The US Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are continuing to investigate the 2020 sinking of the commercial fishing vessel Emmy Rose. The vess ..
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Texas A&M University research on west coast fisheries management awarded NSF funding
A new National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator-funded research project led by Texas A&M University scientists is tackling the threats that climate ch ..
Maine’s Bigelow Laboratory awarded US$2 million deep-sea research grant
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, a research organisation based in East Boothbay, Maine, has been awarded US$2 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to le ..
NSF vessel concludes six-week Pacific Northwest seismic research expedition
The National Science Foundation (NSF) seismic survey vessel Marcus G. Langseth recently arrived in Seattle following a six-week-long expedition to study an area of the Pa ..
Name unveiled for future NSF research vessel for University of Rhode Island
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) new Regional-class research vessel that will be homeported at the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Narragansett Bay ..
VESSEL REVIEW | ROUGHIE – Agile underwater glider takes on littoral surveys
Researchers at Purdue University have begun development of a fleet of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) that are optimised for survey and research duties in the tighter ..
FEATURE | AUVs play key role in new Antarctic food web research
Researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) are currently studying to identify whether food resources for various animal species found in West Antarctica are being ..
Coast Guard Icebreaker Polar Star Bound for the Arctic in December
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star breaks ice in McMurdo Sound near Antarctica on Jan. 13, 2018. US Coast Guard Photo
For the first time in almost five decades, the Coast Guard’s heavy icebreaker won’t be supporting Antarctic scientific missions in coming months but will operate instead the Arctic near Alaska, the ice breaker’s commander said recently.
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) will deploy in December “to project [U.S.] sovereignty” over its waters off Alaska and “to strengthen the rules...
https://news.usni.org/2020/11/20/coast-guard-icebreaker-polar-star-bound-for-the-arctic-in-december
Robotic Probes Monitor Climate Change Effect on Ocean Microbes
- A fleet of robotic probes called floats will investigate the effect of global warming in the ocean.
- The probes detect the pH, temperature and oxygen levels.
- The floats have already found how CO2 level increases in winter and oxygen drops.
- They are also useful in discovering new Phytoplankton blooms.
- Next year they will be used to understand the effect of El Nino.
In a Science Magazine article, Paul Voosen writes on global warming’s impact on microscopic ocean life and how robotic probes...
https://mfame.guru/robotic-probes-monitor-climate-change-effect-on-ocean-microbes/
Gulf Island to expand shipyard workforce
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. president and CEO Richard W. Heo announced the company will expand its shipyard division workforce near Houma, La.
The company will create 106 new direct jobs at an average annual salary of $48,000, plus benefits, to accommodate orders for marine vessel construction. Those orders include ferries, university research vessels funded by the National Science Foundation, and towing, salvage and rescue ships for the U.S. Navy.
Louisiana...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/gulf-island-to-expand-shipyard-workforce-near-houma/