tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61140852447345975382024-03-19T05:04:30.690-07:00Blue Ocean SciencesBlue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-85242380334137970002011-06-26T12:11:00.000-07:002011-06-27T07:39:29.978-07:00Spout Out To: Australian Scientific Brothers and Sisters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7aoDF4oJJ8I/TWavU2wDlCI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/Qh7r6yw2vMA/s1600/Spout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7aoDF4oJJ8I/TWavU2wDlCI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/Qh7r6yw2vMA/s320/Spout.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Spout Out To: </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I am horrified to realize that our Scientific Brothers and Sisters in Australia are receiving <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/06/threats-sent-to-australian-climate.html">death threats</a> and harassment over their climate change research. <a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/profiles/michael-j-i-brown-113">Dr. Michael Brown</a> from Monash University recently wrote a great article on this topic.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/when-scientists-take-to-the-streets-its-time-to-listen-up-1912"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">When Scientists Take The The Street</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/when-scientists-take-to-the-streets-its-time-to-listen-up-1912"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> It's Time To Listen</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">What is at the heart of this is not one individual topic but the lack of connection people feel with the scientific community. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Recently Science and Technology of Australia started a campaign called <a href="http://respectthescience.org.au/">"Respect The Science"</a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I really applaud these efforts.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">In my own work I have come across a strong disconnect of what scientists are communicating and what people are understanding. </span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #444444; color: white;">Understanding Good Science Leads To Good Policy</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">In scientist school, we are not taught or encouraged to be great communicators. We need help to get good scientifically validated information out to people. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">We as a global community can accomplish this by supporting scientists who are good communicators, providing new tools with multi-media experts, or pairing scientists with communication experts. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">In any event, what is always true is that all a scientist really has is "Scientific Integrity". Scientific integrity is what makes scientists a great tool for the formation of policy and education that should be utilized more. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">For scientists to be a good tool, they need to be able to remain impartial, meaning "Just the facts and only the facts". We should not be swayed by one side or another on a topic of debate because of feelings or monetary concerns. This is why asking people to support true scientific efforts is so important. Today scientists are forced to undertake creative funding efforts. Scientists are scraping by. Lack of funding for true scientific efforts when we need it the most is a disaster waiting to happen. </span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Lack of Funding For Science Is Bad For Us, Bad for Policy, and Bad for The Environment.</span></b><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Droid Sans'; line-height: 21px;">What is important to remember is that scientists have conducted extensive research into their chosen field of study, and do not lay claims without evidence to support their findings."</span></span></i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_m5XcE29wI/TbJQ_hChUYI/AAAAAAAAA4A/Avp7oXvBh00/s1600/Turtle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_m5XcE29wI/TbJQ_hChUYI/AAAAAAAAA4A/Avp7oXvBh00/s320/Turtle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Um and Yang<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A Way To A Healthy Planet</span></b></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I wanted to take some time today on Earth Day to reflect on the two worlds I live in, the Western and the Eastern. I have been a marital art practitioner for almost half of my life. While most people think of martial arts as an aggressive sport, I think of it as a peaceful philosophy, a way of life. I often find the balance I need for work as an environmental advocate through my martial art training. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5E0VoEGM8Hc/TbJQ92SSJJI/AAAAAAAAA30/6bIs0gqrcJY/s1600/tree+and+um+and+yang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5E0VoEGM8Hc/TbJQ92SSJJI/AAAAAAAAA30/6bIs0gqrcJY/s320/tree+and+um+and+yang.jpg" width="240" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have had many teachers through the years, and all of them have stressed to me the importance of Um and Yang, or what many refer to as Yin and Yang. Um and Yang is balance, which stands for harmony. I am not sure we take enough time in our busy lives to think about this word or meditate on the meaning of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Harmony.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> I see Um and Yang "Harmony" in action every day. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Today, Master Jang set us through the paces of practicing Um and Yang (we do this every day in class in some form). However, today I felt a unique connection. His teachings directly correlated to how I feel as a citizen of planet earth trying to create positive environmental change. We talked about Um and Yang, not as the Harmony in oneself, but in a balance with someone else. This could be a co-worker, friend, archenemy or even the earth. If we move and exchange Um and Yang as a team, with a constant motion of give and take, then we are in harmony. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLTE2iD-W4k/TbJQ-YBDIZI/AAAAAAAAA34/99rvzfuKw9I/s1600/man+balencing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLTE2iD-W4k/TbJQ-YBDIZI/AAAAAAAAA34/99rvzfuKw9I/s320/man+balencing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> If, however, we both have Um energy and put up our defenses, then there is no movement. If we both decide to move forward with Yang energy at the same time, then there is clash and conflict. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;">While these are simple lessons that were taught to explain motion between two partners with a very specific exercise, I think this message of harmony can go into all of our daily lessons about the environment. For the larger picture of the earth, we should learn that we need to give and take in equal proportions to each other. This natural balance will lead to a harmonious, sustainable relationship.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">To learn more about Master Jang </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Audrey Peterman. Audrey has such a beautiful spirit. Her beauty shines from inside and out! Audrey has an endless passion for the world and everyone in it! She inspires me with her love and skillful use of the pen. The best description of Audrey is that she is a beacon of light that attracts everyone to it, and helps unite people to bring brightness to the world. I hope that by sharing her amazing light with you, it will inspire you too.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #001dc3; font-family: Calibri;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">From Audrey To Blue Ocean Sciences</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px;">Thank you soo much for all that each of you IS, and ACCOMPLISHES! God bless you on your voyage!"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Audrey Peterman</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">, President<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Earthwise Productions, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Website: <span style="color: #001dc3;"><a href="http://www.legacyontheland.com/">Legacy on the Land</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Channel: <span style="color: #001dc3; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPCCkgr3AEk">MSNBC Interview</a></span></span></div></div></span></b></div></div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-73557201807239355562011-01-10T13:10:00.000-08:002011-02-18T13:14:34.749-08:00Transatlantic Investigation of Marine Pollutants- 1, Canary Islands<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is verbatim from: http://www.schmidtocean.org/LR4-2011.pdf</span><br />
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</span></div><div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Cambria; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Transatlantic Investigation of Marine Pollutants</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Cambria; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Cambria; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lone Ranger </span></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marine Pollutants Atlantic Expedition to harness innovative solutions</span></span></span></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Cambria; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for ocean contaminants and study microbe biofuel candidates.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">M/Y Lone Ranger<br />
Image from<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Cambria; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lone Ranger </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">left Las Palmas, Canary Islands on January </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11, 2011, to cross the Atlantic for its maiden scientific cruise, the 2011 </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lone Ranger </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marine Pollutants </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Atlantic Expedition. An onboard coalition of scientists—a collaboration amongst the Schmidt Ocean </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Institute, Blue Ocean Sciences (BOS), and many others—will explore approximately 3,000 nautical miles </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the North Atlantic Gyre through the Sargasso Sea, and use innovative technologies to study ocean </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pollutants. Researchers will be targeting microbes that may hold the promise for new energy sources, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while using advanced methods for understanding the composition, structure, and biochemical dynamics </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of pollutants in the Atlantic. The expedition will conclude in Bermuda on January 29, 2011.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Cambria; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SF_nToaq6mE/TTGr1sCuuZI/AAAAAAAAAqw/j6r8k6no3hA/s1600/Samples+reduced.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SF_nToaq6mE/TTGr1sCuuZI/AAAAAAAAAqw/j6r8k6no3hA/s320/Samples+reduced.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Micro-Plastics from Project Kaisei 2009 to<br />
