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 seasCategory: Vessels and Equipment
Who 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…
View More Observing the Cryosphere from the Troposphere: NASA’s P-3B Airborne LaboratoryIs Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?
When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine…
View More Is Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?The Ocean Cleanup. The newest of the new plans to remove marine plastic.
UPDATE: The Ocean Cleanup released a feasibility study in June 2014 that attempted to address many of the concerns we had below. You can read…
View More The Ocean Cleanup. The newest of the new plans to remove marine plastic.FIU to take over Aquarius ReefBase
News today that apparently Florida International University in Miami has received a grant to operate the NOAA undersea research laboratory known as Aquarius ReefBase, which…
View More FIU to take over Aquarius ReefBaseFour Decades of Funding of U.S. Marine Biology: Are We In Trouble?
Al and I spoke previously about how for too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with…
View More Four Decades of Funding of U.S. Marine Biology: Are We In Trouble?A recap of Hurricane Sandy: the ocean version
As a native Long Islander, I watched intently as Sandy made landfall. Offshore of NY Harbor, winds gusted up 70 mph and waves swelled to…
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