http://coseenow.net Virtually bringing together ocean scientists and educators Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:02:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Ari Daniel Shapiro Ever gaze out onto the ocean and wonder what was beneath the surface? Or what mysteries lurk below? In this podcast, we will look at, listen to and touch the ocean to unpack some of its secrets. Find out how to detect underwater earthquakes, take photos of some of the smallest ocean creatures, measure ocean temperature, and much more. We use your comments and answers to our puzzles in the podcast, so have a listen and be in touch! Virtually bringing together ocean scientists and educators ocean, marine science, scientists No COSEE NOW sage@marine.rutgers.edu http://coseenow.net/2010/03/eol/ http://coseenow.net/2010/03/eol/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:56 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=2129 http://coseenow.net/2010/03/eol/feed/ 0 45.1187096 -66.8270264Ari Daniel ShapiroPlaying female right whale calls into the water, researcher Susan Parks suddenly finds herself at the center of attention of a group of males. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/og29.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="310" caption="Right whale mother and calf. Credit: Wikimedia Commons."][/caption] . This time, I want to play for you the first episode of another podcast that I host and co-produce called the Podcast of Life. It’s for a group called the Encyclopedia of Life, which is an online, evolving encyclopedia of every species on the planet. Each episode of the podcast features a different marine organism, and you can find out more online. . [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/og29.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 29 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photos [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="345" caption="The Encyclopedia of Life was born when biologist E.O. Wilson said, 'Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth...'"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="345" caption="Biodiversity encompasses the variety of life and the variation of genes. It's also a central tenet of the Encyclopedia of Life. Credit: EOL."][/caption] Web Resources The Podcast of Life: The story of Earth's biodiversity, one organism at a time The Encyclopedia of Life6:45 http://coseenow.net/2010/02/drifter/ http://coseenow.net/2010/02/drifter/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:41:04 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=2089 http://coseenow.net/2010/02/drifter/feed/ 0 43.6758461 -70.1779709Ari Daniel ShapiroLittle floats with GPS units are coursing all over the eastern seaboard, and they're rousing community college students and lobstermen from bed at the earliest of hours. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og28.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="525" caption="The team at Southern Maine Community College assembles drifters that either float at the surface or hang about 5-10 meters beneath it, and they get pushed along by the currents. Credit: Tom Long."][/caption] . Kara La Lomia is part of a team at Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) that’s designing, constructing and using drifters. These floating instruments track the currents, and are engaging everyone from students to lobstermen. La Lomia told me, "Well, I enjoy this kind of work. It’s hands on and it’s quiet, thoughtful work, and I enjoy that very much." So I made a trip to Portland, Maine a couple months ago to check it all out. Have a listen. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og28.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 28 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper or your questions for the SMCC drifter team: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photos [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="345" caption="One of the drifter deployment teams at Southern Maine Community College in the waters off Portland. Credit: Tom Long."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="345" caption="The Cape Fear Community College drifter deployment team off the North Carolina shore. Credit: Tim Shaw."][/caption] Web Resources The drifter blog Tracks of the drifters deployed in the podcast Jim Manning's drifter website Hear more: Elliott Thomas recently tried a rather unique lobster dish [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og28x1.mp3] Brian Tarbox explains why you have to wake up so early to deploy a drifter [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og28x2.mp3] Videos Kara La Lomia and Catherine Chipman deploy the drifter tracking the current 5 meters down in Hussey Sound just off the coast of Portland, Maine. . Kara La Lomia shows off a pregnant female lobster being raised in aquaculture.9:04 http://coseenow.net/2010/02/nosb/ http://coseenow.net/2010/02/nosb/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:14:54 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=2020 http://coseenow.net/2010/02/nosb/feed/ 0 44.9591370 -89.6301193Ari Daniel ShapiroLiving 1000 miles from the ocean is no reason to keep from learning everything you can about the high seas. At least that's what high schoolers all over Wisconsin are saying. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og27b.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="420" caption="The Lake Sturgeon Bowl team from Clara Mohammed High School in Milwaukee collect data aboard a hypothesis-testing cruise on Lake Michigan. Credit: Carmen Aguilar."][/caption] . "So there are a lot of opportunities, believe it or not, to study oceanography here in central Wisconsin." That's a quote from Steve Schmidt, a biology teacher at Newman Catholic High School in Wisconsin. He’s also the coach for the school’s Lake Sturgeon Bowl team, a regional high school competition about ocean science and stewardship. Tomorrow, he and his students will be joined by 120 other students on 24 teams from all over Wisconsin. The winning team travels to Florida in late April to compete in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Tune in to meet some of the students. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og27b.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 27 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper or your thoughts about the Lake Sturgeon Bowl: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photos [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Lake Sturgeon Bowl team members from Newman Catholic High School offer up their friendly side for the camera. Credit: Alan Magayne-Roshak."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="High school students board the R/V Neeskay on Lake Michigan. Credit: Carmen Aguilar."