All Entries Tagged With: "National Science Foundation"
New Robots Will Help Fill in Gaps and Enhance Ocean Knowledge
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been awarded a total of nearly $2.5 million to develop a new breed of ocean-probing instruments and design and develop the systems necessary to control the movement of those autonomous underwater explorers (AUEs). These “Miniature Robotic Ocean Explorers” are intended to plug gaps of knowledge about key ocean processes and trace fine details of fundamental oceanographic mechanisms that are vital to tiny marine inhabitants.
Expedition to the “Great Ocean Garbage Patch”
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.
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).
