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Plankton comes from the greek word planktos, meaning wanderer. It does not define a specific organism, but rather a specific life style. Plankton…
The sediment traps and the Wirewalker were recovered after three days of collecting data with a big surprise. Some parts were bent, and…
Earth’s ocean is vast and deep, and we still need to study many things about it. To investigate and quantify…
I always knew that one day I wanted to study the ocean, even though I grew up just north of…
Melissa Omand, interdisciplinary physical oceanographer from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, was confronted with a conflict: it was…
Trying to sleep on a trampoline while somebody is jumping on it – this is how it feels during many…
Act 1: Blowin’ in the wind At the unholy hour of 0400, I find myself on the aft deck of…
As an undergraduate student, Colleen Durkin had no idea what to specialize in, but looking at a seawater sample through a microscope…
Every great ship needs a Holodeck. Not for entertainment, but for science. Star Trek‘s fictional Holodeck can create matter virtually (in our…