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="The team from Wisconsin's Marshfield High School smiles after winning 1st place at the 2009 National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Credit: NOSB."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Newman Catholic High School students listen to the Ocean Gazing podcast (!) before the start of their practice. Credit: Steve Schmidt."][/caption] Web Resources Consortium for Ocean Leadership, the sponsor of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl Great Lakes WATER (Wisconsin Aquatic Technology and Environmental Research) Institute Hear more: Juniors Erin Kast and Sam McCarty explaining a bit of strategy during last year's Lake Sturgeon Bowl [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og27x1.mp3] Sophomore Romero Halliday describes going to the Lake Sturgeon Bowl for the first time [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og27x2.mp3] Nadira Nasir explains what it's like to be a coach watching her team compete [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/og27x3.mp3] 10:57 http://coseenow.net/2010/01/compose/ http://coseenow.net/2010/01/compose/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:33:12 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1986 http://coseenow.net/2010/01/compose/feed/ 0 -77.3125229 23.2031250Ari Daniel ShapiroThe Antarctic Circumpolar Current courses through the Southern hemisphere, cooling down and getting heavier all the while. And for the first time, this current gets its own musical scoring. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/og26.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Lynne Talley seated near the Scripps pier in San Diego. Credit: Robert Benson."][/caption] . We’re headed pretty far south to the seas spiraling around Antarctica. Lynne Talley from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explained, "This is the only part of the ocean that has no land barrier all the way around. It connects the Atlantic to the Indian to the Pacific and back. It’s huge." Talley’s puzzling out the ocean’s circulation: basically how all that water gushes and surges and flushes around our planet. Have a listen. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/og26.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 26 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper or your comments for Lynne Talley: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photos [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Salinity map of the Pacific Ocean with saltier (orange) and less salty (blue) water depicted. Credit: WOCE Atlas Volume 2."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Infrared Antarctic composite image showing cloud cover with land outlines. Credit: Antarctic Meteorological Research Center."][/caption] Web Resources Lynne Talley's web server Antarctic cloud cover movie Hear Lynne Talley describe: Why we won't be plunged into an Ice Age as the climate changes [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/og26x1.mp3] The difference between lumpers and splitters [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/og26x2.mp3]9:15 http://coseenow.net/2010/01/green/ http://coseenow.net/2010/01/green/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:46:37 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1923 http://coseenow.net/2010/01/green/feed/ 3 39.0045547 -76.8755264Ari Daniel ShapiroWhat color would you paint the oceans on our planet? Blue? Try green. At least that's what a NASA satellite 450 miles above our heads is telling us to do. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/og25.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="525" caption="The global biosphere, a map of chlorophyll on land and in the ocean. Credit: SeaWiFS Project/NASA."][/caption] . You might not think it, but NASA doesn’t just study distant stars and galaxies. It’s also keeping watch over our own planet. NASA's Gene Feldman adds, "Ultimately we’re measuring life on Earth. What can be more significant than monitoring the very life of this planet?" Feldman uses satellites to monitor and study the oceans. And the work that he and his colleagues are doing has revolutionized our understanding of life on Earth. Have a listen. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/og25.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 25 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper or your questions for Gene Feldman: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photos [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="220" caption="Gene Feldman explaining his science to an audience. Credit: NASA/GSFC."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="220" caption="Global SeaWiFS biosphere data above the Americas. Credit: SeaWiFS Project/NASA."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="220" caption="Former VP Al Gore with SeaWiFS biosphere in lower right. Credit: Gene Feldman."][/caption] Web Resources Gene Feldman's homepage ClimateCrisis, the website for the film "Inconvenient Truth" Hear Gene Feldman describe: What fishing with his grandfather as a kid has to do with his career now [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/og25x1.mp3] Another photograph of great significance that SeaWiFS took [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/og25x2.mp3] Videos SeaWiFS biosphere data over the North Atlantic. Animation depicting nearly a decade's worth of SeaWiFS ocean chlorophyll concentration and land Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data. Animator: Alex Kekesi; Scientists: Gene Feldman and Michael Behrenfeld . This animation begins by slowly spinning the earth around until settling over the North Pacific. Animators: Alex Kekesi and Lori Perkins; Scientists: Gene Feldman and Michael Behrenfeld9:18 http://coseenow.net/2009/12/littlesub/ http://coseenow.net/2009/12/littlesub/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:20:28 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1888 http://coseenow.net/2009/12/littlesub/feed/ 1 42.1180916 -8.8495798Ari Daniel ShapiroLast April, a 6 foot, 120 pound robot called RU27 left the coast of New Jersey with a mission to be the first remote controlled vehicle to traverse the Atlantic Ocean underwater. Here's the story of whether it made that world record. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/og24.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Celebreating the successful recovery of The Scarlet Knight aboard the Spanish Research Vessel Investigador on the aft deck. Credit: RU COOL Room."][/caption] . On this episode, I’d like to share a radio piece I produced. It was aired on the program Here and Now hosted by Robin Young a couple weeks back. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/og24.