Subtropical Convergence Zone of The North Pacific Gyre</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We will explore ocean bacteria that eat plastic, as these microbes have the potential to be developed </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into a natural gas for a myriad of purposes, such as cooking and heating, and potentially replace oil </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">products currently used for cars, trucks, and other forms of transportation,” states James Ferry, Ph.D., a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">founding member and current director of the Center for Microbial Structural Biology at Pennsylvania </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">State University. </span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Ocean bacteria differ from those on land, and we have discovered that they are eating </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a wide variety of the plastics throughout the ocean environment. Once these bacteria are identified, we </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will capture them to ascertain what other waste products hold the promise of a new energy source to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">assist in reducing our dependence on foreign oil,” continues Ferry.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Principal Investigators Erika Raymond of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kirsten Grorud-Colvert of Oregon State University (OSU), and BOS Founder </span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrea Neal lead the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">research team, with other members from NASA, J. Craig Venter Institute, Penn State , Helmholtz </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zentrum Laboratory, the Pacific Marine Analysis and Research Association (PaCMARA), McGill </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">University, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lone Ranger, </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a 255-foot ship donated to the Schmidt Ocean Institute by Mr. Peter Lewis, is </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dedicated as a platform for increasing knowledge and understanding of the world’s ocean through </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scientific and engineering research. Originally an ocean tug, the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lone Ranger </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was redesigned into a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yacht then transformed into a research vessel for scientific investigation at Mr. Lewis’ request. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marine debris pollution is prevalent throughout the world’s oceans and is an issue of critical impact to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">their biological and geochemical cycles.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3WGBRCUb0cs/TTGrw9L26eI/AAAAAAAAAqw/0RunJLwYT4g/s1600/gill+netreduced.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3WGBRCUb0cs/TTGrw9L26eI/AAAAAAAAAqw/0RunJLwYT4g/s320/gill+netreduced.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">roject Kaisei 2009 Fish Caught in Derelict Net <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Plastic debris can attract persistent organic pollutants, serving </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as a potential vector for toxin accumulation into organisms which then propagate through the food </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chain. To better understand these pollutants, fish will be collected from surface water tows and then </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">imaged and preserved for molecular and toxicological analysis in the lab”, according to Dr. Erika </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raymond of MBARI, also a Schmidt Ocean Postdoctoral Fellow and Chief Scientist heading research </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">activities on the 2011 </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lone Ranger </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marine Pollutants Atlantic Expedition.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Unfortunately much of ocean pollution is not well understood, and thus requires an innovative and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">comprehensive approach to mitigation”, states Dr.Raymond who will employ her multidisciplinary </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">background in biological oceanography, marine technology, and extensive at sea experience, to guide </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the team of international researchers onboard.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LC5KTPew7zQ/TTGq_Hq5UbI/AAAAAAAAAqw/xkJRNtMrng0/s1600/Dre+and+Mikereduced.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LC5KTPew7zQ/TTGq_Hq5UbI/AAAAAAAAAqw/xkJRNtMrng0/s320/Dre+and+Mikereduced.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Andrea Neal and Dr. Michael Gonsior<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Traditionally, biological sciences, marine biology and oceanography have been separate fields. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, today’s science is more technical and environmental challenges are more complex, which is </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">why it is critical to have a strong team of diverse experts that include extreme environment microbial </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scientists, biofuel specialists, chemical analysis experts and people who understand microbe polymer </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">interaction” according to Dr. Andrea Neal.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An important goal of this mission is to have media experts on board who have the scientific </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">understanding to communicate the pioneering research and discoveries effectively to the population at </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">large. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Through the Blue Ocean Sciences Media Education program’s lively webisodes, blogs, and online </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">questions-and answer sessions, the public will be given a window into the world of marine debris </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">research,” states Neal. “People will watch the team expand traditional sampling with new monitoring </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and assessment equipment in an outreach opportunity that seeks to ignite excitement about ocean </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">exploration, human ingenuity and creativity.” </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Blue Ocean Sciences media collaborators include Blue </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ocean Productions, Cage Free Productions, and Highliner Studios.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ffnTUA1iO8/TTGnG3YcFSI/AAAAAAAAAqw/KcgqKTpeWUA/s1600/John.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ffnTUA1iO8/TTGnG3YcFSI/AAAAAAAAAqw/KcgqKTpeWUA/s320/John.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John McIntyre, Project Kaisei 2009<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Schmidt Ocean, a 501(c)3 nonprofit institute, collected proposals from select investigators and sought </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">advice from the Marine Science and Technology Foundation Science Advisory Board to compose the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scientific program for this first expedition of its research fleet. Schmidt Ocean will provide </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lone Ranger </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with continuous Internet access capabilities for the scientists to facilitate the development of interactive </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">web content and help the world follow the cruise day by day.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"># # #</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For interviews, photos and more information:</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At Schmidt Ocean Institute – Nora Deans, Cell:. 907-748-3328 outreach@schmidtocean.org</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At BOS - Janice Hall, Tel. 609-683-1134 Cell: 303-641-6266 janice@blueoceansciences.org</span></span></div><div color="#0000ff" style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To follow the expedition, visit </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.blueoceansciences.org/lonerangermission.html </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or</span></span></span></div><div color="#0000ff" style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.schmidtocean.org</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABOUT</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Schmidt Ocean Institute is a non-profit 501(c)3 founded in 2009 to advance ocean exploration, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">discovery and knowledge, and be a catalyst for sharing the information about the oceans through </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">scientific and engineering research and the development of interdisciplinary scientific voyages using the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Institute’s own research fleet. </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.schmidtocean.org</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Cambria; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blue Ocean Sciences (BOS) is a non-profit 501(c)3. The BOS mission is to address the needs of the global </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">community for accurate research on oceanic health. BOS employs the latest technologies; shares </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">validated scientific information, creates effective educational materials, and develops accurate media </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">communication on the health of the world’s ocean. BOS facilitates utilization of human ingenuity, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">intellect, and technology to develop a thorough understanding and implement plans of action to mitigate </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pressing environmental issues. </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.blueoceansciences.org</span></span></span></div></div></div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-71462306179445007952010-11-16T06:56:00.000-08:002011-02-18T22:59:05.787-08:00KENJI WILLIAMS BRINGS BELLA GAIA TO SANTA BARBAR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">KENJI WILLIAMS BRINGS BELLA GAIA TO</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> SANTA BARBARA</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bella Gaia: A Poetic Version of Earth from Space</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, CA (November 16</span></b><span style="font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">th </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, 2010) </span></b><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blue Ocean Sciences</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Surfers Without Borders</span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ocean Futures Society</span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Santa Barbara High-school’s Don’s Net Café</span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Christie Communications</span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Green 2 Gold</span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, and </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LoaTree </span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">are hosting Kenji Williams </span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BELLA GAIA </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in Santa Barbara to raise environmental and social awareness through art and music. Classically </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">trained violinist Kenji Williams, BELLA GAIA (Beautiful Earth) is a ‘Living Atlas’ multimedia </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">journey of our world, and expresses the deeply moving beauty of planet Earth as seen through the </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">eyes of astronauts by successfully simulating space flight. BELLA GAIA showcases the amazing </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">art and cultural heritage of civilizations inhabiting planet Earth through live musical performance </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">on stage and projected visuals on screen. Tickets will be sold through the Lobero box office and </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">will range between $20 and $35 Dollars. GOLD and VIP passes for special events will also be </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">available through the Lobero office for $50 and $200.