Physical oceanography technology
Ghost ships, adorable flotsam, and measuring surface currents
The ocean is teeming with floating objects. Some of them are creepy, rusted, abandoned boats. Others are cute little bath…
Author: Eric Orenstein
Eric is a PhD student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His research in the Jaffe Laboratory for Underwater Imaging focuses on developing methods to quantitatively label image data coming from the Scripps Plankton Camera System. When not science-ing, Eric can be found surfing, canoeing, or trying to learn how to cook.
Behavior Biological oceanography
The physics of tiny jellyfish hunting
Tiny jellyfish live, swim, and eat in a viscous environment. How they capture their food is something of a mystery.…
Biology Modeling
The dark side of the…cephalopod eye?
Cephalopods are among the most colorful creatures in the ocean but only see in black and white. A father/son team…
Geology Modeling
Pluto perhaps not so icy after all
Pluto, the ex-planet at the far reaches of our solar system, recently had a nice photo op as a NASA…
Paleoceanography technology
Paleo-oceanography from satellite data reveal ancient tsunamis…on Mars?!
Extraplanetary tsunamis. Need I say more?
technology
Double, double methane and trouble: Quantifying natural and man-made methane seeps
Researchers from Texas A&M and Woods Hole tested out a new, 3D camera system designed to look at deep sea…
technology
Coral! At The Disco: Using fluorescence (and computer science) to label reef data
A group of scientists and engineers have leveraged two emerging technologies to develop a new system for studying coral in…
Modeling
Arctic could become more biologically productive as ice melts
As Arctic sea-ice melts away, organisms will be exposed to more light and, potentially, more nutrients. Recent model work suggests…
Climate Change ocean engineering
One person’s noise, is another person’s data
Measuring the heat content of deep ocean waters is critical to understanding how our global climate system works. It is…
Book Review
Ringing in the New Year
Join us as we "Ring in the New Year" with a series of posts about sound in the ocean. Learn…
Ecology
Kelp: It’s whats for dinner (or where you live)
Kelp is a kind of large algae that supports diverse ecosystems. These kelp forests may start receding as a result…
Climate Change Ecology
If it you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kelp forest!
Kelp is a kind of algae that supports diverse ecosystems in the nearshore ocean. As the climate and ocean warms,…
Biological oceanography
There’s a storm coming, Plankton. And we all best be ready when she does.
Oceanographers have long known that large storms cause changes in the near-shore ocean environment. But how those changes effect the…
Biological oceanography Ecology
Eating Snow: How detritus gets broken down
Marine snow is a critical part of the ocean ecosystem. Much of this carbon rich matter ends up in the…