The Palmer LTER crew recognized President Obama’s efforts to combat global warming by collecting climate data at an oceanographic station they named for the 44th president. The scientific crew, including our own Dave Johnston, who are on a five-week expedition aboard the U.S. icebreaker Laurence M. Gould, will stop at […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
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On Friday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) denied six applications to conduct seismic surveys with air guns in Atlantic waters. This puts a stop, at least for now, to efforts to conduct seismic testing in the Atlantic and helps to safeguard the endangered North Atlantic right whale, together […]
In April Andy will join a team of international experts who will attempt to capture some of the last remaining vaquitas and move them into a sanctuary in the Upper Gulf of California. This ex-situ conservation action is part of a last-ditch attempt to prevent the extinction of the species. […]