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 24 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper or your questions about RU27: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photos [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="RU27 nestled on the zodiac that's being hoisted onto the Investigador. Credit: RU COOL Room."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="RU27 just before recovery with the Investigador in the background. Credit: Dan Crowell."][/caption] Web Resources YouTube video: a robot's daring mission by Dena Seidel RU27 Flight Across the Atlantic blog RU27 in the news all over the world!6:17 http://coseenow.net/2009/12/larkinlampitt/ http://coseenow.net/2009/12/larkinlampitt/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:48:05 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1828 http://coseenow.net/2009/12/larkinlampitt/feed/ 2 50.9049644 -1.4032340Ari Daniel ShapiroWhen the tiniest of particles settle onto the deepest of ocean bottoms, they can have the biggest of influences. Fisheries collapse. Tsunamis. Ecosystem shifts. But how do you look at the ocean's entire vertical swath at once? [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OG23c.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Kate Larkin and Richard Lampitt (lower left) teamed up with a crew in 2007 to study the Porcupine Abyssal Plain in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Credit: Kate Larkin."][/caption] . This time we’re headed to the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton in the UK, about 80 miles southwest of London. Kate Larkin and Richard Lampitt are both biogeochemists there. Lampitt says, "Certainly there is a big development of enthusiasm for observing all parts of the global environment. And we're very pleased to see that the ocean environment has not been missing out on that." Both Lampitt and Larkin are coordinating a massive European effort to look at, listen to, and touch the global oceans. Stay tuned to hear more. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OG23c.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 23 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper or your questions for Kate Larkin and Richard Lampitt: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photos [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="220" caption="Kate Larkin"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="218" caption="Both Larkin and Lampitt do research in the lab and at sea. Credit: Richard Lampitt."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="222" caption="Richard Lampitt"][/caption] Web Resources Link to full video heard in this podcast: "Keeping a watch on our changing oceans" EuroSITES: European Ocean Observatory Network Porcupine Abyssal Plain Observatory Hear more: Kate Larkin explaining how ocean physics impacted Norwegian and Icelandic fishermen [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/OG23x1.mp3] Richard Lampitt describing a sudden shift in the life at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain in the Northeast Atlantic [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/OG23x2.mp3]8:38 http://coseenow.net/2009/11/organizing/ http://coseenow.net/2009/11/organizing/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:17:10 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1762 http://coseenow.net/2009/11/organizing/feed/ 2 39.2903862 -76.6121902Ari Daniel ShapiroOcean observatories are radically changing not only the way scientists do their science, but also how they interact with one another and the wider public. It's a vision as large as the Earth itself. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG22.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="400" caption="A map indicating construction sites of the ocean observatories, to be completed by 2014. Credit: OOI Regional Scale Nodes Program, University of Washington."][/caption] . We’ve talked to numerous scientists on Ocean Gazing about their shared dream of piping data from the ocean onto the web and into the palm of your hand in real time, 24 hours a day. That dream has a name: the Ocean Observatories Initiative. Deb Kelley from the University of Washington says, "I mean, one of the drivers for this whole project was to put infrastructure in the water that will really change forever how we view the planet and interact with it." This vision of hers and others is closer to reality than ever before. Stay tuned to hear why. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG22.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 22 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper or your questions about the Ocean Observatories Initiative: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Marine habitats are an untapped resource for the discovery of new pharmaceuticals, as this schematic illustrates. Credit: OOI Regional Scale Nodes Program, University of Washington."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Ocean observatories will transmit all kinds of data, such as this suite of phenomena occurring in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Credit: OOI Regional Scale Nodes Program, University of Washington."][/caption] Web Resources Interactive Oceans OOI and Ocean Leadership Hear more: Julie Morris (NSF) contrasting pirate oceanography of the past with a growing ocean consciousness of the present [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG22x1.mp3] Jack Barth (Oregon State) describing how oceanographers have to be comfortable with multiple disciplines [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG22x2.mp3]9:17 http://coseenow.net/2009/11/voice/ http://coseenow.net/2009/11/voice/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:26:14 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1676 http://coseenow.net/2009/11/voice/feed/ 5 42.4906502 -71.2761688Ari Daniel ShapiroRecording voices and composing music around those voices is one of Halsey Burgund's specialties. And he's got a new project where he's collecting stories and commentary on nothing less than the global ocean. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG21b.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Halsey Burgund playing an electronic mallet instrument with his band, Aesthetic Evidence, at the 2007 Boston Cyberarts Festival. Credit: Michael Duncan."][/caption] . Halsey Burgund, a musician and sound artist living just outside of Boston, says: "I am fascinated by the spoken human voice: the way people communicate with each other using their voice. It’s actually something that’s quite, quite musical if you listen to it in that way." Not sure what all this could possibly have to do with the ocean? Have a listen, and find out how you can be a part of a musical composition involving the oceans. . [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG21b.