Happy Thanksgiving! Have a wonderful holiday. Science Continually Evolves Science continually evolves. To see the latest research updates on topics in this newsletter, please visit the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative web site. The Story of GoMRI Not long after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) was created. Designed…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Tracking Ocean Currents (Part 2) As the mission continues, the researchers are being tossed around by rough seas. They call in air support to give them a better idea of their forecast. Fortunately, the weather turns and the team is able to deploy the drifters. Their goal is to predict where…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Tracking Ocean Currents (Part 1) A team embarks on a unique mission to better understand the world’s oceans. Two large research vessels hold more than 1,000 devices called drifters that are thrown overboard to capture data on ocean currents. But the weather has other plans… [WATCH HERE] PODCAST OF THE WEEK…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Meet John Farrington John Farrington, dean emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, found his passion for science early: During his childhood in The Whaling City, New Bedford, Massachusetts, he developed a fascination with the work of Marie Curie, which intersected with a reverence for the fishing legacy of his hometown. Ultimately, Dr….
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