Category: Technology

Don Peters, WHOI Engineer, holding the new ceramic spheres that provide buoyancy - Photo by Tom Kleindinst

Latest WHOI Deep-Sea Vehicle Has Newest Technologies

The development of a new type of deep-sea vehicle sporting unique technologies and innovative methods made it possible to routinely reach the bottom of the ocean.

Jul 07, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
NOAA's new research vessel Pisces

NOAA Takes Delivery of Pisces, New Fishery Survey Vessel

NOAA took delivery of Pisces, the third new fisheries survey vessels and a significant achievement in the agency’s efforts to modernize its fleet of ships.

Jun 08, 2009 | 2 comments View Post
Phytoplankton -- such as this colony of chaetoceros socialis -- naturally give off fluorescent light as they dissipate excess solar energy that they cannot consume through photosynthesis - Credit: Maria Vernet, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

New Satellite Data Shows Ocean Plants Health

A study funded by NASA allowed researchers to conduct the first global analysis of the health and productivity of ocean plants.

Jun 03, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
Alaska Region Research Vessel - Source: NSF

New Alaska Region Research Vessel Awarded

The NSF made its first major award under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to construct the Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV).

Jun 02, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
Cape Farewell - Greenland

North Atlantic Right Whales Unexpectedly Heard Off Greenland Coast

A team of scientists recorded calls of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an area where it was believed to have been hunted to extinction.

May 21, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
Rutgers RU27 Glider Scarlet Knight Preparing for Launch -- Image Courtesy of Rutgers

Rutgers Glider Flies Along Gulf Stream on Transatlantic Voyage

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 [...]

May 19, 2009 | 3 comments View Post
Antarctic

New Antarctic Sonar Images Reveal Clues to Sea-Level Rise

Troughs and channels carved into Antarctica’s continental shelves by glaciers thousands of years ago could help scientists predict future sea-level rise.

May 06, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
Artist Conception of NOAA Ship Ferdinand Hassler -- Image Courtesy of NOAA

More Details on NOAA’s R/V Bay Hydro II

All the details on the new NOAA research vessel Bay Hydro II, which was commissioned last week in Baltimore and which will shortly begin its work mapping the Chesapeake Bay.

Apr 24, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
Inside NOAA's R/V Bay Hydro II - Credit: NOAA

NOAA Dedicates New Chesapeake Bay Research Vessel

NOAA commissioned a new research vessel this week: the R/V Bay Hydro II, a $2.1 million aluminum catamaran.

Apr 19, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
IBM Researcher Examines New IBM Blue Gene P Supercomputer -- Photo: IBM

DOE Solicits Supercomputer Time Proposals for 2010

The Department of Energy is inviting proposals for time next year on its supercomputers at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Marine researchers are among the current users of INCITE program resources.

Apr 17, 2009 | 0 comments View Post
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