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Four New Black Coral Species Described Following R/V Falkor Expedition Four new species of black corals from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, collected during R/V Falkor’s 2020 expeditions, Seamounts, Canyons, and Coral Reefs of the Coral Sea and Northern Depths of the Great Barrier Reef, were recently described by Jeremy Horowitz of the … Continued
SOI Artist-at-Sea Continues to Spotlight Mesophotic Corals Down Under Past Artist-at-Sea Ellie Hannon and multimedia correspondent Conor Ashleigh debuted an immersive installation of paintings, short films, and ceramics at the Half-light exhibit at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery in NSW, Australia, from October to December 2022. The exhibit was based on their time on R/V … Continued
Seabed 2030: Revealing the Ocean Floor SOI first announced its partnership with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project in October 2019. This is a large international effort to produce a complete and high-resolution baseline seafloor map by 2030 and to date, SOI has contributed over 840,000 km2 to the GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the … Continued
SOI Holds Open Ocean Data Workshop: Credit where Credit is Due at Ditchley On October 6th and 7th of last year, SOI hosted the Credit where Credit is Due; Authorship of Open Ocean Data workshop at Ditchley Park in England. The discussion focused on identifying actionable solutions to shift values, merit, and authorship to better … Continued
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Return of the Dragon: Falkor (too) ’s Inaugural Expedition and Launch Campaign On March 3rd, our never-ending journey continued as R/V Falkor (too) set sail on its inaugural science expedition leaving Puerto Rico and heading to one of the world’s most extensive underwater mountain chains—the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The expedition is led by Dr. David Butterfield, … Continued
Quarterly Chronicles of the Schmidt Ocean Institute – Chapter 2 Fall 2022 Introduction Chapter Too Workshop Spotlight SOI Progress Report Artist’s Corner Science & Data Strides SOI Imagery in the Open Digital Swag In the News Subscribe to our quarterly newsletter
Spanish Translation Below The origins of this expedition – “Searching for Serpentinization-Driven Hydrothermal Activity on Oceanic Core Complexes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge” – go back to the year 2000, when a talented team of marine geologists and oceanographers were surveying and exploring an oceanic core complex with the submersible Alvin at the intersection of the … Continued
SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE LAUNCHES NEW RESEARCH VESSEL THAT WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION Founders Eric and Wendy Schmidt launch R/V Falkor (too), with an inaugural expedition, expanding capacity, capability, and science for ocean research and technology development globally. San Juan, Puerto Rico – Schmidt Ocean Institute launched today its newly refitted 110-meter global-class … Continued
Sabrina is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program in Chemical Oceanography. Her current research focuses on studying microbial life from extreme environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents, serpentinite mud volcanoes, and terrestrial soda lakes, as analogs for life possible on other celestial bodies with … Continued
