Massive Bloom of Brown Seaweed Heads Toward Florida and the Caribbean
(5.2 million-square-kilometer) haven of biodiversity that lies east of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean. Rather than beaches, it’s bounded by rotating ocean currents that form the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre.In the open ocean, islands of sargassum create a rich ecosystem that ocean explorer Sylvia Earle calls “a golden floating rainforest.” Suspended by round “berries” filled with gas, the seaweed offers food, sanctuary and breeding grounds for crabs, shrimp, whales, migratory birds and some 120 species of fish. Mats of it form the sole spawning grounds for European and
50 Years from Now: Perspectives from Marty Klein
current trends and imaginative about the future.”Martin Klein with the Klein Associates Side Scan Sonar MK-300. Photo Courtesy of the MIT MuseumMartin Klein Looks (50 Years) Ahead:It feels rather arrogant, but I will give this a try.We will figure out, hopefully before it is too late, that, as Sylvia Earle says, “No water, no life. No blue, no green.” We will learn to be respectful stewards of our ocean and our planet.Up until now we have used sound and light to observe the ocean. We know about these phenomena because we evolved with ears and eyes. There are serious shortcomings to using
Aurora Expeditions Christens Sylvia Earle
Aurora Expeditions, the luxury cruise company that offers services to Antarctica and Arctic, will build a second expedition ship, the Sylvia Earle, scheduled to debut in October 2021.The 126-passenger vessel named ‘Sylvia Earle’, to honor the renowned marine biologist, oceanographer and explorer.The order comes shortly after the Australia-based company introduced its first new expedition ship in 2019, the Greg Mortimer, named for the Australian mountaineer and Aurora’s founder.The new ship is one of the vessels in owner, SunStone Ships’, INFINITY class. Constructed
#Oi2020 History
one-person acrylic bubble submersible equipped with robotic arms strong enough to handle construction yet sensitive enough to write or draw.” It was through funding from the Canadian Government that Deep Rover was then launched in Nova Scotia by Hawkes and his co-collaborators Sylvia Earle and Phil Newton. Later, in 1985, Deep Rover “was used for its first scientific project off Monterey Canyon, during which Hawkes set a solo dive record of 3,000 feet,” according to the Marine Technology Society. Marine Technology Reporter has been commissioned to publish the
Oi: Tracking 50 Years of Ocean Innovation
small community at the beginning, it was possible to pretty much know everyone, and those characters have been with it, some for the full 50 years,” says Rayner.After helping the show move to London, Carter left. But she has many fond memories, including meeting the likes of Walter Monk and Sylvia Earle. “I met so many people over the years with so much passion, many just starting their companies with an idea and managing to get to the show and then seeing their idea skyrocket. They owed their success to the show,” she says.The show continued for Rayner, however, who became show chairman
Voices: Professor Cui Weicheng
, and now, with Rainbowfish, to employees.With a commitment to global sustainability and academic collaboration, Cui has assembled an advisory board of some of the world’s most preeminent figures in deep ocean science and technology, including Bathyscaph Trieste pilot #1 Dr. Don Walsh, Dr. Sylvia Earle who brings her Ocean Everest advocacy, Russia’s MIR Program Director Dr. Anatoly Sagalevich, DEEPSEA CHALLENGER co-designer and explorer James Cameron, WHOI’s Andy Bowen, Newcastle University’s Dr. Alan Jamison, Scripps Institution’s Dr. Douglas Bartlett, and other distinguished
MTR’s “Top 10” Ocean Influencers
, and contributed mightily to grooming that oft-discussed ‘next generation’. As Zande celebrates her 20th anniversary with MATE, our “Number Five” in the MTR Top 10 shares the challenges and rewards of building and maintaining its signature student ROV competition.No. 6Dr. Sylvia EarleAn American oceanographer and explorer known for her research on marine algae, Dr. Sylvia Earle has lived by her mantra, “no blue, no green.” She has spent her lifetime protecting and conserving the world’s oceans.Sylvia Earle is President and Chairman of Mission Blue/The Sylvia
Diving Deep for Conservation
groups, to assess structures and determine whether they are good candidates for Rigs-to-Reefs. Blue Latitudes also operates as a non-profit organization through a fiscal partnership with Mission Blue, a global initiative to protect the world’s oceans led by famed oceanographer Sylvia Earle. This wing of the company allows Callahan and Jackson to focus on education and outreach, and the two are currently forging relationships with teachers and schools across San Diego and Los Angeles and developing unique classroom curriculum about marine science for middle and high school students
Sargasso Sea Protection: 11 Countries Pledge to Support Pact
for the establishment of safeguarding measures for the Sargasso Sea, a unique two-million-square nautical mile ecosystem in the North Atlantic that is without effective legal protection, placing it at risk of long-lasting harm due to overfishing, pollution and more. The Sargasso Sea, called by Dr. Sylvia Earle “the golden floating rainforest of the ocean,” is named after the Sargassum (pelagic drift algae) that accumulates in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. It is the world’s only sea without coasts, and is a critical habitat for marine wildlife, including tuna, swordfish, eels
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