</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>“BELLA GAIA is Just Beautiful. It really felt like I was back in space.”</i></span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>-Piers Sellers, NASA Astronaut, Spacewalker (STS-112 Atlantis, STS 121 Discovery)</i></span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Proceeds from the BELLA GAIA events will go to the Blue Ocean Sciences "</span></b><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Waves</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">" program to </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">connect young people to their local environment, each other, and the future. It is the next </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">generation, who through management of their land-based resources will maintain a healthy </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">environment. In January 2011, BOS’s WAVES program will introduce the </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“Marine Debris Dream Team” as they cross the Atlantic on The Schmidt Ocean Institute </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(SOI) M/Y Lone Ranger. The Marine Debris Dream Team whose partners include: </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">NASA, The Monteray Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Craig Venter Institute, </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Helmholtz Zentrum Laboratory, PACMARA and McGill University, will introduce complex </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">scientific subjects to the world through fun easy-to-understand webisodes, blogs, and online </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">question and answer sessions. Blue Ocean Sciences Media Education (BOS ME) will follow this </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">media savy team of researchers as they study the North Atlantic Gyre and the Sargasso Sea, </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">exploring approximately 3,000 nautical miles of critical ocean environments.</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<b><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">About </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blue Ocean Sciences (BOS)</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blue Ocean Sciences (BOS) </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is a non-profit supported by the 501(c)3 Green 2 Gold.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">BOS’s mission is to address the needs of the global community for accurate research on oceanic</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">health utilizing the latest technology, sharing of validated scientific information, creation of</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">effective educational materials, and developing accurate media communication on the status and</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">health of our oceans. BOS will facilitate utilization of human ingenuity, intellect, and technology</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to develop a thorough understanding of pressing environmental issues and to implement plans of</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">action to benefit the environment of the world’s oceans. </span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">www.blueoceansciences.org</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">About </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Surfer Without Borders </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(SWoB)</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Surfers Without Boarders (SWoB) </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is a humanitarian aid organization dedicated to creating</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Projects that Teach Environmental Awareness, Reduce Ocean Pollution, Promote Sustainable</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Development, and Foster Good Relations between Surfers and Coastal Communities around the</span></div><div color="#0000ff" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">world. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">www.surferswithoutborders.org</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">About </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dons Net Café (DNC)</span></b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Don’s Net Café </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is a student-run social entrepreneurial business located on the historic campus of</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Santa Barbara High School offered through the Regional Occupational Program. The DNC</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">represents a 17-year commitment to inspire students to create positive social and environmental</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">change through ethical commerce and service learning. We represent these activities through our</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">participation in Virtual Enterprise. All profits benefit employees and associated projects 100%.</span></div><div color="#0000ff" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">www.donsnetcafe.com</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">About </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LoaTree</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">:</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LoaTree </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">is an eco-lifestyle company. LoaTree is dedicated to the advancement of eco-inspired</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lifestyles and practices for people, organizations and business. 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</i></b></div></div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-62998665253612301052010-09-02T09:36:00.001-07:002010-09-02T09:54:48.164-07:00Santa Barbara Ocean Lovers Host Famous OutRigger Canoe Paddler MARGO PELLEGRINO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUH_GvJDB-iZg0Vj9vSncs6ai3HELxmY_rhBSQqnixbelH54z0iu0c-Fy5ReuwegEQ_Hxc8j9JbvIxs2OD5bUyAuA86JV_eRJmwxjeKuIN98ck913ViJDcEdC8tK8XNqBLBPBDjcdHx0-8/s1600/Margo2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUH_GvJDB-iZg0Vj9vSncs6ai3HELxmY_rhBSQqnixbelH54z0iu0c-Fy5ReuwegEQ_Hxc8j9JbvIxs2OD5bUyAuA86JV_eRJmwxjeKuIN98ck913ViJDcEdC8tK8XNqBLBPBDjcdHx0-8/s320/Margo2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512356420374486674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><!--StartFragment--> <p class="Body"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">News Release</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Contact: Andrea Neal</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">626.808.8737<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">andrea@blueoceansciences.org<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">August 31</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, 2010</span></span></span></p> <p class="Body"><span style="color:windowtext;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Santa Barbara Ocean Lovers Host </i></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>Famous OutRigger Canoe Paddler</i></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Margo Pellegrino</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blue Ocean Sciences, Surfers Without Borders, Ocean Futures Society, Santa Barbara High-school’s Don’s Net Café, Life Cube Inc., Surfrider Foundation, Save The Mermaids, and The Santa Barbara Outrigger Canoe Club </span></span></span></i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">are working together to hosts famous ocean Kayaker Margo Pellegrino in her </span></span><a href="http://www.bluefront.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blue Frontier Campaign</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Project to paddle from Seattle to San Diego!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Santa Barbara, CA (September 1</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">st</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, 2010)</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Margo Hits Goleta! Last night at approximately </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6:45 pm Famous Outrigger Canoe Paddler Margo Pellegrino paddled into Goleta.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Due to harsh paddling conditions and fog as thick as pea soup she came into Goleta last night instead of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Santa Barbara. With the original plan to hit Santa Barbara we had to finagle a bit and were saved by the wonderful generosity of <a href="http://www.piscoweb.org/">PISCO’s</a> Peter Carlson and UCSB Collections Manager </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Geneva;color:black"><a href="http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/facilities/marine/contact/contact.php">Christoph Pierre</a> and amazing flexibility of her support team leader June Barnard.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"> Last night Margo joined members from <a href="http://www.blueoceansciences.org/">Blue Ocean Sciences</a>, <a href="http://www.sbck.org/">Channel Keeper</a>, <a href="http://www.surferswithoutborders.org">Surfers Without Borders</a>, the <a href="http://www.sbocc.org/">Santa Barbara Outrigger Canoe Club</a>, and <a href="http://www.surfrider.org/santabarbara/">Santa Barbara Surfrider</a> , <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">at<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> <a href="http://www.brewhousesb.com/">The Brewhouse</a></b></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">, </b>and then she was hosted by <a href="http://www.sbocc.org/">Santa Barbara Outrigger Canoe Club</a>’s </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:#222222">Holly</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> Sherwin .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All of these groups will be joining Margo on Saturday September 4<sup>th</sup> for the </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Blue Coast Family Beach Day at Goleta Beach from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 15px; ">1-4 pm.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span><a href="http://www.miami2maine.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Margo Pellegrino</span></span></a></span></i></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is paddling from Seattle to San Diego This Summer! Originally she was inspired by “50 Ways to Save the Ocean”, by </span></span><a href="http://www.bluefront.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">David Helvarg</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, who was hosted by </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; ">The City of Santa Barbara earlier this year. In Margo’s past adventures she has paddled from Miami to Maine and, more recently, on the Gulf Coast from Miami to New Orleans. Through her high public visibility paddling expeditions she seeks to: advance federal ocean legislation, educate the public about ocean conservation, motivate and inspire people to get out and to take action by linking up with “seaweed” citizen-activists, promote the establishment of marine protected areas, and support scientific research around ocean conservation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For More Information on Margo’s Project: Please see </span></span><a href="http://www.miami2maine.com/"><span style=" text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:windowtext;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.miami2maine.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></b><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For Santa Barbara Event Information: www.blueoceansciences.org/sbevents.html</span></span></span></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Events:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Saturday September 4</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, 2010: <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1-4pm Goleta Beach, Goleta California: </span></span></span></i></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blue Coast Family Beach Day!