Log Post: Whale Practice
Aloha from the sea! Today we cast off, leaving Honolulu to head toward Kona.
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Log Post: Training Day
The team has done lots of training to get ready for this cruise aboard Falkor.
Log Post: Getting Ready
Aloha everyone to day one of our cruise blog.
Log Post: The Secret Lives of Whales
During the first of three student cruises, the team aboard RV Falkor answered questions about whales’ decision-making process about how and where whales feed in the deep sea,while providing invaluable at-sea experience for students.
News: Student Cruises 2014
During the inaugural Schmidt Ocean Institute Symposium in November of 2013, Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) Vice President and Co-Founder Wendy Schmidt launched an initiative to inspire a deep passion for ocean sciences among students by bringing them out to conduct research at sea aboard the R/V Falkor. At the time, SOI was already planning its collaborations … Continued
News: Boston Globe profiles SOI
The Boston Globe has a new feature out about Schmidt Ocean Institute’s mission and founding. Though reading the full article requires a subscription, you can see the photo gallery here. The article leads off with a look at the Axial Seamount expedition led by Julie Huber at the Marine Biological Laboratotry and the impressive work … Continued
News: 2014 Expeditions
Student Cruises (Feb. 16 to Feb. 22, April 18 to April 24, & June 13 to June 19) During the inaugural Schmidt Ocean Institute Symposium in November of 2013, Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) Vice President and Co-Founder Wendy Schmidt launched an initiative to inspire a deep passion for ocean sciences among students by bringing them … Continued
News: Mapping the Demise of the Dinosaurs
About 65 million years ago, an asteroid or comet crashed into a shallow sea near what is now the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The resulting firestorm and global dust cloud caused the extinction of many land plants and large animals, including most of the dinosaurs. Today at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San … Continued
News: Invisible Plastics in the Gyre
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