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 21 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper or what you think about this episode that combines art and science: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Burgund collecting voices with his Bring Your Own Voice recording booth at Boston's Museum of Science."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Screenshot from www.oceanvoices.org. Visit the website, and record your story about the ocean! Credit: Halsey Burgund."][/caption] Web Resources The Ocean Voices website Halsey Burgund's website Hear more: Halsey Burgund describing his Bring Your Own Voice recording booth [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG21x1.mp3] Randall Williams' story [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG21x2.mp3] Halsey Burgund explaining his project called ROUND, a hybrid of art museum audio tour and blogging [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/OG21x3.mp3]10:16 http://coseenow.net/2009/10/frontier/ http://coseenow.net/2009/10/frontier/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:37:37 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1604 http://coseenow.net/2009/10/frontier/feed/ 3 41.4501038 -71.4495010Ari Daniel ShapiroThe Inner Space Center makes visiting the bottom of the ocean easier than going to the store. And by using some of the newest technology available, it's allowing us to study our most ancient past. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OG20.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Archaeological oceanography is the study of ancient human history now resting in the deep sea. Credit: Inner Space Center."][/caption] . This time we’re talking about something called “inner space.” Dwight Coleman, the director of the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island, explains: "We define inner space as the deep oceans or anything within the Earth and the oceans that we cannot see." That Center involves two big visions: first, promoting and doing archaeology research in the ocean; and second, something called telepresence. Tune in to hear more. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OG20.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 20 . Send us your story about the ocean. They'll be featured on our next episode! Here's how to share your story: record it on the Ocean Voices website leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) . You can also contact and correspond with us by: finding us on Facebook by clicking here! posting a comment to this blog (below) emailing us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="During an ocean exploration mission, getting live data and video feeds off the sea bottom takes massive hardware. Credit: Inner Space Center."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="The Titanic's among the many discoveries of Bob Ballard and those connected to the Inner Space Center. Credit: voyage.pierwisconsin.org."][/caption] Web Resources Inner Space Center website Titanic and hydrothermal vent videos, courtesy of the Inner Space Center Smithfield Public Schools Hear Dwight Coleman talk about: Noah's flood, mummified ships, and the Black Sea [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OG20x1.mp3] Where the Inner Space Center is headed over the next year or so [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OG20x2.mp3]9:12 http://coseenow.net/2009/10/carbon/ http://coseenow.net/2009/10/carbon/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:53:56 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1567 http://coseenow.net/2009/10/carbon/feed/ 3 Ari Daniel ShapiroWe're letting loose tons -- literally -- of carbon dioxide into our skies each day. And a good amount of that CO2 is finding its way into the ocean. Scientists from all over the world are rolling up their sleeves to try to avoid a global disaster. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Clearing-a-carbon-catastrophe.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="320" caption="If you live in the USA, you release (on average) 122 pounds of CO2 into the air every day. Some of that is reentering our oceans."][/caption] Today we’re gonna focus on the surface of the ocean, that thin layer right where the sea touches the air above. Air with increasing amounts of carbon dioxide, a gas contributing to climate change. Chris Sabine from NOAA says, "Carbon dioxide is moving between the atmosphere and the ocean: across that interface. You know, through the surface of the ocean." Sabine's passionate about the global climate crisis and its mounting impact on our oceans. He’s also the chair of the International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project, which is rallying scientists from all over the world and networking them, coordinating them, and maximizing their science. Stay tuned to find out how. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Clearing-a-carbon-catastrophe.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 19 Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper, a way in which you reduce your own carbon footprint, or your story about the ocean: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Akihiko Murata in the South Pacific with the round-the-world Blue Earth Global Expedition 2003 cruise. Credit: H. Uchida."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Chris Sabine asks how long a coal train would be carrying the amount of carbon we produce every year. Credit: photo.net."][/caption] Web Resources The International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project website The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology website Hear Chris Sabine talk about: His efforts to reduce his own carbon footprint [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/og19x2.mp3] How he deals with the CO2 generated by scientists flying from all over the world to his meetings [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/og19x1.mp3]9:44 http://coseenow.net/2009/10/prince2/ http://coseenow.net/2009/10/prince2/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:23:06 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1511 http://coseenow.net/2009/10/prince2/feed/ 2 60.8665848 -147.7984772Ari Daniel ShapiroPredicting how an entire body of water circulates is no easy task. To do it in Prince William Sound up in Alaska, it took 3 ships, teams deployed in the field and in the lab, and a real balance between work and play. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OG18.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="320" caption="One of three vessels involved with the Sound Predictions project, the Auklet arrives on station to sample the temperature and salinity of Prince William Sound. Credit: Ian Robbins."][/caption] This episode is the second half of the story that we started last time. About the team trying to make really accurate forecasts of the weather and ocean circulation in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Leslie Abramson from the Prince William Sound Science Center went up to the Sound to help collect data in the field. While she was up there, she took a bunch of audio recordings for us. Stay tuned, and hear the science in action. