Collaborate Disseminate
Plankton are tiny organisms that drift around in the ocean. They aren’t just whale food — they are responsible for fixing up to 50% of the world’s carbon dioxide. That, …read more Continue reading Who Needs Sea Monkeys? Get PlanktoScope
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) can have negative consequences for both marine life and human health, so it can be helpful to have early warning of when they’re on the way. …read more Continue reading Detecting Algal Blooms with the Help of AI
Stand by the shore and watch the waves roll in, and you’ll notice that most come in at roughly the same size. There’s a little variation, but the overwhelming majority …read more Continue reading Rogue Waves Are Mysterious And Big
Every summer you go down the shore, but lately you’ve begun to notice that the beach seems narrower each time you visit. Is that the sea level rising, or is the sand just being swept away? Speaking of sea levels, …read more
It may be named after the most famous volleyball in history, but “Wilson” isn’t just a great conversationalist. [Hayden Brophy] built the free-drifting satellite buoy to see if useful science can be done with off-the-shelf hardware and on a shoestring budget. And from the look of the data so far, …read more
Continue reading Drone Buoy Drifts Along the Gulf Stream for Citizen Science
With Earth in the throes of climate change and no suitable Planet B lined up just yet, oceanography is as important now as it has ever been. And yet, the instruments relied upon for decades to test ocean conditions are holding steady within the range of expensive to prohibitively expensive. …read more
It looks like a ship when it is in port or in transit, and when it use you’d think it’s about to sink. The RP FLIP (for “FLoating Instrument Platform) is an unpowered research buoy with a very special design designed to provide the most stable and vibration-free platform possible …read more
Continue reading Retrotechtacular: This Boat Isn’t Sinking… It’s Doing Research
“We’re still trying to figure out what’s going on.” Continue reading A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up in Antarctica
Commercial activity on the bottom of the ocean may destroy ecosystems we don’t even know exist. Continue reading We Need to Regulate the Seabed Before Mining Companies Destroy It
Polycephaly, the condition of having more than one head, is relatively common in nature. Continue reading Don’t Lose Your Head Over Two-Headed Sharks