The audio series that tracks the real-time swirl of creatures, chemicals and currents of our seas. An initiative of COSEE NOW.
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.”
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Cyberinfrastructure allows online access of underwater observations to anyone in the world in real time.
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Cyberinfrastructure will allow ''full two-way communication capabilities to facilitate direct interaction with the oceans.'' Artwork and layout: Jennifer Matthews.
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John Orcutt, project director for the cyberinfrastructure component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
Send in a guess for the Sonic Stumper, a question for John Orcutt and Frank Vernon, or your your story about the ocean:
[...] John 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. Tune into episode 5 of the Ocean Gazing podcast. [...]
As a middle school teacher I’m excited about the opportunities this presents. I’m not exactly sure how I would go about using this information effectively in the classroom ~ though I definitely have some ideas.
One concern I have is that I may not be able to correctly understand what the data means.