One of the internet’s most revered unusual ships, known simply as FLIP, has been sent for scrap. The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) was a unique oceanographic research tool that exemplified…
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Breathing Life Into The Ocean
By Emily Cassidy NASA Earth Observatory–From global to regional scales, images from satellites portray the dynamic beauty of the world’s oceans. Each view reveals something unique, from the seasonal pulses…
High Temperatures Unleash Marine Heatwave In Mediterranean Sea
LISBON, July 29 (Reuters) – High temperatures across Europe this month have unleashed a prolonged marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea that could ravage ecosystems and kill off several species in the…
https://gcaptain.com/high-temperatures-unleash-marine-heatwave-in-mediterranean-sea/
Watch Live: NOAA Explorers Dive Into the Mysteries of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(NOAA)–This summer, take the plunge and join NOAA Ocean Exploration and partners as we explore along the longest mountain range in the world: the mid-ocean ridge. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge portion of this range spans…
https://gcaptain.com/watch-live-noaa-explorers-dive-into-the-mysteries-of-the-mid-atlantic-ridge/
Record Marine Heatwave Hits Mediterranean Sea
By Laura Millan Lombrana and Eric Roston (Bloomberg) On June 19, a day after thermometers rose to record highs across several parts of Spain and France, a buoy floating on the Mediterranean…
https://gcaptain.com/record-marine-heatwave-hits-mediterranean-sea/
Sounds Of The Sea
Sara Blumberg (NASA)–Experience the swirls off the coast of Río de la Plata to the upwellings in the Indian Ocean put to musical notes of imagery from our own Earth-observing…
Scientists Say The Ocean Is Getting Loud
By Iain Barber (the Conversation) On summer evenings in the 1980s, the residents of a houseboat community in Sausalito, California would often have trouble sleeping. A bizarre and persistent humming…
https://gcaptain.com/scientists-say-the-ocean-is-getting-loud/
Taking to the Air and Sea to Study Ocean Eddies
Using scientific instruments aboard a self-propelled ocean glider and several airplanes, this first deployment of the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) mission will deploy its suite of water- and air-borne…
National Geographic Recognizes Earth’s 5th Ocean
It took over 100 years, but starting now National Geographic will recognize the body of water around Antarctica and below the 60th parallel as the Southern Ocean after cartographers determined…
500 Robots Released To Float The World’s Oceans
by Nathan Frandino (Reuters) – After years studying the icy waters of the Southern Ocean with floating robotic monitors, a consortium of oceanographers and other researchers is deploying them across…