North Atlantic right whales now number fewer than 500. If things don’t change, the highly-endangered species could face extinction in less than 30 years, according to a new study.Making matters worse, climate-mediated shifts are pushing their prey out of the whales’ usual feeding grounds, rendering traditional habitat-focused…
Sandia-led team designs zero-emissions marine research vesselCredit: Photo courtesy of Glosten.Rendering of the Zero-V hydrogen-powered research vessel. Credit: Photo courtesy of Lennie Klebanoff.Sandias Zero-V team: Joe Pratt (left, currently on entrepreneurial leave from Sandia) and Lennie Klebanoff (right) seen here in Norway on a trip to visit partner firm DNV GL.
A new research vessel for Scripps Institution of Oceanography will be powered by fuel cells fueled by liquid hydrogen that is produced using renewable energy. The Zero-V vessel design, developed in collaboration with Glosten and Sandia National Laboratories with funding from MARAD, has now received approval in principle from DNV GL.Zero-V has a tank capacity of 11…
Cindy Van DoverProfessor, Division of Marine Science and Conservation,Duke University Marine LaboratoryDirector of the Duke University Marine Laboratory (2006-2016)Fulbright Research Scholar (2004) and Fulbright Arctic Chair (2017)National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2000)In April 1982, the first-ever biology expedition to the East Pacific Rise set sail from San Diego.
By Carol Rasmussen,NASA's Earth Science News TeamA new NASA study explains why the Tracy and Heilprin glaciers, which flow side by side into Inglefield Gulf in northwest Greenland, are melting at radically different rates.Using ocean data from NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) campaign, the study documents a plume of warm water flowing up Tracy's underwater face…
With estimated numbers of 500, the North Atlantic right whale is highly endangered. The traditional range of this cetacean species, including in the Gulf of Maine and the Scotian Shelf, is based on their main food source, the marine zooplankton Calanus finmarchicus. Due to anthropogenic warming, prey availability in the Gulf of Maine has been low since 2011 and is expected to further decrease…
A comic book-inspired exhibit that highlights the astonishing adaptations (aka super powers) of ocean species opens Friday, June 29 at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego"Oddities: Hidden Heroes of the Scripps Collections" was created in partnership with the team from the Scripps Oceanographic Collections…
With school out, finding ways to keep students occupied and entertained can be difficult. There are a number of fun events and exhibits at museums around San Diego that can help.The Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego on Friday opens Oddities: Hidden Heroes of the Scripps Collection, a comic…
Gabby DelGattoJune 26, 2018A new study has predicted that future global warming will lead to an increase in ‘extreme sea levels’, with consequent flood risks to coastal infrastructure and human populations.Extreme sea levels occur through a combination of high tides and extreme weather events, which can generate storm surges and high wind waves.
IMAGE: The NSF-NASA EXPORTS project will track the fate of phytoplankton (green) in the Pacific Ocean. view more Credit: NASAEquipped with advanced underwater robotics and an array of analytical instrumentation, a team of scientists will set sail for the northeastern Pacific Ocean this August.The researchers' mission for…
Cellula Robotics has been awarded a contract from the National Oceanography Center (NOC) in the UK. The contract covers the design, build, testing and offshore support of a tool to place a seven meter curved pipe into the seabed. This tool will be used to enable the controlled injection of CO2 at an instrumented test site…
