Curtains in the ocean: The “Turbo Team”
There are a number of ways to present or visualize oceanographic data. When an instrument like the CTD is lowered to the bottom, it provides...
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Leighton Rolley
Mission Possible: Supercomputing at Sea
The 25-day Reef Connections expedition in the Timor Sea has just completed. Its successful conclusion marks the third cruise this year to use Falkor’s high...
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SOI/ Greg Ivey
Reflections at Voyage End
It has now been 25 days since we all boarded Falkor in Broome, Western Australia, and it is hard to appreciate that our cruise ends tomorrow...
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SOI/ Rebecca Green
Heading home … some initial thoughts on science findings after three weeks at sea
After 23 days at sea we are now in the middle of our two and a half day transit from Scott Reef to Darwin. Over...
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SOI/ Cordelia Moore
Until next time….
Today was our last day at Scott Reef. While most of the science crew were busy packing the equipment and clearing out the lab a...
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SOI/ Andrew Heyward
Coral diversity in more depth
Scott Reef’s shallow areas support at least 230 species of scleractinian (hard) corals. Taxonomists who have collected samples at Scott Reef in previous years estimate...
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SOI/ Rebecca Green
24hr Operations
This time-lapse video depicts operation at one station illustrating the amount of activity and people involved in 24 hours of station work. Filmed over a continuous 24 hour...
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SOI/Andrew Heyward
Coral health check
For the past few nights the ROV team have had the opportunity to re-visit a number of sites across south Scott Reef lagoon looking for...
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Cordelia Moore
The choreography of science at sea
Science at sea is, above all else, a team effort. Scientific activities performed on Falkor require the ship’s crew and science party to work hand-in-glove;...
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SOI/ Richard Brinkman
Connecting the currents
Today we are on station at the eastern corner of South Scott lagoon examining the connection between the lagoon and the open ocean. By taking...
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SOI/ Cordelia Moore
ANZAC Day at Scott Reef
Today, 25 April 2015, marked the 100th anniversary of the historical event whereupon the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed on the beaches...
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SOI/ Matt Rayson
The search for unknown unknowns
To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld “There are known knowns… there are known unknowns… and there are unknown unknowns”. Today we went searching for unknown unknowns --...
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Dynamic reef environments
Today Falkor visited Vulcan Shoal, the second of four submerged or ‘hidden’ reefs that will be surveyed during the cruise. This oval shaped shoal 7km...
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SOI/AIMS/ Andrew Heyward
Sunken gardens: Revealing secrets of the Timor Sea shoals
The Sahul Shelf is a very large extension of the northwest Australian continental shelf reaching north and northwest then deepening steeply into the Timor Trough....
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SOI/ Ryan Lowe
Heating the Reef
The goal of today’s field project was to deploy instruments that will help us understand and predict the temperature of the water in coral reef...
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SOI/ Rebecca Green
Filtering the ocean for answers… (one litre at a time)
I started my PhD this year at University of Western Australia (UWA), working with Ryan Lowe who is also currently on Falkor. I am collecting...
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SOI/ Joey Voermans
Predicting the Ocean on the Ocean
“All models are wrong. Some models are useful” – George E.P. Box, Mathematician Predicting the ocean physical environment – the tides, currents, water temperature, etc., requires...
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SOI/ Ben Radford
Sounding out hidden reefs
During this Falkor Cruise, in addition to Scott Reef, we will be exploring other deeper coral reefs in remote areas of the Timor Sea. The...
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SOI/ Greg Ivey
Feeding the reef
Today we start mapping the pathway between the surrounding ocean and the amazing coral population of the Scott Reef system. Due to the lack of...
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Rolling in the deep
Over the past few evenings co-cruise leader Dr. Andrew Heyward has been usingFalkor’s Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to explore the deeper mesophotic coral communities of Scott...
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SOI/ David Spencer
The Ocean Going Turbo
We are now truly settled into our visit to Scott Reef and weather conditions have been ideal for deploying oceanographic instruments overboard Falkor. The science...
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SOI/Carlin Bowyer
Ocean drivers of reef productivity
Coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems on the planet, with the primary producers at the base of the food chain (including corals) supporting...
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James Gilmour, AIMS
Seeking the spawn
Mass spawning of corals occurs annually on reefs worldwide, usually between spring and autumn, in tune with seasonal cycles of water temperature and sunlight. This...
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SOI/ Cordelia Moore
Living on the edge
Falkor arrived late last night at the remote Scott Reef. Perched on the edge of the continental shelf the reef rises up out of depths...
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AIMS/ Andrew Heyward
Remote Reefs
Research vessel Falkor left Broome, in North Western Australia today and has begun her voyage of discovery of the remote oceanic reefs of the Timor...
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