantis will . . . → Read More: Exploration, thy name is Atlantis
By Dr Bik, on June 28th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, NOAA, Oil Spill, restoration, seafood safety I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with NOAA. If you’ve been to their homepage lately, you’ll notice that the key Deepwater Horizon links have been inserted into a nice little banner across the top of the site. The historic archive! Restoration Projects! Seafood Safety! I’d like to think that Deep-sea News had something to . . . → Read More: Deepwater Horizon: Resources and Restoration
By para_sight, on June 13th, 2011 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, Megavertebrate, New Research cetaceans, dolphins, FAU, Georgia Aquarium, HBOI, Health, NOAA This week a really great project is unfolding in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. It’s the annual Health and Environmental Risk Assessment for free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, one of the longest standing and most comprehensive health assessments of any marine animal. The project is spearheaded by Dr. Greg Bossart (Senior VP at Georgia Aquarium) . . . → Read More: Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human health
By Dr. M, on November 13th, 2010 Leave a comment Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment, Life At Sea, Plastic, Scientist! NOAA, Okeanos Explorer, Pacific Garbage Patch DSN’s vey on Miriam G. is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle. Head over to read about her recent work on the Pacific Garbage Patch aboard the Okeanos Explorer. We at DSN are brimming with pride at her accomplishments. “For a thousand miles of the open ocean we sampled it all,” said Miriam Goldstein, an . . . → Read More: WE R TAKIN OVAR UR CITY AN PRES
By Dr. M, on November 6th, 2010 Leave a comment Coral, Oil Spills Coral, Gulf of Mexico, NOAA, Oil Spill A single colony of coral with dying and dead sections (on left), apparently living tissue (top right) and bare skeleton with very sickly looking brittle star on the base. (Credit: Image courtesy of Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE.) KZ already posted this yesterday but you should venture over to the NOAA website and view both the . . . → Read More: Scientists Observe Damage to Deep-sea Corals Pt. 2
By Kevin Zelnio, on November 5th, 2010 Leave a comment Coral, Expeditions, Industry & Government, Oil Spills Coral, NOAA, Oil Spill, Soft Coral Fresh out of the NOAA news office: [...] Operating from the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown and using a variety of tools including the National Deep Submergence Facility’s Jason II remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), researchers were working at a site 1,400 meters deep (roughly 4,600 feet) and approximately seven miles southwest of the Macondo wellhead when . . . → Read More: Scientists Observe Damage to Deep-Sea Corals
By Dr. M, on October 31st, 2010 Leave a comment Environmental Sciences, Natural Disaster, Weather NOAA, tsunami The Indonesia tsunami event was generated by a Mw 7.7 earthquake (3.484°S, 100.114°E ), at 14:42:22 UTC, 240 km (150 miles) W of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia (according to the USGS). In a little under 2 hours, the tsunami was first recorded at DART® buoy 56001 and in a little under 3 hours, the tsunami . . . → Read More: NOAA maps October 25th Indonesian tsunami
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