From Shouts to Signals

From Shouts to Signals

From Shouts to Signals: How Ocean Chemistry Comes Alive By GO-SHIP I09 tracer analyst Mary Kate (MK) Dinneen ; “10 ON 4, 10 ON 4!” That’s not a drill call—it’s a scientist calling out to the sample “cop,” making sure samples are collected from the right bottles on the...
Fun and Games

Fun and Games

It's All Fun and Games We’re getting into our fourth week aboard the R/V Thompson; here’s a look at what we do off shift to keep ourselves sane. ; Monopoly Deal Most of the time, everyone gets along here. Not so during this game – we have vendettas....
First day at sea

First day at sea

First day at sea! We have officially been at sea for a whole day. This blog has some information about what I have been up to. ; We have officially been at sea for a whole day! we left around 9:00 PM on April 9th, and for three days before that, I explored Montevideo,...
First Floats

First Floats

First float deployments The first BGC-Argo floats have been deployed from the R/V Thompson I09N ; On April 5th and 9th, we deployed our first two BGC-Argo floats! Everything went very smoothly for Floater the Explorer and Sakai Coho 2, adopted by Mission High School...
Shrinking Cups

Shrinking Cups

The Amazing Shrinking Styrofoam Cup: A Deep-Sea Physics Adventure Ever wondered what happens when you send a regular cup to the bottom of the ocean? ; 🎯 What’s the Experiment? Oceanographers (a.k.a. sea scientists) sometimes attach styrofoam cups to a piece of...