Log Post: The Climes They Are a Changin’
Having collected another set of data from our familiar C2 site, we are now steaming to a location a bit south of the A1 mooring.
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Having collected another set of data from our familiar C2 site, we are now steaming to a location a bit south of the A1 mooring.
The Tasman Sea is not happy. For the past couple of days, waves have been crashing over the bow, and sustained winds have routinely been blowing above 35 kts.
The moment that all field scientists crave has arrived – preliminary data!
Whilst Falkor is rushing about chasing internal waves for next few weeks, this platform is also being modestly utilized to hunt down any microplastics that may cross its path.
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the news in the last, say, two decades, you will know that the temperature of the ocean is increasing.
This week Pete and I started doing our experiments with water collected from the CTD profiles.
The connection between physical processes in the ocean and the organisms that live in it can be summed up with one word: Nutrients.
Well, not just passing, but collaborating in a very unique way.
Yesterday found me standing on the aft deck of Falkor, gripping a rope to hold the swinging CTD rosette steady as we lowered it over the side and into the ocean.
Good scientific data is wonderful, but data is not very useful if it isn’t accurate.