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OG18.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 18 Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for or response to the Sound Predictions team, or your story about the ocean: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Field work can be really exhausting. One of the crews takes advantage of a few minutes of steaming to catch up on their dreams. Credit: David Janka."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Snapshot of sea surface temperature simulated by the model discussed in this podcast. The three images have horizontal resolutions of 9 km, 3 km, and 1 km (left to right). Credit: Yi Chao."][/caption] Web Resources Sound Predictions blog Alaska Ocean Observing System website Hear John Whitney from NOAA on: The advances that reduce the chances of a future oil spill [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/OG18x1.mp3]9:22 http://coseenow.net/2009/09/prince1/ http://coseenow.net/2009/09/prince1/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:35:35 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1429 http://coseenow.net/2009/09/prince1/feed/ 3 60.8665848 -147.7984772Ari Daniel ShapiroTwenty years ago, an environmental disaster rocked Prince William Sound in Alaska. Today, a team assembled from science, government and beyond is trying to help make sure it never happens again. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/og17.mp3][caption id="attachment_587" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Entitled "Slice of Life," this quilt by Cordova, Alaska resident Riki Ott depicts the abundance of life in Prince William Sound. Credit: alaska.net."][/caption] Today’s episode is the first of a two-part series about a project in Alaska called Sound Predictions. The “Sound” in Sound Predictions refers to Prince William Sound, and the project’s about making very, very accurate predictions of the weather up there. If all goes well, these forecasts’ll help all types of people, and keep the Sound safe and clean at the same time. Have a listen, and you'll find out how they're doing it. . [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/og17.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 17 . Send us your guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for or response to the Sound Predictions team, or your story about the ocean: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net . Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="284" caption="When the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef on 24 March 1989, over 11 million barrels of oil poured into Prince William Sound. Credit: photobucket."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="This view of Jack Bay near Valdez, looking southwest into Valdez Arm, is typical of the Sound's intricate coastline. Credit: Prince William Sound Science Center."][/caption] Web Resources Sound Predictions blog Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council website Hear Lance Barrett-Lennard on: The impact of the oil spill on the killer whales in Prince William Sound [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/og17x1.mp3]9:43 http://coseenow.net/2009/09/melting/ http://coseenow.net/2009/09/melting/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:00:02 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1388 http://coseenow.net/2009/09/melting/feed/ 2 -72.3104477 -70.3125000Ari Daniel ShapiroClimate change is impacting even one of the most remote places on Earth: Antarctica. Krill numbers are down, salp numbers are way up, and the entire food web down there is in the balance. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OG16aug.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Debbie Steinberg studies Antarctic zooplankton - the tiny drifting animals of the sea."] [/caption] This episode is a departure from the usual format. This fall, COSEE NOW will be releasing Antarctica Melting, a series of four audio slideshows about climate change in the Antarctic. An audio slideshow is an audio track accompanied by a series of photographs. Each audio slideshow will have a curriculum companion piece to go along with it. On this episode of Ocean Gazing, you’ll get a sneak preview of the audio of the second slideshow in the series. It features Debbie Steinberg, a biological oceanographer at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. She’ll do all of the talking, but I’ll come find you when it’s over to wrap things up. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OG16aug.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 16 Give us your guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Debbie Steinberg, or your story about the ocean: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Krill look like shrimp, and they're the base of the marine food web in Antarctica. But their numbers are falling."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Gelatinous salps prefer the warmer waters associated with climate change in the Antarctic, and are blooming as a result."][/caption] Web Resources The US Long Term Ecological Research Network Debbie Steinberg's homepage6:01 http://coseenow.net/2009/08/goe/ http://coseenow.net/2009/08/goe/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:00:17 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1403 http://coseenow.net/2009/08/goe/feed/ 1 40.4872055 -74.4398956Ari Daniel ShapiroRutgers University students are piloting one tiny, yellow, torpedo-shaped glider across the Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to Spain. The journey is bound to be full of excitement and danger. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OG15aug.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The star of the show is RU27, the underwater glider that"] [/caption] On today’s podcast, we're going to do things a bit differently. This is a radio piece I produced for IEEE Spectrum, the magazine for technology insiders, which later aired on Living on Earth. Enjoy! [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OG15aug.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 15 Give us your guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for the RU27 team, or your story about the ocean: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Scott Glenn teaches an onlooker about the world of autonomous gliders. Credit: RU COOL Room."