Chemical Oceanography

Rolling Deck to Repository

PI(s):

Suzanne M. Carbotte

PI(s):

Vicki Ferrini

The NSF-funded Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program envisions the academic fleet as an integrated global observing system, with routine underway data and documentation flowing directly from res

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Rolling Deck to Repository

Arctic Observing Network: Switchyard Region

PI(s):

Peter Schlosser

PI(s):

William M. Smethie Jr.

PI(s):

Dale N. Chayes

The proposed research will document the circulation, variability, and driving mechanisms of the upper ocean in the “freshwater switchyard of the Arctic Ocean.” This unexplored reg

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Arctic Observing Network: Switchyard Region

Ocean Carbon Cycle Research

PI(s):

Samar P. Khatiwala

How much CO₂ from human activity enters the ocean?

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Ocean Carbon Cycle Research

GEOTRACES

PI(s):

Robert F. Anderson

GEOTRACES is an international study of the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes. Its mission is:

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GEOTRACES

MGDS: Marine Geoscience Data System

PI(s):

Suzanne M. Carbotte

PI(s):

William B. Ryan

Unified data portal for the NSF Ridge 2000 program, MARGINS program, Marine Seismic Reflection data, Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis, and RIDGE Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis; includes Geo

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Marine Geoscience Data System: MGDS

MGDS: Search For Data

PI(s):

Suzanne M. Carbotte

Find, map and download marine geoscience and other data by ship, region, program, investigator, data and more.

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MGDS: Search For Data

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Data Portal

PI(s):

Suzanne M. Carbotte

The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Data Portal provides access to geoscience data, primarily marine, from the Antarctic region.

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Antarctic and Southern Ocean Data Portal

Location

United States

81° 20' 5.4384" S, 97° 12' 25.3116" W

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Name	Title	Fields of interest
Christopher Hayes	Graduate Research Assistant	Chemical oceanography, trace metals, paleoclimatology
Alison Hartman	Graduate Research Assistant
Robert F. Anderson	Ewing Lamont Research Professor	Chemical Oceanography, Marine Biogeochemistry, Paleoclimatology
William M. Smethie Jr.	Lamont Research Professor
Samar P. Khatiwala	Lamont Associate Research Professor

Investigating the World’s Oceans, Pole to Pole and Deep Below the Bottom

July 13, 2012

With their vast resources and raw materials, the world’s oceans are one of the cornerstones of the quality of human life. According to World Bank figures, 350 million jobs are estimated to be linked to the oceans globally, and 1 billion people in developing countries depend on fish for their primary source of protein.
New Salt Map of the Seas Gives Scientists a Taste of Discoveries Ahead

October 03, 2011

After less than a month in operation, a new NASA satellite has produced the first map showing how saltiness varies across the surface of the world’s oceans. Until now, salt measurements came only from ships, moorings and buoys floating at sea; NASA says its Aquarius satellite will capture in three years as much data as those earlier methods did in 125 years.
A Natural Wonder Rediscovered

February 22, 2011

Scientists using underwater sensors to explore Lake Rotomahana in New Zealand have uncovered remnants of the Pink Terraces,” once considered the eighth natural wonder of the world.
Study Affirms Gulf Oil Spill’s Vastness

September 23, 2010

BP’s leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was conclusively sealed this week, but even now questions remain about the amount of oil that actually came out of it. Now, in the first independent, peer-reviewed paper on the leak’s volume, scientists have affirmed heightened estimates of what is now acknowledged as the largest marine oil accident ever.
Oceans' Uptake of Manmade Carbon May Be Slowing

November 16, 2009

The oceans play a key role in regulating climate, absorbing more than a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans put into the air. Now, the first year-by-year accounting of this mechanism during the industrial era suggests the oceans are struggling to keep up with rising emissions...
Sea Change

September 15, 2009

The world’s oceans are growing more acidic as carbon emissions from the modern world are absorbed by the sea. A new film, “A Sea Change,” explores what this changing chemistry means for fish and the one billion people who rely on them for food. This first-ever documentary about ocean acidification is told through the eyes of a retired history teacher who reads about the problem in a piece in The New Yorker and is inspired to find out more. His quest takes him to Alaska, California, Washington and Norway to talk with oceanographers, climatologists and others.


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