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Join Margo, Local Illustrator of “</span></span><a href="http://www.deborahdiesen.com/books/pout-pout.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Pout Pout Fish</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">” Dan Hanna, <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and Santa Barbara Ocean Lovers Learn, Play, and Protect The Ocean!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES Children's Book Readings, Beach Clean Up, Beach Bingo and More! </span></span><b><a href="http://www.blueoceansciences.org/sbevents.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.blueoceansciences.org/sbevents.html</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blue Ocean Sciences (BOS):<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></i></b></span><b><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blue Ocean Sciences (BOS)</span></span></span></i></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is a non-profit 501(c)3. BOS’s mission is to address the needs of the global community for accurate research on oceanic health utilizing the latest technology, sharing of validated scientific information, creation of effective educational materials, and developing accurate media communication on the status and health of our oceans. BOS will facilitate utilization of human ingenuity, intellect, and technology to develop a thorough understanding of pressing environmental issues and to implement plans of action to benefit the environment of the world’s oceans.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.blueoceansciences.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.blueoceansciences.org</span></span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:19.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Surfer Without Borders</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (SWoB):</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Surfers Without Boarders (SWoB)</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is a humanitarian aid organization dedicated to creating Projects that Teach Environmental Awareness, Reduce Ocean Pollution, Promote Sustainable Development, and Foster Good Relations between Surfers and Coastal Communities around the world. </span></span></span><u><span><a href="http://www.surferswithoutborders.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.surferswithoutborders.org</span></span></a></span></u><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dons Net Café (DNC)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">:</span></span></span></i></b></span><b><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Don’s Net Café</span></span></span></i></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is a student-run social entrepreneurial business located on the historic campus of Santa Barbara High School offered through the Regional Occupational Program. The DNC represents a 17-year commitment to inspire students to create positive social and environmental change through ethical commerce and service learning. We represent these activities through our participation in Virtual Enterprise.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All profits benefit employees and associated projects 100%. </span></span><a href="http://www.sbdnc.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.sbdnc.net/</span></span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Life Cube Inc.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">: </span></span></span></i></b></span><b><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Life Cube Inc</span></span></span></i></b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. All-in-one solution for every emergency need. Providing self-contained inflatable airframe shelters in an innovative, portable, cube suitable for modern disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. </span></span><a href="http://www.lifecubeinc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.lifecubeinc.com/</span></span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Santa Barbara Outrigger Canoe Club (SBOCC): </span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The purpose and goals of </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Santa Barbara Outrigger Canoe Club</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is to foster national and international outrigger canoe competition and to generate public interest and support for these activities. SBOCC is dedicate to providing its members with opportunities to race, competing at all levels of competition; from local regional races to world championships in junior, open, master and senior masters divisions. </span></span><a href="http://www.sbocc.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.sbocc.org/</span></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">About </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society (OFS)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">: </span></span></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ocean Futures Society (OFS)</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization. With the motto, “Protect the ocean and you protect yourself.” The mission of OFS is to explore our global ocean, inspiring and educating people throughout the world to act responsibly for its protection, documenting the critical connection between humanity and nature, and celebrating the ocean's vital importance to the survival of all life on our planet. OFS is based in Santa Barbara, California, with offices in Paris, France Lucca, Italy, and </span></span><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Br-SaoPaulo.ogg" title="Br-SaoPaulo.ogg"><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">São Paulo</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Brazil. For more information, visit Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society at </span></span><a href="http://www.oceanfutures.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.oceanfutures.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-90372179879716876992009-08-24T23:38:00.000-07:002010-07-25T23:40:16.494-07:00Day 21 S/V Kaisei: Taking Action<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" >Monday, 24 August 2009<br />Lat: 38°50’ N Lon: 126°36’ W</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" >Part of being an active environmental citizen, starts with being aware of up and coming bills and initiatives. Here are some of PKST’s favorite green bills happening in our golden state, California.<br /><br /><br />Clean Seas Legislation 2009:<br />• SB 4: Smoking Ban: up on August 19th for assembly floor vote. This bill bans smoking on public beaches and parks statewide, as cigarette butts are a significant component of marine debris.<br />• AB 925: Leash Your Lid: Plastic Beverage Container Caps. Up in a few weeks before the Senate. Like the pop-tops of aluminum cans of the 1970’s, this law would make plastic beverage bottle caps become part of California’s successful bottle recycling by requiring caps be attached to the bottle. Retailers would be prohibited from selling a single use plastic beverage container with a cap that is not attached to or part of the beverage container, and made from a recyclable material. This bill is important for large seabirds, which often mistake plastic bottle caps for food. Ingestion of plastic bottle cap debris can lead to malnutrition, starvation and premature death for ordinarily long-lived seabirds such as the albatross.<br />• SB 79: BPA Ban [Up in the Assembly]: Rather than waiting years for the state’s regulatory process under Green Chemistry, this bill would ban bisphenol-A (BPA), a known endocrine disruptor in baby bottles, sippy cups, formula cans and food jars. Emerging research indicates BPA is linked to a host of serious developmental and health problems, even in extremely low doses. Canada has banned this chemical in baby bottles and has signaled its intention to regulate it in food containers, and Minnesota has banned it, with legislation pending in 23 states. Many CA local municipalities have taken action including San Francisco, as well as Chicago and Suffolk County in New York.<br /><br />2010 Legislation:<br />• AB 283: Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2010:<br />The bill requires the state to administer a program to have producers of designated products be responsible for the lifecycle of their product, including waste disposal. Modeled after successful EU, Canadian and other international programs, this framework legislation sets some criteria to consider when designating products and/or packaging to be considered for regulation, but doesn’t specify products themselves. By shifting responsibility off of local governments and consumers, this bill encourage producers to research alternatives during the product design and packaging phases, in order to foster cradle-to-cradle producer responsibility.<br />• SB 21: Regulations on Lost or Abandoned Derelict Fishing Gear: This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the council, by January 1, 2011, to recommend to the commission sustainable funding sources for a program for the prevention of the loss of fishing gear and for the recovery of derelict fishing gear.<br />• AB 68: Single-Use Plastic Bag Fee: This bill will give consumers a choice of switching to reusable bags or paying 25 cents for each plastic or paper bag for litter prevention and clean-up.<br />• AB 87: Mitigation on Single-Use Plastic Bags: Existing law requires, until January 1, 2013, an operator of a store, as defined, to establish an at-store recycling program that provides to customers the opportunity to return clean plastic carryout bags to that store.<br />• AB 1358: Polystyrene Disposable Food Container Ban: Prohibits a food vendor from dispensing prepared food to a customer in a disposable polystyrene non-recyclable plastic or non-recycled paper container. Authorizes compostable plastic containers in a jurisdiction where organic waste is collected. Prohibits a state facility or vendor doing business with the state from using a polystyrene foam food service container at state facilities.<br /></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-933919458993096912009-08-23T23:37:00.000-07:002010-07-25T23:38:38.067-07:00Day 20 S/V Kaisei: Thank You North Face<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" >Sunday, 23 August 2009<br />Lat: 39°05’ N Lon: 130°05’ W</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" >“Our ocean should not be our world’s dumping ground. We need to start taking responsibility for our waste, not just from production to landfill, but the entire life-cycle analysis.”- Nicole Argyropoulos<br /><br /><br /> We would like to start this journal with a gracious thank you to North Face for sponsoring the Project Kaisei Science Team (PKST) with beanies and water-resistant jackets. These items have not only helped PKST endure the harsh elements of the sea, but have allowed us to conduct our research comfortably. Thank you North Face for your gracious donation and supporting our mission!<br />Today, PKST conducted two daytime trawls revealing a decrease in marine debris, and these samples will be used for Dr. Gonsior’s hydrogen peroxide experiment to show the influence of marine debris on the major reactive oxygen species. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is the most stable of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and is involved in oxidative stress for organisms. This H2O2 may be stable in the open ocean for days. It is produced by sunlight interacting with light-absorbing organic molecules. The hypothesis of this study is that marine debris promotes the hydrogen peroxide production in ocean surface waters and is responsible for an increased release of this oxidative stress component into the surface ocean. First results do show a substantial effect of marine debris on hydrogen peroxide production rates. These findings need to be further evaluated to investigate the reasons for this increased production of H2O2. Experiments such as these, will help PKST understand a variety of components and stresses involved with marine debris and our oceanic environments.