Blogposts tagged 'Research'

Another ordinary day in the Arctic...

Posted by jossg - 13 September 2011 at 10:19am - 0 Comments

Polar bear cub plays with science equipment near the Arctic Sunrise

This afternoon I was on watch. Bear watch.

Whenever there are people out on the ice, it's necessary for a couple of people at least, and more if there's fog, to be keeping a look out. On these occasions there's usually one person up on the wings of the bridge, another person up in the crow's nest, and somebody else out on the helipad. There's a rota so nobody has to stand for hours on end and get too cold, but today I did an hour in the heli slot.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic sunrise, climate change, go beyond oil, polar bears, research, science

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Submarines for a healthy Gulf

Posted by jamie - 19 October 2010 at 12:39pm - 1 Comment

Several weeks after BP announced that the leaking well was firmly capped, the Arctic Sunrise is still in the Gulf assessing the damage caused to marine life and habitats. Oceans campaigner John Hocevar is part of the investigation team and his latest blog is below. More blogs, photos and videos from the Arctic Sunrise's expedition can be found on our US website.

A couple days ago, we advanced the cause of science and conservation by throwing someone else's hundred thousand dollar piece of equipment over the side of the ship. It sank to the bottom.

Fortunately, this was all part of the plan. The scientists we are working with, Steve Ross and Mike Rhode from University of North Carolina Wilmington and Sandra Brooke from the Marine Conservation Biology Institute and the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, plan to come back next year to retrieve the equipment, called a benthic lander, and use it to learn how deep sea corals are surviving in a rapidly changing and heavily impacted environment.

Article tagged as: BP, go beyond oil, gulf of mexico, oceans, oil spill, research

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Survey results highlight the risk to common dolphins off the southwest coast

Posted by darren - 2 August 2006 at 10:13am - 0 Comments

Dead dolphin discovered by Greenpeace in the English channel whilst monitoring a fleet of French pair trawlers

Intensive trawling during the winter and spring months coincides with relatively high levels of cetacean strandings

The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) and Greenpeace have released the results from the 2004-2005 winter surveys of cetaceans and pelagic (mid-water) trawls in the western approaches of the English Channel.

Article tagged as: bycatch, dolphins, esperanza, research