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OceanScope

Scientists, Industry Monitor Water Column Together

SCOR and IAPSO have teamed up to establish the OceanScope Working Group, a way to bring science and industry together for the systematic study of the oceanic water column. OceanScope’s overall objective is to establish a global network of ocean observation platforms on commercial ships. University of Miami, NOAA and Royal Caribbean International’s partnership aboard Explorer of the Seas will serve as a pilot study and test bed for the new initiative. Read more…

Kenny Broad

Blue Holes Explored

Blue holes are Earth’s least explored and most dangerous frontiers. A new PBS NOVA special documenting a National Geographic expedition to the Blue Holes of the Bahamas, led by Rosenstiel School Associate Professor and Director of the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, Dr. Kenny Broad, will air Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. on WPBT. Broad led a team of climatologists, paleontologists and anthropologist to investigate the hidden history of Earth’s climate as revealed in this beautiful underwater universe. Read more…