NEPTUNE is more than just a planet…a clever acronym for the North-East Pacific Time-Series Undersea Networked Experiments. The U.S. Canadian venture is series of cable-linked…
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ARGOS the giant
There is a nice write up in Nature about the ARGO (Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography). Argo is network of automonous floats, now numbering over…
View More ARGOS the giantWe Are Going to Need Some More Money
Perhaps as no shock, oceanography is going to need some more money, about $2-3 billion to be exact. A group of international scientist called the…
View More We Are Going to Need Some More MoneyIf you are in the neighborhood and want to see a ship sink
The much loved Texas Clipper will be sunk on this Thursday as part of the ships to reef program. Those from Texas A&M Galveston will…
View More If you are in the neighborhood and want to see a ship sinkSphere
Sure Sphere is a filthy piece of literary swill but it also a vital component of any submersible. As you may remember from geometry, for…
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When I am diving, I have the tendency to get a little bored. Coral reefs…yeah,yeah…brightly-colored fish…yawn…charismatic invertebrates…ho-hum…sharks, octopods, communing with nature, etc. My dives are…
View More A Little Mood MusicBig Ships, Not So Bad…
…that is if you forget that they are gas-guzzling uber machines spewing carbon dioxide. Aerosols produced by the exhaust from large oceanic vessels often produce…
View More Big Ships, Not So Bad…Open Up the Bubbly for SeaWiFS
SeaWiFS turns 10 this year. What is SeaWiFS? It is one of the most important advances of science in the last 20 years. The SeaWiFS…
View More Open Up the Bubbly for SeaWiFSField Rated Flash Drive
Corsair generously sent along their 8GB Survivor Flash Drive midsummer for me to field test at the behesting of this post. Over the last few…
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