A Visit from Neil Armstrong!

The very first moonwalker and his wife Carol paid a visit to the Palmer Station and spent some time with IMCS scientists discussing gliders. Wow!!!

whereRU

One of the IMCS labs - Coastal Ocean Observation Lab is part of the Rutgers University whereRU project - view it in 3D space!

Koi farm field trip

Aquaculture class field trip to Quality Koi's Nisei Koi Farm in Carneys Point, NJ

Coastal Ocean Assessment by Michael Kennish

Media Library >> Photo Gallery

Jen Smith preserving and processing sediments for the further evaluation of benthic organisms.

Aquaculture Class

Undergraduates! As one of your  “spring” classes, consider 11:628:317 AQUACULTURE (3 CR.), taught by Professors Ximing Guo and Dave Bushek, Jan. 4-15, 2010 at the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab., Bivalve, NJ

Clam farms' research

Researchers place fyke nets over clam farms near Tuckerton, NJ to investigate use of aquaculture gear by fish and other motile fauna. [Pictured left to right: Jen Gius - HSRL Technician John Kraeuter - Associate Director, HSRL David Bushek - Associate Professor, IMCS George Matthis - Clam farmer]

Riftia pachyptila

A colony of the tubeworm, Riftia pachyptila, thrives in a sulfide-rich diffuse flow vent on the East Pacific Rise at 9° North. These tubeworms rely on chemosynthetic symbiotic bacteria to convert carbon dioxide into organic molecules.

Smoker chimney

Black smoker chimney venting hot, mineral-loaded fluids on the axial summit trough of the East Pacific Rise at 9° North

New Zealand team

US-based science team on board the New Zealand Research Vessel "Tangaroa." Left to right: Brian Popp (U Hawaii), Karen Arthur (U Hawaii), Michelle Hardee (IMCS), Liz Sikes (IMCS), Elizabeth Gier (U Hawaii), and Aurora Elmore (IMCS). Read reports from on board at IMCS Blog

Multi-species Aquaculture Demonstration Facility

Summer student, Evan Lindsay adjusting the flow of CO2 into one of the kalwalls used to culture microalgae for oyster larvae.

How many kids does it take to hug a whale?

We have no whales in the Passion Puddle, but on August 7, one (named Eleanor) appeared on the Lipman House lawn. It took 350 Gloucester County 4-H program students to give it a big welcome hug! Young scientists visited COOLRoom and spent some time sorting seaweed and observing invertebrates.

CODAR installation in Puerto Rico

As part of Homeland Security Center Of Excellence project IMCS installed new CODAR site at Club Deportivo, Puerto Rico. Boat on the background is about to run an antenna pattern measurement.

The Scarlet Knight's Mission is Complete!

On the morning of December 4th at ~4:30 am a team of Rutgers scientists from IMCS on the Spanish buoy tender Investigador successfully picked up the RU27 glider (The Scarlet Knight) after her historic underwater voyage across the Atlantic, 7386 km and 221 days after her launch from Tuckerton on April 27.

Greetings from Antarctica!

RUCOOL is at it again with another exciting Antarctic summer research season. Follow Tina, Alex, and Brian's adventures in science as they spend 5 months at Palmer Station, Antarctica!

NORUS Workshop in California

Over the week of 23/11 - 28/11 IMCS students from RUCOOL Danielle Holden, Colin Evans, Nilsen Strandskov, and Katie Bianchini participated in the second NORUS workshop at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.