Pitstop at the Azores

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.

Everybody love a free t-shirt!

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.

Marine Field Station Tuckerton, NJ

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.

Living Shorelines

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)

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

Coastal Ocean Assessment by Michael Kennish

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

Smoker chimney

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

How many kids does it take to hug a whale?

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.

Drilling for age-old answers

Platform KAYD , 40 miles off the New Jersey coast, is used to drill for soil samples more than 400 meters below the surface.

Oceanography: Oceans of Opportunity

Peter Rona's Fall '09 Byrne Seminar class, Oceanography: Oceans of Opportunity, on a visit to the COOL Room hosted by Scott Glenn.

All About Oysters

HSRL Technician Emily Scarpa and NSF REU intern Jenny Paterno sample oysters for population genetic and disease transmission studies.

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!

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.

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.

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]

Testing new ground

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.

Oceanographers for a Day

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.