<br /></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-74463365969218323342009-08-22T23:34:00.000-07:002010-07-26T08:54:20.119-07:00Day 19 S/V Kaisei: The Power of One<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoew0pQZ3x9PaDxuZpR_t3au4004JHq9PJyEWr2GhI_yzPuniquvDbZgEl_t5plIgPJaiGYFB-UoYSj_FDMkt_tckBzTxkCUoNCDcsMleXA1FEJIt03mmrZs5sSx5CmaB5Oq5Kv5sPvGpH/s1600/Flying+fish+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoew0pQZ3x9PaDxuZpR_t3au4004JHq9PJyEWr2GhI_yzPuniquvDbZgEl_t5plIgPJaiGYFB-UoYSj_FDMkt_tckBzTxkCUoNCDcsMleXA1FEJIt03mmrZs5sSx5CmaB5Oq5Kv5sPvGpH/s320/Flying+fish+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498243835551283474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><br />Saturday, 22 August 2009<br />Lat: 38°51’ N Lon: 133°23’ W</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" >“Time is of the essence. We didn’t know before, but now we do and it’s not an issue of pointing fingers or accusing anybody. Now that we know the consequences, we need to immediately change. It's time to find ways to prevent such chemicals from entering the environment in the first place, to find alternatives, and to anticipate problems before they occur. We cannot wait to find a cure for dangerous products after they are in the environment and in us.” – Jean-Michel Cousteau<br /><br /><br />The Ten Perils About Synthetic Polymer Marine Debris-<br />1. A large percentage of marine debris consists of synthetic polymers (plastic):<br />• Marine litter currently consists of 60–80% plastic polymers, and, in some areas, plastic accounts for 90–95% of marine debris (Moore, 2008).<br />• Plastics make up to 80–85% of the seabed debris in Tokyo Japan, (Kanehiro et al., 1995).<br />2. Plasticizers (“phthalates”) leach from polymer debris and are found in oceanic environments:<br />• Although the phthalate bisphenol A (BPA) is easily degraded, it is frequently detected in aquatic environments due to its continuous release. BPA is produced in large quantities (Oehlmann, 2008), and it is a potential carcinogen.<br />• Plastic products contain approximately 50% fillers and additives by weight including harmful phthalates (Colton et al., 1974).<br />• The softer the (plastic) product, such as children’s bathtub “rubber” ducks, the greater the amount of phthalates present. Phthalates are also used in products such as cosmetics and pills. Because phthalates are not chemically bonded to PVC pipes, they leach from PVC plastic (vom Saal, 2008).<br />3. Phthalates leach more from old or weathered polymers:<br />• The rate of leaching of BPA from polycarbonate plastic products increases with repeated use, washing, exposure to heat, and contact with acidic or basic substances (vom Saal, 2008).<br />4. Some phthalates are known endocrine disrupters and can cause reproductive problems in animals:<br />• While plastic products are often presented to the public as being inert, a number of their phthalates have been classified as “endocrine disrupting chemicals” that contaminate not only all the organ systems in the adult body (Colborn et al., 1993) but also aquatic organisms throughout the world (Oehlmann, 2008).<br />• Many common phthalates cause reproductive toxicity in rodents (Howdeshell, 2008).<br />• Male laboratory rats exposed to certain phthalates exhibited malformations and alterations to reproductive tissues (Parks et al., 2000; Wilson et al., 2004; Foster, 2006).<br />5. Some phthalates can affect brain formation and functioning in animals:<br />• BPA, which is a chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic as well as a plasticizer added to PVC (polyvinyl chloride), affects brain organization and chemistry and behavior of laboratory animals when they are exposed to it in low doses (vom Saal et al., 2007).<br />6. Synthetic polymers breakdown into smaller and smaller pieces as they are exposed to oceanic environments:<br />• -Plastics become brittle and break into smaller pieces due to exposure to ultraviolet light, the hydrolytic properties of seawater, and the oxidative properties of the atmosphere (Moore, 2008).<br />7. Small plastic particles are highly accessible to organisms that feed on plankton or fish near the ocean surface:<br />• Forty-four percent of all seabirds ingest floating plastic while feeding on or near the surface of the water (Rios et al., 2007).<br />8. Toxic chemicals can attach to polymer surfaces and enter the food web when ingested by birds, fish, or other marine animals. In addition to causing physical blockage of the digestive system, ingested marine debris may also increase exposure to pollutants adsorbed on the plastic debris:<br />• Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) can adsorb onto plastic resin pellets and fragments from plastic products. Plastic debris can therefore serve as points of accumulation for harmful toxins in aquatic environments (Mato et al., 2001; Moore, 2005; Rios et al., 2007).<br />9. Flame retardants such as PBDEs (polybrominated diethyl-ethers) can be released into the environment from plastic products and are rapidly increasing in the environment:<br />• Plastic products can release the flame retardants PBDEs (polybrominated diethylethers) resulting in wide-spread chemical exposure to wildlife and humans, as well as plant species (vom Saal, 2008).<br />• These toxins are now in every corner of our earth and in every body of water (Hale et al. 2002; Lorber 2008).<br />• PBDEs are now recognized as a global pollutant even found within deep oceanic environments, in the Arctic, and Antarctica 8-10<br />10. Persistent toxic chemicals known to attach to synthetic polymer debris are being found in high concentrations in marine mammals and fish we eat:<br />• Persistent organic pollutants such as PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), and DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) are attracted to plastic resin pellets and plastic product fragments (Rios et al., 2007; Moore et al., 2005; Mato et al., 2001).<br /></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-54647163286942614962009-08-21T23:30:00.000-07:002010-07-26T08:47:23.119-07:00Day 18 S/V Kaisei: The Strength of Sustainable Design<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuHPbzoiCvgawFN4XeH1G324Dy-hV85VctaYcjWJFyfclzQw4dhg7pLDz154_Wllr6FXsvExlJMxaHAeaiBpRTdc7UsRbhzYDsuwGZ26pDpkSeyLVjlDnjHH_mM3giihXXn4ph_eDqmjL/s1600/DSC03613.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuHPbzoiCvgawFN4XeH1G324Dy-hV85VctaYcjWJFyfclzQw4dhg7pLDz154_Wllr6FXsvExlJMxaHAeaiBpRTdc7UsRbhzYDsuwGZ26pDpkSeyLVjlDnjHH_mM3giihXXn4ph_eDqmjL/s320/DSC03613.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498241897081609490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" >Friday, 21 August 2009<br />Lat: 38°51’ N Lon: 133°23’ W</span><br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:100%;" >Melanie Smith welcomes the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kaisei</span> team as an assistant to Norton Smith, her uncle and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kaisei</span>’s consulting engineer. She has been a keystone figure in assisting Norton with the final construction and deployment of his marine debris cleanup prototypes; including the previously mentioned Beach and Sweep. Completing his prototypes included designing the catchment nets and cod ends. In addition, she has recorded data, helped in the physical deployment, done repairs, and surveyed the successes and difficulties of the prototypes for design alterations.<br /> Melanie joins Project <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kaisei</span> with a strong background in design, construction, and fabrication. Melanie’s initial design focus started in fashion with an emphasis on renewable fibers and textile design. Her next frontier expanded to landscape design and land planning with a focus on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">xeric</span><br />Her concern and exposure to environmental issues started at a young age. Starting with her father’s pioneering work in environmental issues and the birth of his organization, Whole Systems Foundation. Still in action today, Whole Systems Foundation provides funding for a number of environmental projects, including organic farming, environmental education, alternative energy research, and resource management programs. Melanie worked with her father for over fifteen years spearheading his environmental initiatives. When he passed, Melanie, Norton, and her brothers assumed the responsibility for Whole Systems Foundation.<br />On Project <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kaisei</span>, Melanie and Norton have been using the joint efforts of their creative and innovative backgrounds to better the environment through passive catchment devices used to capture marine debris. Today they launched the “Atoll”, which is a device obtaining an enclosed ring which sits on the surface of the water with a shallow catchment net inside. As the waves lap over the edge of the ring, the intention is to capture the marine debris inside the ring passively without harming marine life. Melanie and Norton noticed with the Atoll is not effective if there are strong winds. In essence, the wind washes the marine debris through the Atoll and nothing sinks to the cod end due to the lack of current flow.<br />Another device deployed this afternoon was nicknamed “Norton’s Giza” for its pyramid-like shape. This inverted pyramid rides the surface water with a sea anchor, 30 ft below the bottom of the pyramid. The function of this sea anchor is to have the surface pyramid be more stable with swells; as the swells flush into the pyramid and then slowly the pyramid would rise after the swell has passed. This fluctuation approach is designed to flush water through the pyramid capturing marine debris through the cod end. Norton’s Giza looked promising by capturing smaller particles of marine debris, having a one-way valve trapping the marine debris in the cod end. However, the standing winner of all of these deployment devices is the Beach with the least affect on organic organisms and capturing the most marine debris. Melanie and Norton’s strive for these passive collecting prototypes expand to future deployment on a larger scale, capturing the most amount of marine debris while affecting the least amount of biota.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> landscaping and open space development. Melanie’s design experience continued as sustainable design consultant with the construction and design of buildings using an energy efficient approach. </span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-72503944528499560432009-08-20T13:35:00.000-07:002010-07-26T08:35:13.830-07:00Day 17 S/V Kaisei: Marine Debris Treasures<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">T</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">hursday, 20 August 2009</span></b></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Lat: 36° 56’ N Lon: 140° 49’ W</span></b></span></span></p><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDj2m9HzDn-luwR5f_aw3W2NQJDGoDZhnWJFCPlAChyphenhyphen5tPVgf4je6uNrGDpAtA52neNQXvOxaGFxyGiY-BtlKxyUNz99L5jfwruyd8yga95KCgk4c6D0l7i013ghpf1zRTKEnXxSiGxso/s320/IMG_1017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495349521564277698" border="0" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">“Most of our samples will not be identified until we get back to shore but the visual interpretations are astounding. It is vitally important that we make a huge change in our habits. It is imperative that we start managing all of our resources wisely”- Dr. Andrea Neal<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Today is final day of small boat collection for marine debris in the Subtropical Convergence Zone of The North Pacific Gyre, led by Nicole Argyropoulos and Ryan Morris. As Ryan and Nicole gathered the appropriate nets, they checked in with the crew aloft and on deck to help announce any debris they spot near the small boat. While at sea, they found a plethora of items, including a sand castle mold, half of a soda bottle crate, a laundry basket, buoys, plastic water bottles, Styrofoam floating aimlessly on the top of the water, nets, strainers, and an abnormally large red light bulb. With constant sightings of marine debris from the ship, collecting these large pieces was easier than anticipated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">In our studies in the North Pacific Gyre we have been filtering surface water samples to look at not only very fine debris, but nano-sized debris. