Polar POD Project Enters Shipyard Construction Phase in France
by the Piriou shipyards in association with 3C Metal, under the direction of the project owner, Ifremer. The scientific program of this international oceanographic "station" is being overseen by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS), in partnership with the French National Centre for Space Studies (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, CNES) and Ifremer.What is the Polar Pod?A cross between an oceanographic platform and a drifting lighthouse, Polar POD is one of a kind. It is designed to face the "furious fifties"
West Africa’s Oceans at Risk Because of a Lack of Monitoring
West African countries bordering the Canary Current, for whom climate change impacts on the oceans will impact livelihoods, food security, and development outcomes, deserve no less.AuthorsTodd L Capson, Chercheur Associé, Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)Marie Boye, Research Director, CNRS, Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)(Source: The Conversation
CASE STUDY: Nortek, Alseamar aim to make Oceanographic Data more Accessible
in the Atlantic off Brittany, northwest France, over a 12-hour period, measured by the Alseamar SeaExplorer glider equipped with the Nortek ADCP glider current profiler. Source: This data was acquired in the framework of the MELANGE project (ASTRID MATURATION) in collaboration with the SHOM and the CNRS (Perpignan University)
Finding Monsters on the Ocean Surface
than 10m and maximum wave height greater than 22m was measured, and the extreme wave direction. The Authors Frederic Dias received a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1986. He started his career in the U.S. before coming back to France to join CNRS in 1990. In 2000, he moved to Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan and has been a Professor of Applied Mathematics since. In 1984 Darryl Symonds started his career at Teledyne RD Instruments (TRDI) located in San Diego. During this career he has worked as an assembler, technician, customer
Rising Temperatures Threaten Mediterranean Sea Species
findings apply to an area that includes Spain, France, and Italy, also said in a note summarising their study that the water's acidity has increased by nearly seven percent. "The acidification and warming up of the water are due to carbon dioxide emissions from human activities," French CNRS researcher Jean-Pierre Gattuso told Reuters. He added that about a quarter of mankind's CO2 emissions are absorbed by the oceans, making the water more acidic. Gattuso said that plankton tends to migrate north in order to maintain an optimum temperature, but that is not possible
MTR100: nke Instrumentation
company serves with a range of products including data loggers, autonomous buoys, deep floats, sediment sensors and profiling floats. nke Instrumentation is involved in several research projects, both nationally and internationally, and works in partnership with scientific institutions such as Ifremer and CNRS. Email: [email protected] www.nke-instrumentation.com (As published in the July/August 2016 MTR100 edition of Marine Technology Reporter
MTR100:nke Instrumentation
, rivers and lakes, and its range of products includes: data loggers, autonomous buoys, deep floats, sediment sensors and profilers. nke Instrumentation is involved in several research projects, both nationally and internationally, and works in partnership with scientific institutions such as Ifremer and CNRS. The French company launched its Brazilian subsidiary in July 2013 : nke Instrumentaçao, located in Rio de Janeiro (Serviços e Equipamentos Ambientais e Oceanogràficos) Autonomous Data Loggers: • for parameters monitoring (Pressure, Temperature, Salinity
Submersible Takes Sea Exploration to New Depths
to night migration of jellyfish and the depth where some of this organisms stay during daytime. The sea trials and certification achievement have been possible thanks to the collaboration of the Oceanographic Observatory of Villefranche-sur-Mer – OOV (Pierre et Marie Curie University), the CNRS, and the company Dark Pelican that supported the sea operations and logistics, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nice Côte d'Azur, concessionary of the Port Villefranche-Darse, who hosted the submersible during the trials
SeaExplorer Underwater Glider Sets Record
ACSA announced that the SeaExplorer glider (featured on this month’s cover of Marine Technology Reporter), developed by ACSA in partnership with ACRI, CNRS and IFREMER, completed a two-month record mission in collaboration with the Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) of National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC). “The mission objective was to evaluate the endurance of our first glider equipped with rechargeable batteries while performing several round trips between France and Corsica Island” said Dr. Herv&eacut
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