Vessels and Equipment

AUV with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?

How does Santa get presents to the deep sea? With ocean robots of course! Enjoy Oceaneerings Holiday Card with 8 tiny ReinROVs. And if you…

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Ocean robot seized, causes international incident

Dr. Martini December 19, 2016 China drone ocean drone seaglider slocum glider south china sea US Navy

This past week, a US Naval drone was seized by a Chinese ship in international waters in the South China Sea. When I hear the word drone, I imagine…

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The Twelve Days of Christmas – NASA Earth Science Edition

Dr. Martini December 1, 2016 AVHRR AVO farming GOES GRACE gravity Hurricane NASA NASA Earth Science precision farming search and rescue viruses volcanoes west nile wildfires zika

On the first day of Christmas NASA Earth Science gave to me: advance warning of Hurricane Activity. On the second day of Christmas NASA…

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Have you been watching Okeanos explorer? If not, this week is your chance!

Dr. Martini July 30, 2016 NOAA Okeanos Explorer ROV

I’m kind of obsessed with Okeanos Explorer. Why? Because being able to watch a live feed of an ROV exploring the deep ocean on the…

Scientist! Vessels and Equipment

Wait, did I just become a commodore?

Dr. M July 3, 2016 Acadiana Louisiana LUMCON marine lab oceanographic Pelican Research Vessel

From Wikipedia… Traditionally, “commodore” is the title for any officer assigned to command more than one ship at a time, even temporarily, much as “captain”…

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TGIF: Elasmo-Lite-Brites

Alex Warneke May 27, 2016 biofluoresence glow-in-the-dark sharks sio turtles

Basically, the ocean is a glowing rave of awesome…but you already knew that. Happy Friday!

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Oceanography yarn-bombed!

Dr. Martini April 18, 2016 knitting Schmidt Ocean yarn yarn bomb

I come from a family of insanely good knitters. For a time, my mom even knitted professionally for some fancy department store in Manhattan. Although…

Currents Environmental Sciences Gadgets & Gear Life At Sea Life of Science Sea Ice Vessels and Equipment

A little science, a little soccer. All while adrift on the ice.

Dr. Martini April 5, 2016 adrift Arctic drift r/v lance

Think you are hardcore because you’ve been on a research cruise for a week? A month? Three months? Well you ain’t got nothing on these…

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Why They Should Name the Ship Boaty McBoatface

Dr. M March 22, 2016

In 2019 the United Kingdom’s new state-of-the-art polar research vessel is slated to take to the seas. The Natural Environment Research Council, the UK’s leading…

Ecology Gadgets & Gear Intertidal Vessels and Equipment

How to Build a Better Tide Machine

Alex Warneke December 2, 2015 Arduino Rocky Intertidal Tides

As an experimental ecologist working in an intertidal system, my life was quite literally dictated by the tides throughout grad school. Bringing organisms that run on a cycle…

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