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Recent nano-toxicology publications have brought attention and urgency to understanding possible mechanisms of toxicity, and environmental impacts of exposures to sub 100 nm nano-structured materials. As research continues, we are finding more ways that nano-structured materials can be toxic: from the asbestos like qualities of carbon nanotubes</span></span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'mso-bidi-font-family:;font-size:11.0pt;"><span style="'mso-element:field-begin'"></span> ADDIN EN.CITE <endnote><cite><author>CRAIG A. POLAND</author><year>2008</year><recnum>119</recnum><record><rec-number>119</rec-number><ref-type name=""Journal">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>CRAIG A. POLAND, RODGER DUFFIN, IAN KINLOCH, ANDREW MAYNARD,WILLIAM A. H. WALLACE, ANTHONY SEATON, VICKI STONE, SIMON BROWN,WILLIAM MACNEE AND KEN DONALDSON</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity ofmice show asbestoslike pathogenicity in a pilot study</title><secondary-title>nature nanotechnology |</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>nature nanotechnology |</full-title></periodical><volume>ahead of print online<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></volume><dates><year>2008</year><pub-dates><date>20 May 2008</date></pub-dates></dates><urls></urls></record></cite></endnote><span style="'mso-element:field-separator'"></span></span><![endif]--><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">1</span></span></span></sup><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'mso-bidi-font-family:;font-size:11.0pt;"><span style="'mso-element:field-end'"></span></span><![endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">, to acute toxicity to aquatic invertebrates from nano-sized titanium dioxide </span></span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'mso-bidi-font-family:;font-size:11.0pt;"><span style="'mso-element:field-begin'"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>ADDIN EN.CITE <endnote><cite><author>Adams</author><year>2006</year><recnum>120</recnum><record><rec-number>120</rec-number><ref-type name=""Journal">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Adams, L. 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B.</author><author>Klaper, R.</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Daphnia magna mortality when exposed to titanium dioxide and fullerene (C-60) nanoparticles</title><secondary-title>Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry</secondary-title><short-title>Daphnia magna mortality when exposed to titanium dioxide and fullerene (C-60) nanoparticles</short-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry</full-title></periodical><pages>1132-1137</pages><volume>25</volume><number>4</number><dates><year>2006</year></dates><accession-num>WOS:000239253400026</accession-num><urls></urls></record></cite></endnote><span style="'mso-element:field-separator'"></span></span><![endif]--><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">2-4</span></span></span></sup><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'mso-bidi-font-family:;font-size:11.0pt;"><span style="'mso-element:field-end'"></span></span><![endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">, and the possible toxic impacts of nanoparticles on environmentally prevalent bacteria </span></span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'mso-bidi-font-family:;font-size:11.0pt;"><span style="'mso-element:field-begin'"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>ADDIN EN.CITE <endnote><cite><author>Handy</author><year>2008</year><recnum>153</recnum><record><rec-number>153</rec-number><ref-type name=""Journal">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Handy, R. D.</author><author>von der Kammer, F.</author><author>Lead, J. R.</author><author>Hassellov, M.</author><author>Owen, R.</author><author>Crane, M.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK. rhandy@plymouth.ac.uk</auth-address><titles><title>The ecotoxicology and chemistry of manufactured nanoparticles</title><secondary-title>Ecotoxicology</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Ecotoxicology</full-title></periodical><pages>287-314</pages><volume>17</volume><number>4</number><dates><year>2008</year><pub-dates><date>May</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>18351458</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18351458 </url></related-urls></urls></record></cite></endnote><span style="'mso-element:field-separator'"></span></span><![endif]--><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">5</span></span></span></sup><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'mso-bidi-font-family:;font-size:11.0pt;"><span style="'mso-element:field-end'"></span></span><![endif]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. The effects of nano-structured material waste from industrial production and consumer goods is becoming a prominent issue with the increased incorporation of these materials into everyday items ranging from facial cosmetics, batteries and even appliances </span></span></span><!--[if supportFields]><span style="'mso-bidi-font-family:;font-size:11.0pt;"><span style="'mso-element:field-begin'"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>ADDIN EN.CITE <endnote><cite><author>Nel</author><year>2006</year><recnum>37</recnum><record><rec-number>37</rec-number><ref-type name=""Journal">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Nel, A.</author><author>Xia, T.</author><author>Madler, L.</author><author>Li, N.</author></authors></contributors><auth-address>Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. anel@mednet.ucla.edu</auth-address><titles><title>Toxic potential of materials at the nanolevel</title><secondary-title>Science</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>Science</full-title></periodical><pages>622-7</pages><volume>311</volume><number>5761</number><keywords><keyword>Animals</keyword><keyword>Chemistry, Physical</keyword><keyword>Consumer Product Safety</keyword><keyword>Humans</keyword><keyword>Immune System/physiology</keyword><keyword>Inhalation Exposure</keyword><keyword>Nanostructures/adverse effects/chemistry/*toxicity</keyword><keyword>*Nanotechnology/standards</keyword><keyword>Occupational Exposure</keyword><keyword>Oxidative Stress</keyword><keyword>Particle Size</keyword><keyword>Surface Properties</keyword><keyword>Tissue Distribution</keyword><keyword>Toxicity Tests</keyword></keywords><dates><year>2006</year><pub-dates><date>Feb 3</date></pub-dates></dates><accession-num>16456071</accession-num><urls><related-urls><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16456071 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What all of this means, is that our oceans are being impacted by both visible and non visible pollutants. These toxins are not only impacting life in the ocean they are also impacting us. However, how all of these pollutants interact with ocean biota, people, and even other toxins is a very complicated story that needs further study. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color red;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Currently, we are 700 miles off shore and the majority of identifiable marine debris seems to be from the Western Pacific. The North Pacific Gyre is generated by the easterly trade winds and the westerlies in the north. The wind movement forces the water to move in the same direction. These two wind systems create opposite water movements and in combination with the Coriolis Force creates a vortex, in this case the North Pacific Gyre. The western boundary current of the North Pacific Gyre is the Kuroshio current off the southern coast of Japan extending eastwards across the Pacific. The eastern boundary of the gyre is defined by the California Current flowing initially south before it converges towards the west, completing the rotation of the North Pacific Gyre. The Kuroshio Current is analogous to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the North Atlantic Gyre. Therefore, it is not surprising to find marine debris from the Western Pacific, as well the Eastern Pacific Ocean including California. Identifiable marine debris may help to further evaluate the origin of this debris. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></span></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">1. CRAIG A. POLAND, R. D., IAN KINLOCH, ANDREW MAYNARD,WILLIAM A. H. WALLACE, ANTHONY SEATON, VICKI STONE, SIMON BROWN,WILLIAM MACNEE AND KEN DONALDSON, Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity ofmice show asbestoslike pathogenicity in a pilot study. </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">nature nanotechnology | </span></span></span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">2008,</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> ahead of print online <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">2. Adams, L. K.; Lyon, D. Y.; McIntosh, A.; Alvarez, P. J. J., Comparative toxicity of nano-scale TiO2, SiO2 and ZnO water suspensions. </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Water Science and Technology </span></span></span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">2006,</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> 54, (11-12), 327-334.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">3. Hund-Rinke, K.; Simon, M., Ecotoxic effect of photocatalytic active nanoparticles TiO2 on algae and daphnids. </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Environmental Science and Pollution Research </span></span></span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">2006,</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> 13, (4), 225-232.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">4. Lovern, S. B.; Klaper, R., Daphnia magna mortality when exposed to titanium dioxide and fullerene (C-60) nanoparticles. </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry </span></span></span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">2006,</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> 25, (4), 1132-1137.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">5. Handy, R. D.; von der Kammer, F.; Lead, J. R.; Hassellov, M.; Owen, R.; Crane, M., The ecotoxicology and chemistry of manufactured nanoparticles. </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Ecotoxicology </span></span></span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">2008,</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> 17, (4), 287-314.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-80756144675456293442009-08-19T12:00:00.000-07:002010-07-13T12:53:33.721-07:00Day 16 S/V Kaisei: The Inescapable Truth<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:Arial;">Wednesday, 19 August 2009</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;">Lat: 36° 10’ N L</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;">on: 140 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;">° 28’ W</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></i></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHlPjmE98yMr3gOLmZh3j8KN0qJTeOfy1w56CTszTTItHHpW6c63BiuGIxkwXn-WW0_sMCvHBYjqkXpvjr_HM_ijJhhsE5Xu48wMGExC6m_16c0PT-rpUu35lLzPzANXcJX-wSzGsZt4U/s320/Big+Net+above+water.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493469189390570930" /><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><i> <!--StartFragment--> </i></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><i><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi- Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 10pt; "><i><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">"Solving a problem starts with knowing that you have one. Project Kaisei vividly shows how discarded plastics are clogging the ocean, causing a major problem for the planet's vital blue heart, entangling marine life and insidiously killing as it accumulates in the food chain, from tiny plankton to great whales. Best of all, the mission hig</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><i><i></i></i></i></span></p><i><i><i><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center; display: inline !important; "><i><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">hlights </span></span></span></i></p></i></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><i><i><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center; display: inline !important; "><i><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">hope with ideas for positive action</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">." </span></span></b></span></i></p></i></i></i></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><i><div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><i><i><i><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center; display: inline !important; "><i><span style="font-family:";"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FFFF;">- Dr. Sylvia Earle</span></span></span></strong></span></i></p></i></i></i></i></span></div></i></i></span><p></p><i><p></p></i><p></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XswBF4k0QhN_CB69Ri5w3dNtnq4tuxVJVzY-M-INO8KtFIvACoUqxNUOk3xN36_AdprM5td6zWgJXXYCPoi885dG3JEDwUfytdYGyOhMhVGNKf7JQ6QnbqzRu-rsBZn3bJnOeJ0H75GB/s320/cod+fish.