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Michelle has been a Secondary Science teacher for over 20 years, teaching in the UK as well as Western Australia. She is joining the R/V Falkor as a Teacher/Mentor for the WAM Ningaloo/Nyinggulu Canyons 2020 Expedition and is looking forward to being part of the team that collects data on the deep sea canyons off … Continued
In March I was busy preparing to join R/V Falkor in Exmouth for Leg 2 of the Illuminating Biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons voyage. A week before I was due to sail, the Covid-19 pandemic started causing havoc in Australia, and the Schmidt Ocean Institute had to proceed with caution to ensure that the Falkor … Continued
Our exploration of the Ningaloo Canyons sees us return with amazing new discoveries and an abundance of data. Working with the amazing team from the Western Australian Museum (led by Dr. Nerida Wilson) provided me with the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge on deep sea marine life from experts in the field. All in all, … Continued
This expedition to explore the deep blue canyons off the Ningaloo coast has provided me with an opportunity that I will never forget – I will keep close to my heart the experience of working as part of the team on the R/V Falkor. The marine beauty hidden deep within the ocean canyons has been … Continued
Greetings from Australia! My name is Georgia Nester and I am one of the Student Opportunity Participants on the R/V Falkor for the March 2020 research cruise: Illuminating the biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons. This project will form part of my PhD ‘Monitoring blue biodiversity: examining diversity patterns in oceanic environments using environmental DNA’. The … Continued
CAPE YORK, AUSTRALIA – Scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef–the first to be discovered in over 120 years, Schmidt Ocean Institute announced today. Measuring more than 500m high–taller than the Empire State Building, the Sydney Tower and the Petronas Twin Towers–the reef was discovered by Australian scientists aboard Schmidt … Continued
New #SchoolsOutScience identifies homeschooling resources; online content ranges from robotics and engineering games, interactive science lesson plans and livestream of never- before-seen footage of the deep ocean. MENLO PARK, Calif. – As millions of school age children transition their education to home classrooms in the wake of the devastating COVID-19 global pandemic, Schmidt Ocean Institute … Continued
Now that the departing science team is all home safely, our thoughts turn toward the next stages of our work. You might remember in an earlier blog we spoke of the timelines involved in carrying out such an expedition. First there is the long planning phase, and then the expedition itself, which is an intense, … Continued
While the ROV SuBastian glides above the seafloor, scientists and observers eagerly wait for the next fish, coral, or (particularly in the case of this survey) interesting rock to appear. In between there are often large expanses of seemingly barren sediment. Looking closely, however, we can often see a variety of markings in the sediment. … Continued
Dr. Julie Trotter is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia who holds a PhD in geochemistry from the Australian National University, and an MSc in palaeontology from Macquarie University. Her research focuses on the geochemistry of marine carbonate and phosphatic skeletons, which are used as archives of environmental change on both … Continued
