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As we make our way to the Subtropical Front, the Falkor bustles with activity. Dozens of people run tests and equipment checks to ensure all systems are go for our work to begin. Walk into any room and you will hear discussions of drone ops or CTD testing or outreach initiatives—and these conversations are all … Continued
The eDNA team’s role on the Voyage to the White Shark Café expedition is not to look for any organisms themselves, but instead to use what the organisms may have left behind to infer their presence. We collect three liter samples of seawater from different depths in the water column using the CTD rosette – a … Continued
Our time on the R/V Falkor is nearly finished, the last samples have been collected, our equipment has been washed and dried in the afternoon sun, and the pace of work on the ship has slowed. The scientists have transitioned from the busy, physical work of deploying and recovering the CTD-Rosette, MOCNESS and ring net to … Continued
Aloha from the Pacific Ocean! For the next month, we will be using some amazing autonomous robots to explore an ocean eddy in never before seen detail. Eddies are large circular currents (10s-100s km) that can rotate clockwise (anticyclonic eddy) or counter-clockwise (cyclonic eddy) and are common features that occur in the North Pacific Subtropical … Continued
As we begin our transit back to Honolulu, Student Opportunities participants Julianna Diehl and Jennifer Killinger have time to reflect on the cruise and their experience. What was the biggest challenge for you while on Falkor? Julianna: After getting onboard Falkor, I was determined to learn and absorb as much as I could from each … Continued
Researchers in the Dry Lab are able to examine the most recent Virtual Reality simulations created from holographic photos taken in each CTD cast. With this experience, it is clear that every single drop of water in the ocean contains huge amounts of life. Microscopic organisms constantly carry out processes that maintain the atmosphere, air, food webs, and life as we … Continued
Overview Application Process Apply Online Previous Student Opportunties Investigating Life Without Oxygen in the Tropical Pacific Eastern Tropical North Pacific, Hawaii to Tahiti — January 18, 2016 – February 11, 2016 Large-scale ocean circulation naturally results in low-oxygen areas of the ocean called oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). The cycling of carbon and nutrients – the foundation of marine life, called … Continued
ROV SuBastian being launched off Falkor's aft deck via winch and A-frame. ROV SuBastian Developed by Schmidt Ocean Institute specifically to be operated off R/V Falkor, ROV SuBastian is outfitted with a suite of sensors and scientific equipment to support scientific data and sample collection, as well as interactive research, experimentation, and technology development. Full … Continued
2025 – The Southern Atlantic In 2025, our scientific expeditions take us further into the Southern Atlantic Ocean, one of the least explored places on Earth. Scientists from all over the world will document biodiversity, study hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes, and map seafloor features. Who knows what they will find? Follow our journey … Continued
2024 – The Southeast Pacific The Southeast Pacific Basin, off South America, is one of the most tectonically active areas in the Pacific Ocean. The Peru-Chile Subduction Zone stirs off the continental shelf, where the Nazca tectonic plate dives under the South America plate, forming volcanoes and the 8000-meter-deep Peru-Chile trench. Wind patterns along the … Continued
