The following is a guest post by Dr. Clark Richards, a physical oceanographer at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax, Canada. It was originally…
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How currents pushed debris from the missing Malaysian Air flight across the Indian Ocean to Réunion
What seems to be debris from the Malaysian Air flight MH370 that mysteriously vanished in March 2014 has washed up on on the island of Réunion…
View More How currents pushed debris from the missing Malaysian Air flight across the Indian Ocean to RéunionThe 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.Notes from the field: Find the currents, deploy the ROBOTS!
We’re excited for another guest post from Kim Martini here at DSN (read previous posts here). Kim is a physical oceanographer working at the University of Alaska,…
View More Notes from the field: Find the currents, deploy the ROBOTS!Deep Sea 101: Early Paradigms and Exploration
←Previous Lesson: Lessons from the Census of Marine Life While the Census of Marine Life may be the most recent call to survey the ocean,…
View More Deep Sea 101: Early Paradigms and ExplorationThe Fish That Walks on Stilts
One of the denizens of the deep is the 30cm long tripod fish, Bathypterois grallator. This unusual fish is typically found anywhere between 1-5km deep…
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