Karen James, director of science for the The Beagle Project, has published a letter (subscription required) in the taxonomy journal Zoologica Scripta outlining the reasons…
View More A Flagship for Science in a New Age of SailCategory: Expeditions
The Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature
A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer led by James V. Gardner, a marine geologist at the University of New Hampshire, discovered…
View More The Creation of a New Deep-Sea FeatureSEAPLEX on NPR Science Friday!
Kudos to Chief Scientist Goldstein for the great interview on NPR’s Science Friday with Ira Flatow today. Be sure to listen to the 6 min.…
View More SEAPLEX on NPR Science Friday!2009 Pacific Northwest Expedition
Myself and Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) will particpating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition ot the northern Pacific. Leg 5…
View More 2009 Pacific Northwest ExpeditionSeeking the Science of the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
I hope you are following along on the SEAPLEX blog. A great post about the kinds of gear used in open-water oceanography. But better than…
View More Seeking the Science of the Pacific Ocean Garbage PatchU Hav Plasicz In Yr Oceanuz
This Sunday, August 2nd, a major scientific expedition to study the issue of plastic accumulation in the North Pacific Gyre will depart San Diego. The…
View More U Hav Plasicz In Yr OceanuzReady for another expedition?
Its summertime folks, and it seems like everyone is either heading out to sea, or returning from a recent expedition. If not that, its a…
View More Ready for another expedition?Finding Coral sails into the sunset
PhD student Michael Reuscher has been guest posting from the RV Cape Flattery aboard the Finding Coral Expedition, sponsored by the Living Ocean Society in…
View More Finding Coral sails into the sunsetFriday deep-sea picture: Deepworkers find Primnoa
Greg Workman reports in today’s dispatch “A Great Day at the Office” that after a few days searching, the Finding Coral Expedition has … found…
View More Friday deep-sea picture: Deepworkers find PrimnoaRV Cape Flattery Report – June 16, 2009
Michael Reuscher is a PhD student at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and a freshly minted submersible pilot engaged in the Finding Corals Expedition.…
View More RV Cape Flattery Report – June 16, 2009