BP’s email subpoenas threaten to erode the scientific deliberative process
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By , on June 4th, 2012 10 comments   Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Oil Spills   , , , ,  

If you haven’t read the Boston Globe Op-Ed, you must. Chris Reddy and Richard Camilli (oil spill research rockstars at Wood’s Hole) yesterday revealed information that made me feel physically ill: Late last week, we reluctantly handed over more than 3,000 confidential e-mails to BP, as part of a subpoena from the oil company demanding . . . → Read More: BP’s email subpoenas threaten to erode the scientific deliberative process

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Pimp My Alvin
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By , on October 15th, 2010 Leave a comment   Gadgets & Gear, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , , ,  

Alvin’s interior will be getting a redesign as a new larger titanium has been forged. It is 3, rather than 2, inches thick, with an interior diameter that is 4.6 inches wider than Alvin’s current sphere. That increases the interior volume by nearly 20 percent, from 144 to 171 cubic feet, and that additional . . . → Read More: Pimp My Alvin

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Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf
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By , on August 19th, 2010 5 comments   Oil Spills   , , , , , , , , ,  

BP want’s to deny the presence of a deepwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. The very oil plume both predicted by models published in 2003. The very oil plume that the massive amounts of dispersant injected at depth created to prevent oil from washing ashore. Even the government wants to deny the existence . . . → Read More: Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf

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New Communications System Promises Untethered, Undersea Vehicles Who Will Destroy the World
New Communications System Promises Untethered, Undersea Vehicles Who Will Destroy the World avatar

By , on July 1st, 2010 One comment   Gadgets & Gear, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , ,  

Illustration shows how the optical modem could function at a deep ocean cabled observatory. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) collect sonar images (downward bands of light) and other data at a hydrothermal vent site and transmit the data through an optical modem to receivers stationed on moorings in the ocean. The moorings are connected to a . . . → Read More: New Communications System Promises Untethered, Undersea Vehicles Who Will Destroy the World

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Deep-Sea Transformer Sets Record
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By , on June 10th, 2009 3 comments   Vessels and Equipment   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

At the beginning of May we discussed Nereus, the new $5 million hybrid-transformer-multipurpose-all knowing-swiss army knife of deep-sea research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The autonomous vehicle can switch between an autonomous underwater vehicle (unteathered to the surface) to a remote operated vehicle (tethered) depending on the mission. At that time, the goal was . . . → Read More: Deep-Sea Transformer Sets Record

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