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493480259174827250" /></span></span></p><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">During our time in the gy</span></span></span></p></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">re, we have found variable amounts of biota </span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in our trawl samples, primarily jellies and other invertebrate organisms. Today, Heather Coleman and H</span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">amish Currie, one of ourloyal crewmembers from New Zealand, went hunting on the dinghy for large, recognizable pieces of marine debris.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They recovered and brought onboard three plastic crates, numerous </span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">plastic bottles ranging from orange juice to laundry detergent containers, plastic </span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">lids, shards of plastic, buoys, buckets, and plastic trays. The big hunt for marine debris throughout the North Pacific Gyre showed that the sources of origin are diverse. Many of these large floa</span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ting </span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“shelters” provide a safe haven for oceanic creatures; we have common</span><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WFlRra7HFQa0wA9VW_CaCS1QpTkBeXU4pva2FWbnvCsyhaaPCU4WuEMAJLgHtPMFdtzVktm6VUMhyDNE24VcMjOoRJ8G73RiiGgG0QbqtKYgmyMhqD2CRme50muym_j8cKZ0qpz_WAiz/s320/Debris.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493479252324041042" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ly seen small </span></span></span></p></i></span></i></span><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ye</span></span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">llowtail and pilot fish (jacks family), gooseneck barnacles, and crabs. Dr. Michael Gonsior seized the opportunity to cast his fishing pole into the large school of fish beside the boat, catching a small yellowtail fish. Dr. Margy Gassel dissected the fish, preserving the organs in a gluteraldehyde solution and freezing musc</span></span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">le tissue for analysis of persistent toxic chemicals. Continuing on our intensive research schedule, we lowered the Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) Profiler into the water. The CTD we are using measures salinity, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll. In addition, we trawled on four separate occasions during the day to maximize collections for educational outreach.</span></span></span></span></p></i></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p></i></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "></span></span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">After an afternoon of sampling, a monstrous ghost net was spotted</span></span></span></span></p></i></span></i></div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-VD8Wg1E67Ea4lCH1H5WLlQ9oJeEw3WtwUA9V5PUfVD4vw5VONZU4FLdAQNnUzilLJilY2r2K72PSEExtpZJwmmHEBDvLsmjwSVBR9JUHewXK6U4CemB7f0-BpczZUQA63pA7QaWZpe1/s320/IMG_1010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493478444931917938" /><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"> floating aiml</span></span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">essly in the ocean. This net, initially comprised of discarded rope, had gathered a number of items caught within its turbulent path, such as buoys, fishing line, the lower half of a chair, and a large gill net. The ghost net was so heavy that we were unable to haul it out of the </span></span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">water and onboard </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">S/V Kaisei</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">, even with all 25 participants pulling lines. Therefo</span></span></span></span></p></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">re, we had to rethink our plan of action and decided to send Dr. Gonsior and Norton Smith in a small boat to cut the ghost net in half. After numerous efforts to sever the net into smaller pieces, we managed to bring what we could salvage (about half of the net) on board as the sun set into nightfall. As we watched the other half drift out into the ocean, we recognized how ineffectual we were in relation to this massive problem. </span></span></span></span></p></i></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p></i></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><i></i></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">We are now into the l</span></span></span></span></p></i></i></span></span></i></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><i></i>atter half of our journey and have seen disturbing evidence of the marine debris problem in the North Pacific Ocean. We hope that one outcome of Project Kaisei will be increased knowledge about marine debris and its impacts on one of our keystone environments—the ocean—and organisms that rely on it, including ourselves.</span></span></span></span><p></p></i><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Times New Roman"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-2593363956645366152009-08-18T11:02:00.000-07:002010-07-13T11:26:19.178-07:00Day 15 S/V Kaisei: Joining Kaisei, Corinne Hume<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">T</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">uesday, 18 Au</span></span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">gust 2009</span></span></b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lat: 34° 24’ N Lo</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">n: 138</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">° 39’ W</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></span></b></span><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOGV-rXreP9BIvEYxUYeXeqESTmfopduu8psocg4TREbzINFYC6WwPnmvuP-IC1_bCtpQ61ns96c4qp-8OmUCH8f8B3Ua_ilF_5QnDubXUnTqOC0SjT-yJ56cEH2klzJ2AfmeUg9GLskk/s320/Corinne.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493453533598433234" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">One of our co-principal investigators of the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Pro</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ject Kaisei Science Team </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(PKST), Corinne Hume, started her day counti</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ng plastic </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">pieces visible under the triangular net of the bow. Total counts of visible plastics in a given area for 30-minute intervals help the Kaise</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">i team measure relative densities of surface plastic debris. When we encounter a high-density area, Captain Mike Smith slows the ship Kaisei and circles the area to allow PKST to get as much sampling data from these areas as </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">possible. Our engineer Norton Smith has also used these opportunities to launch his debris-collection prototypes. Later in the day, Corinne assists with processing manta trawl collections and recording data. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Corinne first became interested in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">marine debris while writing about the North Pacific Gyre and accumulation of oceanic plastic debris for an undergraduate journalism class. A few years later, Corinne’s mother, Deni</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">se Hume, became i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">nvolved with Project Kaisei as a representative of the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Chemistry Initiative. Working for the State’s Department of Toxic Substances Control, Denise Hume conducts research on environmental health and develops strategies for pollution prevention. While living in Simi Valley in 1989, Corinne was introduced to environmental problems at a young age when a nearby plant accidentally released chlorine. The entire city was evacuated; thankfully, the chlorine gassed without causing any harm to the commun</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">ity.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRvnDAPbxMYvDM1_VGPIKWTiRMOASBeSPul0yHN3nDnWbuQ-vhcL1QYavJa6uzJFdhCG72a-tBjSK3MC4TN6qTBa8ZREti-QKrDN3IbKUYOhxdCRc_vXOTZ_1xs4s7eF2A8p1Lt5GlDZi/s320/100_0442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493457161092751970" />Corinne also appreciated th</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">e beauty of nature while frequently hiking through Southern California. Corinne’s mother was a docent of the Sierra Club at the time, and Corinne’s connection with nature throughout her childhood led her to become involved in environmental restoration projects. While attending a private high school in Ojai, Corinne and her class went to Chennai, India, to participate in a sea turtle protection program. During th</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">e project, Corinne helped newly hatched sea turtles that commonly get off course due to light pollution find their way to the ocean. Also while in India, Corinne helped a rural school in Rishi Valley expand their perm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">aculture garden and provide more medicinal and food crops for their community. During her time in India, she was surprised by the amount of pollution permeating the land, air, and water. She vividly remembers the residue of the air staining her hands a burnt sienna color and the heaps of trash lining the streets. This impression led her to become concerned about the health of our planet.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In college, Corinne attended a colloquium hosted by the European Unio</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">n in Ghent, Belgium, about recycling agricultural byproducts and explori</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ng the poss</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ibilities of turning what was once waste into commodities. During this colloquium, she visited different manufacturing plants, such as the EcoVer, which makes sustainable household products from a zero-waste business model.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvDgBsSsEpKdrOg1-GONGyf9kcUzP67sNwS9e3G5hPRgtgIPNfdh0Sc5yg6ABaOvFoKrGYyevPapQqERTEdo6nQV5K9VVt6imNggRYmi3B2mqwbNqQZuqT8384hXtzeZX7Y_s_c_K5zPh/s320/DSCN0271.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493455062849085234" />The colloquium’s purpose was to allow college students from around the world </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">to brainstorm ab</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">out </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">incorporating agricultural byproducts into business design. While in sch</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ool, she also worked at the Pathogen Detection Lab of the California Regional Primate Research Center at the University of California at Davis (UCD). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">A recent graduate from UCD with a B.S. in Natural Sciences, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Corinne was invited to sail on the S/V Kaisei as a research assistant. She was intrigued </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by the opportunity </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to see parts of the North Pacific Gyre and hopes to learn more about environmental problems and the planet’s ecological state through first hand experience with Project Kaisei. Corinne also looks forward to sharing information from this trip with family and friends at home.