Seeking Salt Fingers in the Tropical Atlantic

9 August - 2 September 2026  #SaltyStaircases In the northwestern equatorial Atlantic, the water column is highly stratified, with warm, salty water sitting atop cooler, fresher, nutrient-rich waters carried northward from the Antarctic by the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). These conditions make the region a hotspot for salt finger mixing, a fine-scale process in … Continued

Deep Wonders of Trinidad and Tobago

29 June - 28 July 2026 #DeepWonders Get ready to explore, “wah under dey,” as they say in Trinidad and Tobago. Ninety-three percent of the Caribbean country’s marine jurisdiction lies below recreational scuba depths, placing its largest ecosystems in the mesophotic zone (between 30 and 200 meters) and the deep ocean. The geological setting of … Continued