by Jennifer Magnusson | Mar 20, 2024 | Indian 2024
Spotlight on Cora McKean Cora is a laboratory technician in the Ocean Acidification Research Laboratory at the Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute in Seward, Alaska ; From an early age, I knew I wanted to be a marine scientist. Growing up, I pictured myself nursing wounded...
by George Matsumoto | Mar 17, 2024 | South Atlantic 2024
Say Hello to My Little Friend(s) Signs of life from the abyssal zone ; Every now and then, chemical oceanographers are confronted with very real evidence that there is, in fact, life in their water samples. Often called “bugs” in laboratory settings, their presence is...
by George Matsumoto | Mar 17, 2024 | South Atlantic 2024
Ocean Depths Exploring Extreme Pressure Changes ; How does water depth affect pressure changes? Simply put, as depth increases, the weight of the water above exerts more pressure on objects below, potentially causing them to shrink or collapse under the immense...
by George Matsumoto | Mar 16, 2024 | South Atlantic 2024
POV: You are sampling the CTD March 12, 2024 ; Sampling the CTD is part of life for most scientists aboard research trips like this. Anywhere from 1-3 times a day when the CTD is pulled back on board we all come out of our labs where we had been hunkered down and...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Mar 16, 2024 | Indian 2024
Fishstick Floats Away Our third float, Fishstick! has been deployed in the Southern Ocean ; Fishstick!— Salinas High School; Salinas, CA Location: 56° 29′ 20.04” S; 83° 46′ 34.68” E Time: Tue 12 MAR 2024 12:45 UTC Temperature: 3.0°C, Wind 20...
by George Matsumoto | Mar 13, 2024 | South Atlantic 2024
GO-BGC Floats - Part 2 What do the data tell us? ; 13 March 2024 An earlier blog in our series described the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC) program and their Adopt-a-Float outreach program. We showcased the first six of the 11 GO-BGC Navis Argo floats...
