Expedition to learn about the size of the “garbage patch” and the threats it poses to marine life and the gyre’s biological environment back.
On August 2, 2009 researchers left on the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX) on board the research vessel (R/V) New Horizon.
Field Reports are the unvarnished, unedited journal entries of marine researchers in the field. They are intended to give readers a unique, inside look at the day-to-day nature of field work, an essential part of all marine science.
Field Reports are the unvarnished, unedited journal entries of marine researchers in the field. They are intended to give readers a unique, inside look at the day-to-day nature of field work, an essential part of all marine science.
Editor’s Note: A new feature here on Marine Science Today begins with this Field Report from Bilal Khan, a master’s candidate working with Prof. Michael Boufadel and his study team trying to figure out why oil pullution from the Exxon Valdez spill persists in Prince William Sound
A second and final research trip to Prince William Sound, Alaska, will conclude a study to help understand why there is still oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill remaining in certain areas.
New from the University Roundup: Rutgers’ Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, well-known for its fleet of AUVs
University Roundup: The latest news from University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric sciences.
A new study recently published in the Journal of Biogeography reveals the driving force behind the evolution and distribution of the deep-sea dwelling king crab.
A successor to the original Rutgers University “Scarlet Knight” autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has crossed the continental shelf of the U.S. and is well on its way along the Gulf Stream in its fourth week of an eight-month voyage across the Atlantic. Launched on 27 April from the New Jersey coast, the glider, somewhat more [...]
Troughs and channels carved into Antarctica’s continental shelves by glaciers thousands of years ago could help scientists predict future sea-level rise.
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