A beautiful view of the Scarlet Knight from the depth of the Atlantic ocean, as researcher Chip Halderman approaches her for the inspection off the Azores.
Technicians Tina Haskins and Chip Haldeman from the IMCS, Dina Seidel from Rutgers' Writers House and diver/photographer Dan Crowel with researchers from the University of the Azores pose for the group photo.
The Rutgers University Marine Field Station is uniquely situated across from Little Egg Inlet in Mullica - Great Bay estuary, one of the most pristine estuaries on the east coast.
HSRL and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary work to develop
methods to curtail shoreline erosion in the Delaware Bay as part of
the Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI)
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
We have no whales in the Passion Paddle, 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.
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!
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.
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.
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]
Ethan Handel from RUCOOL and Chris Jakubiak from SMAST install a long-range SeaSonde to test the site feasibility of the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory for HF Radar.
On April 23, the children of IMCS family members participated in a full day of activities and learned how to be "Oceanographers for a Day" as part of the national Take our Daughters and Sons to Work program.
Our very own Liz Sikes, Michelle Hardee and Aurora Elmore keep us posted on the exciting trip on board of the famous RV "Tangaroa".Read More...
Rutgers joins Swedish researchers to explore the Amundsen Sea
They will study sea ice in the Amundsen Sea in western Antarctica on board of Swedish icebreaker Oden and the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer in 2010 with support from National Science Foundation.Read More...
IMCS scientists shed light on past ice ages
Sindia Sosdian and Yair Rosenthal used fossil shells extracted from the deep ocean floor to construct a 3.2 million climate record. Their study highlights the role of both greenhouse gases and the dynamics of ice sheets in earth’s climate history. Read More...
IMCS part of new NOAA Cooperative Institute
CINAR is a new NOAA Cooperative Institute that will focus on understanding the continental shelves for the northeast United States.
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IMCS and Rutgers Newark to study Ross Sea
Josh Kohut and Adam Kustka will be part of large NSF sponsored expedition heading to the Ross Sea in Antarctica. They will study how ocean circulation regulates the ecosystem in the Ross Sea.Read More...