An Internet Portal into the Ocean: A conversation with John Delaney
February 6th, 2009 by Ari Daniel Shapiro | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast
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John Delaney directs the Regional Scale Nodes ocean observatory program at the University of Washington, where he also serves as Professor of Oceanography. Credit: UWTV and the NEPTUNE Program.
Welcome to the first episode of Ocean Gazing, a podcast where we look at, listen to and touch the ocean to unpack its secrets. On this week’s program, we’ll hear from University of Washington oceanography professor John Delaney.
Delaney says, “Few realize that the Internet is in the process of spreading into the ocean in a form that allows interaction between humans and the most fundamental processes that operate in the ocean that basically drive our climate.”
Delaney will share how he and his team are planning to use the Internet to share observations of everything underwater from earthquakes to whales.
We’ll also hear a sonic stumper, a chance for you to listen to something from the world of ocean observing, and to guess what it is. Have a listen!
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To submit a question for John or your guess for the Sonic Stumper guess, you can:
- drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now)
- leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926
- or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net
 Conceptual representation of a future seafloor laboratory on the Regional Scale Nodes of the Ocean Observatories Initiative network in the Northeast Pacific ocean. Credit: NEPTUNE and Center for Environmental Visualization, University of Washington. |
 In collaboration with the ResearchChannel, the VISIONS'05 expedition featured the first real-time broadcast of high-definition video from the seafloor via the Internet to audiences around the world. Credit: NEPTUNE and Center for Environmental Visualization, University of Washington. |
Web Resources
John Delaney’s Homepage
The OOI Regional Scale Nodes Project
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Why we should care about studying the ocean…
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And how we can go about doing it…
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Tags: neptune, OOI, OOS, RSN, washington
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Thank you Ari for helping John Delaney tell his story! Very interesting. Five stars!
Great podcast! Can’t wait to hear the next one.
Ari – awesome job! This is exciting for COSEE-NOW and the whole COSEE Network!