Blogs
PML scientists are keen to share their experiences with the
wider public and one way in which they achieve this is by running
blogs during research cruises and extended field work.
The AMT programme undertakes biological, chemical and
physical oceanographic research during the annual return passage of
research vessels between the UK and the South Atlantic (Cape Town,
Chile or the Falklands), a distance of up to 13,500 km. This
transect crosses a range of ecosystems from sub-polar to tropical
and from euphotic shelf seas and upwelling systems to oligotrophic
mid-ocean gyres.
The 21st cruise in the series will depart from Plymouth on
29th September 2011 and is due to arrive in Chile in November.
There are a variety of interactive ways to keep track of the cruise
activities, including the AMT blog and an "expedition project hub". Questions
about the cruise can be e-mailed to Rob Ellis roblis@pml.ac.uk.
During the pelagic campaign of the European Project on
Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) Arctic expedition series, 3 PML
scientists undertook a range of experiements on the islands of
Svalbard, located between mainland Norway and the North Pole.
As
part of the European Project on OCean Acidification
(EPOCA), a team of scientists from around Europe
travelled to the Arctic to advance our understanding of the
biological, ecological, biogeochemical and societal implications of
ocean acidification. This first stage of the research was a
benthic campaign carried out in May 2010.
The
WCO is situated in the Western English Channel and comprises
long-term sustained observations at a number of stations. The aim
of the WCO is to draw together long-term in situ
measurements made at L4 and E1; ecosystem modelling studies; and
Earth Observation (EO) and integrate these using web-based
Geographic Information System (GIS) technology.