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="This trans-Atlantic flight is getting lots of attention from scientists, schools and the media. Credit: RU COOL Room."][/caption] Web Resources Follow the path of RU27 yourself! The RU COOL Room photostream on Flickr7:41 http://coseenow.net/2009/08/dungeons/ http://coseenow.net/2009/08/dungeons/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:58:16 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1344 http://coseenow.net/2009/08/dungeons/feed/ 2 42.3753929 -71.1184845Ari Daniel ShapiroSometimes understanding the vastness of the ocean means understanding the wee strands of DNA packed into the tiniest of cells, and how that DNA gives those cells some very special abilities. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OG14mick.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The viz wall at MIT, a programmable canvas used to examine large images and movies of the Earth. Credit: Mick Follows."] [/caption] Mick Follows is a research scientist at MIT, and he uses his computer to model the ocean. He asks himself how all the little pieces – the life, the water, the chemicals – fit together. Follows suggested this metaphor: "When I write down the recipe and stir it up, does the cake come out like I expected it to?" We’ll follow Mick Follows into his virtual world and hear about how it relates to one of the most popular fantasy role‐playing games ever created. And we’ll visit an education tool of his that’s the size of a moving truck. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OG14mick.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 14 Give us your guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Mick Follows, or your story about the ocean: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="650" caption="Map of phytoplankton groups from a model developed by Mick Follows and his research team. Credit: Oliver Jahn."][/caption] Web Resources the darwin project Ocean Color Image Gallery Hear Mick Follows on: Playing Dungeons and Dragons in college [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OG14x1.mp3] The connections between genomes and oceanography [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/OG14x2.mp3]8:36 http://coseenow.net/2009/07/ingenious/ http://coseenow.net/2009/07/ingenious/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:36:18 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1290 http://coseenow.net/2009/07/ingenious/feed/ 1 50.9049644 -1.4032340Ari Daniel ShapiroAutosubs look like giant yellow torpedoes. They cruise the ocean silently. But they're watching, listening, probing, and measuring everything as they go. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/OGgwynG13.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="An Autosub keeps track of all kinds of features in the ocean, and Gwyn Griffiths oversees their design and science."] [/caption] Gwyn Griffiths is at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton in southern England. He heads up a team of about 50 engineers and students. They build robots and gadgets to keep track of what’s going on in the ocean. Griffiths says, "We’re inventors. We invent new platforms for science." And he’s turning a lotta heads doing it. Stay tuned. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/OGgwynG13.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 13 Give us your guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Gwyn Griffiths, or your story about the ocean: find us on Facebook by clicking here! post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 or on Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Gwyn Griffiths (left) and colleage Paul Tyler with their remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Isis in Antarctica."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Gwyn Griffiths engaged in outreach with a crowd at the Science Museum in London."][/caption] Web Resources Autosub polar expeditions and science Bring marine science into the classroom Gwyn Griffiths' web page Hear Gwyn Griffiths on: An adventure of an Autosub in the Strait of Sicily [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/OG13x2.mp3] The future of Autosub [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/OG13x1.mp3]8:01 http://coseenow.net/2009/07/gust/ http://coseenow.net/2009/07/gust/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:20:17 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1231 http://coseenow.net/2009/07/gust/feed/ 2 41.1738930 -71.5773926Ari Daniel ShapiroA lot of people are talking about capturing the wind's energy. But Jim Miller's pointed his ears underwater, and it turns out that harnessing the wind kicks up a different kind of pollution. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/og12jmillerv2.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jim Miller listens to the wind outside of his office window somewhat differently these days."] [/caption] Jim Miller from the University of Rhode Island studies sounds and noise in the ocean. Miller said, "Noise means interfering with something else. You could say that marine mammals are making noise because they’re interfering with my measurements. Or, or the ships are making noise. Or the rain is making noise." Miller’s thinking about how all this underwater noise is being impacted by offshore wind power. He’ll tell us about that connection in this episode. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/og12jmillerv2.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 12 Post a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Jim Miller, or your story about the ocean: post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Middelgrunden offshore wind farm in Denmark, 2000."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Installation of GE wind turbine."][/caption] Web Resources Rhode Island wind farm project Examples of underwater noise sources Hear Jim Miller on: Rhode Island's approach to wind farms [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/og12x1.mp3] Flying airplanes [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/og12x2.mp3]7:46 http://coseenow.net/2009/06/penguins/ http://coseenow.net/2009/06/penguins/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:24:56 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1187 http://coseenow.net/2009/06/penguins/feed/ 3 -90.0000000 0.0000000Ari Daniel ShapiroThe temperature in Antarctica is rising, and Hugh Ducklow is watching an entire ecosystem change before his eyes. What happens if the ice just keeps on melting? [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/og11duck.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Hugh Ducklow on Torgersen Island, Antarctica. Palmer Station and icebreaker in background. Credit: Lance Robson."] [/caption] I asked Hugh Ducklow, the director of the Ecosystem Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, whether he ever dreams about Antarctica. He replied, "I certainly daydream about it. You know, I’ve never gotten tired of going. When I start taking it for granted, it’ll be time to hang that up. I still get excited. I’m already thinking about my trips down there this coming year." Ducklow will talk with us about the sobering reality of a changing climate and his work on how it's impacting the biology of Antarctica. