PMEL in the News
2016 Class of AGU Fellows Announced
The American Geophysical Union has chosen 60 new Fellows and will honor them at the upcoming 2016 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Calif. Since the American Geophysical Union (AGU) established its Fellows Program in 1962, the organization has elected outstanding members as Union Fellows. This special honor recognizes scientific eminence in the Earth and space sciences. It acknowledges Fellows for their remarkable contributions to their research fields, exceptional knowledge, and visionary leadership. Only 0.1% of AGU membership receives this recognition in any given year.
Girl Scouts VP Melissa Baffa to Explore the Ocean Aboard Dr. Robert Ballard’s Exploration Vessel Nautilus August 1- 14, 2016
Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast Get to Explore STEM Careers Aboard the E/V Nautilus in San Pedro July 23rd and in San Francisco August 17th.
On July 7th Oscar Dyson deployed two Carbon Wave Gliders
On July 7th Oscar Dyson deployed two Carbon Wave Gliders! They are autonomous surface vessels that use ocean wave energy for propulsion and solar panels to charge batteries for electronics. The Carbon Wave Gliders can collect data on water and air temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide in the water and air, and pH monitoring equipment.
Starving seabirds washing up dead on Washington beaches
Seabirds have been washing up dead on beaches in Washington and British Columbia this summer, and scientists can't say why. Rhinoceros auklets are one of the most common birds in the network of inland waterways shared by Washington and British Columbia.
Sailboat-Like Drone Helps NOAA Study the Arctic Ecosystem
Drones are changing the way we look at coastlines. In a conference call on Thursday about the use of drones in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jessica N. Cross, an oceanographer at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, talked about the use of Saildrone, a sailboat-sized, commercially produced UAV in monitoring populations of fish and other information about the changing oceans in the Arctic.