Researchers Study the Fast Gulf Stream Currents
Gulf Stream.To do so, the glider will make several sections across the strong current over several months. Before the deployment, one glider had a defective altimeter that would have prevented to pilot it above the steep topography found under the Gulf Stream. Thanks to Geoffrey Morrison from Nova Southeastern University, who also uses gliders in this region, the team managed to find a working altimeter hours before the cruise departure.Two Biogeochemical-Argo profiling floats were also released from the R/V Walton Smith. Their repeat profiling to the ocean bottom, as they are swept northwards by the ocean
Global Reef Expedition: Mission to Tonga
flipping it over a total of 10 times per transect to capture detailed photographs of a full 1 × 10 m photo transect. Analyzing photos of the underwater landscape required using computer software called Coral Point Count with Excel Extensions (CPCe), which was developed by our partners at Nova Southeastern University’s National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI). The images were imported into the software, where 50 random points were overlaid on each photograph. A scientist then defined the organism and substrate type directly underneath the point. For the Kingdom of Tonga, KSLOF analyzed over 3,000
NSU Names Oceanography Building for Guy Harvey
Since Guy Harvey, Ph.D. has supported, and continues to support NSU in scholarship, research and the conservation of marine life, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) has named its newest research facility the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center. Opened in 2012, the five-story, 87,000 square foot research facility is located within John U. Lloyd State Park in Hollywood (8000 North Ocean Drive.) Ceremony attendees for the Friday, April 10, unveiling of the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center included Dr. Guy Harvey, NSU President and CEO George L. Hanbury, Ph.D., NSU Trustees, students
Sir Richard Branson Joins Guy Harvey in Great Shark Race
Richard Branson are calling on individuals and corporations to sponsor shortfin mako sharks that will be tagged and released off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico later this month. Dr. Harvey and his foundation, Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, along with the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University, have created an innovative race that allows businesses and/or individuals to sponsor sharks through the purchase of satellite tags. The tags enable researchers and the public to follow these animals via the internet as they travel in near real-time. The Great Shark Race consists of
$140m Awarded for GoM Oil Impact Research
associated with oil spills and gas releases. Impact of oil spills on public health, including behavioral, socioeconomic, environmental risk assessment, community capacity and other population health considerations and issues. Research consortia selected for funding are: Nova Southeastern University, "Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico," Lead Investigator Tracey Sutton University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, "Relationship of Effects of Cardiac Outcomes in Fish for Validation of Ecological Risk," Lead Investigator
Nova Oceanographic Center Adds Guy Harvey
Artist, scientist and conservationist offers generous financial gift to aid Undergraduate and Graduate Students as well as Research. Nova Southeastern University (NSU) announced that Guy Harvey and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation are providing a very generous financial gift that will allow students, faculty and other researchers at NSU’s Oceanographic Center to enhance their work and also provide scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students studying marine biology. Guy Harvey is joining a long list of other philanthropic community icons and leaders in having his name added to a
Manned Submersible to Hunt Invasive Florida Lionfish
; states Stockton Rush, OceanGate founder and CEO. "Lionfish are a serious threat to the ecosystems of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean waters, and we're pleased to provide our manned submersible for this research initiative and for the collaboration between organizations such as Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, all of which share an interest in raising awareness and exploring methodologies for lionfish population controls." OceanGate first raised national awareness of the lionfish threat in 2012, during the discovery of
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