Planning for this year's Guam and Palau course stated about two weeks after we got back from last year's course. Halfway through our stay in Palau this year, my co-instructor Dave Ginsburg and I were being interviewed on Oceana Television Network when the anchor asked if we were doing the course next year...
There's a lot of science lingo I don't know. There's also a lot of nautical lingo I don't know. Combined, I often have no clue what some of the people on the boat are talking about.
On a recent collecting excursion in Palau, I repeated the mantra "Think Like a Brittle Star" over and over as my colleague Jim Haw and I searched for a specimen ( Ophiotylos leucus ) that was last seen 76 years ago by Japanese scientists (cf...
June 16th, 2012We've set sail! Here's proof:You can also tell by this graph of the ship's speed over the last few days.The few hours before we set off were full of tying down all the science equipment and negotiating with customs officials to get a piece of equipment that had been shipped.If I had live Tweeted our departure, it would have gone something like this:@roseveleth: Customs finally arrives with the box that's been sitting in the Ponta Delgada airport for a week...
The MSU students are back in China, where they explore the culture, look for fossils, and study dinosaur eggs in the laboratory. Selected college students from across Montana travel to the Zhejiang Province of China on a National Science Fund program from May 17 - June 19, 2012...
I'm in Ponta Delgada! Here's proof:It's beautiful here. If you ever have the chance to visit the Azores, do it. The boat -- the R/V Knorr -- is here too, and it's bigger than I expected...
By: Abigail Joyce and Mallory PirogovskyHydrophobic organic compounds are often introduced into aquatic environments through manufacturing and sewage discharge, storm water runoff, and by leaching out of consumer waste...
By Kaitlin Mogentale and Nicole MatthewsWe recently sat down with Karl Huggins the director of the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, located at the USC Wrigley Marine Institute on Santa Catalina Island to discuss his scientific contributions to diving...
Another great question! Here's my packing list.GEAR: My job on the boat is to document what's going on. Which means I have to bring a lot of gear with me.
by Kaitlin MogentaleOn one of our multiple dive training trips to California’s beautiful Santa Catalina Island, we were fortunate enough to receive a tour of the hyperbaric chamber stationed on the island...
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