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/og11duck.mp3] Download the audio. Script for Episode 11 Post a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Hugh Ducklow, or your story about the ocean: post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Adélie penguin adults with their 4-5 week-old chicks on Torgersen Island, Antarctica. Credit: Hugh Ducklow."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Icebreaker LM Gould at Prospect Point, Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: Hugh Ducklow."][/caption] Web Resources The Ecosystems Center Palmer Station, Antarctica Hear Hugh Ducklow share more about: Acrobatic penguins [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/duckx1jump.mp3] Experiencing the Presidential inauguration, Antarctic style [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/duckx2obama.mp3]7:54 http://coseenow.net/2009/06/blooms/ http://coseenow.net/2009/06/blooms/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:44:01 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1165 http://coseenow.net/2009/06/blooms/feed/ 2 27.3382492 -82.5268631Ari Daniel ShapiroSometimes the ocean can be a threat to human health. Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick, a wife and husband scientist team, describe what they're doing to notify the Florida public about red tides and harmful algal blooms. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/og10kirkpatricks.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Gary and Barb Kirkpatrick at the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida. Credit: Lance Robson."] [/caption] Today, we’ll discuss a coastal danger. It kills marine animals, contaminates shellfish, and aggravates asthma. And we’ll find out what two scientists - Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick of the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida - are doing to help matters. The Kirkpatricks used to have separate careers, but as Barb said, "...we’ve sorta morphed into working down the hall from each other, which if you would’ve just told me that 15 years ago, I woulda just said, 'Get outta here.'" [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/og10kirkpatricks.mp3] Script for Episode 10 Post a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick, or your story about the ocean: post a comment to this blog (below) leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Barb Kirkpatrick and undergrad Elizabeth Moser demonstrate how to use the spirometer. Credit: Lance Robson."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Automated red tide detector shown opened and in cross-section. Credit: Lance Robson."][/caption] Web Resources Beach Conditions Reports for the Gulf Coast of Florida Sarasota Operations for the Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratories Hear Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick share more about: The symptoms of neurotoxic shellfish poisoning [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/og10x1kirkpatricks.mp3] Why Karenia brevis might be producing brevetoxin [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/og10x2kirkpatricks.mp3]9:11 http://coseenow.net/2009/05/jj/ http://coseenow.net/2009/05/jj/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 11:42:10 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1077 http://coseenow.net/2009/05/jj/feed/ 2 32.1943779 -80.7452316Ari Daniel ShapiroJanice McDonnell and Jim Yoder describe the urgent need to translate ocean science into formal and informal educational opportunities across the country, engaging scientists, educators and kids everywhere. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ogjimjanice.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Brunswick Acres Elementary School (Kendall Park, NJ) students Alec, Janani, Megha, Nikita, Pritha. Credit: J Benoff."] [/caption] A few weeks ago, I caught up with Janice McDonnell (Rutgers University) and Jim Yoder (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution). They told me about the connections between ocean science and educational outreach. McDonnell said, "...we need a new Jacques Cousteau, and I think if we really do want to fill the pipelines with people who want to be scientists, we gotta inspire the kids we work with to be ocean scientists." [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ogjimjanice.mp3] Script for Episode 9 Send in a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Janice McDonnell and Jim Yoder, or your story about the ocean: leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Teachers deploy underwater gliders during a professional development workshop. Credit: Sage Lichtenwalner."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Jim Yoder on a NASA aircraft during a remote sensing mission in the North Atlantic in 1989. Credit: NASA."][/caption] Web Resources COSEE: Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence COSEE NOW: Virtually bringing together ocean scientists and educators Hear Jim Yoder and Janice McDonnell share more about: The challenges of designing Ocean Observing Systems [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ogjj1extra.mp3] Ocean literacy [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ogjj2extra.mp3]9:56 http://coseenow.net/2009/05/glider2/ http://coseenow.net/2009/05/glider2/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 12:54:38 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=1000 http://coseenow.net/2009/05/glider2/feed/ 0 40.4872055 -74.4398956Ari Daniel ShapiroScott Glenn and Oscar Schofield have a passion for creating the next generation of ocean explorers. In this episode, they’ll share their deep commitment to education and why they feel it’s going to help ocean science in the long run. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ogscotscar2.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Google Earth is one of the many tools Glenn and Schofield use in their classes and for their research. Credit: Google."] [/caption] Rutgers University oceanographers Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield are back for their second podcast. They have a passion for creating the next generation of ocean explorers by introducing their students and the public to the wonders of the sea. In this episode, they'll share their deep commitment to education and why they feel it's going to help ocean science in the long run. