In recent years there has been growing attention paid to the accumulation of plastic waste in the ocean, but the focus has been on relatively large chunks of plastic. But very little research has yet focused on the concentrations of miniscule, eroded bits of plastic that are invisible to human eyes yet could pose significant … Continued
On November 1-2, 2013, at the Royal Hawaiian Resort in Honolulu, Schmidt Ocean Institute will hold its first research symposium. The theme will be: “Accelerating the Pace of Ocean Science Through Technological Advancement and Open Sharing of Information.” The symposium will bring together our collaborators, advisers, and thought leaders from the United States and abroad … Continued
From August 18th to September 18th, Canadian researchers working aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor will be studying low-oxygen, acidic waters that form naturally in the deep sea off Vancouver Island. They will be looking at near bottom ecosystems affected by this water and determining the paths it can take as it moves inland … Continued
On July 28th, after making her first passage through the Panama Canal, Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 272-foot research vessel Falkor made its way beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco for the first time. Schmidt Ocean Institute has no formal headquarters, with most efforts focused on Falkor. And with a mission that will keep … Continued
The Falkor team completed the first-ever high-resolution map of deep reefs near the island of Roatan in Honduras. This new resource can be used for many purposes, including to aid future research in the area on the corals and other animals found there, as well as also enabling increased conservation of the reefs. When Dr. … Continued
March 27, 2013 – Nature published a feature article and an accompanying editorial about R/V Falkor and Schmidt Ocean Institute.
Outcomes of the research project supported by Schmidt Ocean Institute and conducted by Dr. Daniel Barshis are discussed in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The project focused on coral reefs of American Samoa to determine what environmental characteristics aid corals in dealing with thermal stress. A set of field expeditions … Continued
August 13, 2012—Last month, during routine functional performance testing of the mutibeam mapping echosounders on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor, the team aboard—including researchers from the University of New Hampshire, Ifremer, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution—discovered the S.S. Terra Nova, a whaler, sealer and polar exploration ship that sunk off the southern coast … Continued
The Schmidt Ocean Institute Director of Science Operations Dr. Victor Zykov will be making an introductory presentation about SOI at the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), an NSF-funded Science and Technology Center designed to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the diverse assemblages of microorganisms in the sea. C-MORE activities are dispersed … Continued
