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“Why should men have all the fun?” The seafaring ladies of physical oceanography
There are definitely a lot of research cruise videos out there. But this one caught my eye because, HEY, it focuses on physical oceanography! You…
View More “Why should men have all the fun?” The seafaring ladies of physical oceanographyIs this Polar Pod genius or just plain insanity?
People come up with all sorts of wacky ideas to explore the oceans. And here is another one of those ideas. Meet the Polar Pod,…
View More Is this Polar Pod genius or just plain insanity?Break through 2 months of Antarctic sea ice in 5 minutes
Love, love, love, love this video. Marine scientist Cassandra Brooks strapped a camera to the front of NSF’s icebreaker the Nathaniel B. Palmer as it…
View More Break through 2 months of Antarctic sea ice in 5 minutesA New Stereomicroscope for $440?
Can you smell that? Despite being spring it smells just a little less green. Indeed, there is a little less green around me. Sure the…
View More A New Stereomicroscope for $440?The only lady of the academic seas
Mariners have a long-standing tradition of naming their vessels after the ladies. However, when it comes to research vessels this has not been the case…until…
View More The only lady of the academic seasWho do I pick to ride in my sub? Ice-Cube or T-Pain
When I’m chillin’ in my underwater low low, I want to attract attention. I can’t be doing that in some rusted out old tin can. Sequester…
View More Who do I pick to ride in my sub? Ice-Cube or T-PainUnderfunded academic, seeking tenure, attempts to steal research ship
David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean, a…
View More Underfunded academic, seeking tenure, attempts to steal research shipFlip Ship Photoshop Battle
FLIP, the Floating Instrument Platform, is towed to an area in a horizontal position and through changing the ballast flipped into a vertical position. In…
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Observing the Cryosphere from the Troposphere: NASA’s P-3B Airborne Laboratory
Some people might think I am crazy for waking up at 4:45 AM on a Sunday morning to tour a plane, but you would too…
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