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ogscotscar2.mp3] Script for Episode 8 Send in a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn, or your story about the ocean: leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Videos! COOL room tour Pushing off the dock Glider glee Web Resources Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (RU COOL) Underwater Weather for the New Jersey Coast10:57 http://coseenow.net/2009/05/glider1/ http://coseenow.net/2009/05/glider1/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 16:40:37 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=924 http://coseenow.net/2009/05/glider1/feed/ 3 40.4872055 -74.4398956Ari Daniel ShapiroOscar Schofield and Scott Glenn pilot underwater robots all over the world, sampling the ocean half a world away and saving lives in the process, but they never have to leave Rutgers University in New Jersey. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ogscotscar1.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A glider about to begin its journey in the Atlantic Ocean from the Jersey shore. Credit: Coastal Ocean Observation Lab."] [/caption] This is the first podcast of two featuring Rutgers University oceanographers Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn. They use underwater robots called gliders to study the ocean and save lives. Schofield says about the science: "It’s kind of a nerd fest. But the fact that we can actually see [the data in real time] is unprecedented." [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ogscotscar1.mp3] Script for Episode 7 Send in a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn, or your story about the ocean: leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Scott Glenn seated in front of real time ocean data streaming into the lab. Credit: Coastal Ocean Observation Lab."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Oscar Schofield doing field work in the Antarctic in the company of Adélie penguins. Credit: Deborah Steinberg."][/caption] Web Resources Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (RU COOL) Underwater Weather for the New Jersey Coast Hear Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn share more about: Ocean larvae hopping on the Jersey turnpike [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scotscar_extra_1a_tpk.mp3] Fish as thermometers [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scotscar_extra_1b_fish.mp3]10:51 http://coseenow.net/2009/04/models/ http://coseenow.net/2009/04/models/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:49:33 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=857 http://coseenow.net/2009/04/models/feed/ 2 44.8834686 -68.6721649Ari Daniel ShapiroHuijie Xue forecasts the underwater weather of the Gulf of Maine: its temperature, its salinity, and its currents. And a lot of people are tuning in. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/xue_final2.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Huijie Xue smiles when her virtual ocean model matches what the real ocean is doing. Credit: Jim Campbell."] [/caption] On this episode of Ocean Gazing, Huijie Xue, a professor at the University of Maine, discusses how she makes ocean forecasts for the Gulf of Maine. Xue adds, "Definitely for us, it’s a fascinating playground." [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/xue_final2.mp3] Script for Episode 6 Send in a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for Huijie Xue, or your your story about the ocean: leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="When modeling the Gulf of Maine, Xue and her students crunch a lot of physics and math. Credit: Jim Campbell."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Xue fuels her model with temperature, salinity and current information that she can find online. Credit: Jim Campbell."][/caption] Web Resources Huijie Xue's homepage Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System Hear Huijie Xue say more about: Modeling lobster distributions [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/xueextralobster.mp3] How ocean modeling is like weather forecasting [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/xueextraweather.mp3] Video, courtesy of Huijie Xue Gulf of Maine ocean model prepared by Huijie Xue at the University of Maine. The green/blue background is the bathymetry, the brown/purple sheet is the 32 ppt (parts per thousand) salinity isosurface, and the arrows are velocity vectors (ranging from a 5-60 centimeters per second). The animation starts showing the entire model domain including the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, part of the Scotian shelf and northern slope region. It then zooms in as it flies from Georges Bank and the Northeast Channel northward to the Maine coast.9:22 http://coseenow.net/2009/04/cyber/ http://coseenow.net/2009/04/cyber/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:53:36 +0000 Ari Daniel Shapiro http://coseenow.net/?p=801 http://coseenow.net/2009/04/cyber/feed/ 2 32.7188339 -117.1638412Ari Daniel ShapiroJohn Orcutt and Frank Vernon are wiring the ocean to the Internet. And their goal is to let anyone anywhere tap into the vast data stores. [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/og_orcuttvernon_final.mp3][caption id="attachment_418" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cyberinfrastructure allows online access of underwater observations to anyone in the world in real time. "] [/caption] This time on Ocean Gazing, John Orcutt and Frank Vernon – from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego – explain how they get automated underwater observations back ashore to actual human beings. Vernon says, "We hope that everybody takes advantage of it... I don’t think there’s any limit or bound." [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/og_orcuttvernon_final.mp3] Script for Episode 5 Send in a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for John Orcutt and Frank Vernon, or your your story about the ocean: leave a voicemail at (508) 289-3926 drop us a voice message via Skype (username cosee.now) or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net Photographs [caption id="attachment_587" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="John Orcutt, project director for the cyberinfrastructure component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_421" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Cyberinfrastructure will allow ''full two-way communication capabilities to facilitate direct interaction with the oceans.'' Artwork and layout: Jennifer Matthews."][/caption] Web Resources Cecil & Ida Green Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics (IGPP) An interactive guide to cyberinfrastructure Hear John Orcutt discuss: How to sequence underwater DNA from a distance [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/og_extra_genome.mp3] What the Martian rovers have to do with ocean observatories [audio:http://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/og_extra_mars.mp3]8:11