Grace Saba

Brad, Ryan, and I left Punta Arenas, in the Southern tip of Chile, on New Year’s Eve.  But before we left, T-Rex rubbed Magellan’s toe (a statue in the town square in Punta Arenas), which is a tradition thought to […]

Dear high school students,

Do you want hands-on research experience in Greenland? Do you want to learn about rapidly changing polar systems and see it with your own eyes? Do you want to learn the benefits of […]

This post is addressed specifically to the Kansas high school students that are participating in Project PARKA, but of course I hope that others who read this will think about this too.

I remember exactly where […]

With the government shutdown over, we finally received word from the National Science Foundation (the funding agency that supports our project) that our project was still on schedule.  We were all very relieved.  […]

The government shutdown has affected many people in different ways.  Now, even Antarctic researchers are feeling the brunt of it.  We have been told that if the shutdown persists, field programs scheduled for this […]

One of the things I never expected going into the field of oceanography was how much time I would be spending as a plumber.  In order to run experiments on a research ship and at a field station, you need to make […]

I have been testing out a new system that will allow me to measure oxygen consumption (breathing) rates in krill.  This system from Loligo Systems, Inc. includes glass chambers, each containing an animal, where […]

I drove up recently to work in the lab with my co-PI Dr. Brad Seibel at the University of Rhode Island.  Our goal was to determine how long it would take to get 165 gallons of seawater to drop in pH by bubbling […]

We have been in high gear ordering equipment and supplies that we will need in order to conduct our experiments in the field at Palmer Station, Antarctica.  These supplies include items ranging from small filters, […]

We had an extremely successful teacher/scientist workshop in Kansas July 16-17th.  The participating Kansas High School teachers were very enthusiastic and receptive to Project PARKA.  They teach at a combination […]