</span></span></p></span><br /><br /></div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-36564630772991027692009-08-17T10:47:00.000-07:002010-07-13T11:01:20.015-07:00Day 14 S/V Kaisei: Creating New Collection Strategies<div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><b>Monday, 17 Augu</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><b>st 2009</b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><b>Lat: 33° 57’ N Lon</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><b>: 139° 03’ W</b></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-32OpEyea-m3yfuOLOdX8x7GN7LS-H5vxHNKH5qhPzHg8AFMKXUkAvo18qzKSCELqzzvDw8DcYJTLZyHH7ntdV6pCr7-WAJ2n3WclATxv5Lb82Fcg0N1Yt4kRpxeetw7Mdl4hPuGGizrY/s320/Debris.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493451887830121490" />This evening, the entire Kaisei crew held a group meeting to discuss the best strategies for marine debris collection and finding points of accumulation. Because more turbulent weather is expected, our team is trying to maximize the last of our calm days. All parts of the Kaisei crew are joining forces to find debris fields. One of our continuing strategies is counting marine debris from aloft or on the bowsprit for 30-minute intervals. By taking these counts, we get a sense of the frequency of debris, and PKST can compare this information wit</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">h our trawl collections. Our goal is to sample in areas with both high and low accumulation rates of marine debris.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOEjMsBWIR3Mryy15xvhtbc6OVlKiCAv7sRg-xg-3YrcMaeHkk0NrgCCMAG6CuGkP0GarTt6ieGr2afGc2gSz5vuaDBWJC7t5r94X_AIOF8pbC45PQAxBGdQSrUtgZ22a-92KIh56phnW/s320/DSC03590.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493451175684573730" />Another strategy involves launching our dinghies (“tenders”) in the debris fields to collect large pieces we would otherwise be unable to attain. The larger, more intact pieces will be used for educational outreach and displays in various museums. Many of these pieces tell a story about the origin of the displaced debris in the North Pacific Gyre. For example, today we found a fishing weight with Chinese characters. We also found plastic detergent bottles, bottle caps, lids, netting, plastic bags, a baseball, and other miscellaneous large pieces of plastic floating in the expansive ocean. Below our humble abode, S/V Kaisei, is 18,000 feet of water (6,000 meters); outside a portal window is one plastic bottle more than 1,000 nautical miles (~1,850 km) from the nearest coastline. The image is alarming, and PKST is uncovering evidence of the progression of marine debris as it breaks down to the insidious small particulates accumulating in our trawls. The combination of polymers the ocean has not been able to biodegrade, possible toxicity of small to nano-sized particles, and attachment of persistent toxic chemicals to these surfaces is a forecast of a frightening future. We are seeing that the ocean is full of this ubiquitous waste, clogging and tangling our blue planet.</span></span></p></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-57187414290726709552009-08-16T10:18:00.000-07:002010-07-13T10:37:51.555-07:00Day 13 S/V Kaisei: Forging Discovery<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Sunday, 16 August 2009</b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Lat: 34° 05’ N Lo</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>n: 140° 1</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>5’ W</b></span></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrteqH-07pYHVssXdjRL0imXKE7WfTLu3JuKqV_HBj_7FgILs6n2RPv0aOo58UQZX8aD0lHWhHMHPOfQk8wU4Gbd80DZgl87KkVXDy3Prseu8CSZ2EGkGnnh9hGx2t-tIgM1doL-BaZyio/s320/Nicole.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493443409948909426" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Today, Nicole Argyropoulos, one of our co-principa</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">l investigators, assisted </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Dr. Neal in her multi-tiered filtration analys</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">is. On a ship, feeding ocean wat</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">er through a drip system can be a challenge; however, Dr. Neal and Nicole finally devised an effective gravity-fed system that functioned as needed to process samples. Nicole joined t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">he Project Kaisei Science Team (PKST) in a multi-faceted position: creating first drafts of the science blog, assisting in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">research, and coordinating e</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ducational outreach material.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">The catalyst for Nicole’s </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">environmental zeal began with a deep-rooted love for animals. She subscribed to the Wildlife Fact File at age seven. Her mother could only get her to the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">dentist if she agreed to take Nicole to the Humane Society afterwards to wa</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">lk the dogs. With an i</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ntroduction to the greenhouse effect in third grade, Nicole took action in her own house and</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">introduced her parents to an entire recycling program, from plastics to compost</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">. Becoming fascinated with the ability for waste to become fertile soil, she started working with her grandmother to plant organic gardens and to learn about sustainable agriculture. Her first job was at the farmer’s market selling peppers at a local Santa Barbara stand.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Growing up by the ocean, Nicole was constantly tide pooling and enjoying the sea’s splendors. Throughout high school, she took many environmentally focused classes and volunteered in trail building, beach clean-ups, and seminars geared towards educating the public about environmental issues.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP-dt1yWIhlR8zATXnLAq4-Hj6Y2p48RjF9fvpCKM_NExcyBQxwQipRW5RGEePbFUFbzChEov_FCEqXb2CAllRqJjXsNof8PTIgYua85zwvK6L73pTOXUjNpy8oS19Ss0GU5v7cXAXbVr/s320/Nicole+and+Manny.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493442592858045602" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Nicole chose to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder for their excellent natural science program. While a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ttending, she became very active in the university arena, joining the Biodiesel Committee, The Alpine Club, and the Journalism Board, writing about environmental issues in the Boulder area. In her senior year, Nicole flew to New York to volunteer at the Clinton Global Initiative as the CEO’s assistant. The Clinton Global Initiative is a three-day meeting of some of the most influential minds gathered to help solve some of the world’s most pressing issues. Nicole was inspired by the call for immediate action. After she graduated from CU Boulder in Geography, Nicole packed her bags and worked for the Clinton Foundation in the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI). At CCI, Nicole conducted baseline research, created sustainable design models and approaches, and wrote proposals for the Energy Efficient Building Retrofit Program, which aims to help 40 of the world’s largest cities reduce their carbon footprint through green architectural design.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">While working for CCI, Nicole was introduced to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) during a presentation on their sustainable design objectives for their energy-efficient retrofit of the Empire State Building. Amazed by their presentation and contribution to the environment, Nicole applied to work at RMI the following spring. Upon receiving the job, she packed her things once again and moved back to Boulder, Colorado. Following her passion in green architecture, she was placed on the Bui</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">lt Environment Team to work in sustainable design and as a liaison to the Communications Team. Throughout her time at RMI, Nicole conducted a plethora of case studies showing how green architecture was becoming increasingly popular due to its economic benefits. Nicole also led wilderness therapy trips through the Rocky Mountain Range teaching the importance of biology and backcountry skills. Inspired by her experience working at RMI, Nicole plans to continue her graduate education in environmental economics and policy.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdvo4RClhRWQ_HwsqehBwQhpobeXSbN83FqBuDwwtZSvn46sib8eepAYo4Vb1Km8F4MgnBQqI1Hz071ZsGIUd2GtWG3usIpkee0gyD3BLKWC6WuIOcir_gZWPrLjAr5-wT2vR9M4at6iw/s320/DSCN0292.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493444565923871602" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">After her rocky mountain adventure, Nicole returned to hometown Santa </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">B</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">arbara to take pre-requisite classes for graduate school. There she started working for Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society where she met Dr. Neal </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">and started becoming involved in many grassroots campaigns and organizatio</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ns geared towards addressing marine debris. Being back by the coast after six years and seeing how detrimental effects of dumping waste in oceans was becoming an incr</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">easing concern, Nicole became more involved with the oceanic community. After working on many environmental projects and teaching seminars with Dr. Neal, Nicole was invited to be a part of PKST. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Still holding true to her early environmental aspirations as a child, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Nicole will continue her career with innovative groups trying to heal the planet. Her involvem</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ent in Project Kaisei has shown her the results of our “wasteful” actions and has solidified her ecological path. She is moving to the San Francisco Bay Area after the voyage and looks forward to embracing this paradigm-shifting city.</span></span></p><div><br /></div></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-51535432864702818692009-08-15T14:18:00.000-07:002010-07-12T14:56:48.015-07:00Day 12 S/V Kaisei: Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Analysis Saturday, 15 August 2009 Lat: 34° 30’ N Lon: 141° 46’ W<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Saturday, 15 August 2009<br />Lat: 34° 30’ N Lon: 141° 46’ W</span></span></span></span></span><div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Michael Gonsior</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItN_NB37Ihxg-cPY_OetOwyshmOAKfkYgiMleNAC8xPSr_eNoEgxjL-62zmA4QTWo1yiWE54U5TrVYgKlRDNWATpgVS79Qc8XXsYjgUT8LGa3bG0lYAUNg3llAuBXpFxD42WkdRSVl6Dt/s320/Michael.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493134980228529218" />Today, Dr. Michael Gon</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">sior, one of our </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">co-principal </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">investigator</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">s, collected another set of water </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">samples at 200 me</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ters depth and at the surface for dissolved organic matter (DOM) analysis. DOM is an important part of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">the global carbon cycle. The amount of carbon in DOM in the oceans is equal to carbon in atmospheric CO2 and also to carbon present in all land-based biomass. However, this important component of the carbon cycle is not well understood due to the fact that 80% of the molecular composition is unknown. Without a molecular understandi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ng, the reactivity of this highly dynamic DOM pool cannot be evaluated.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Only recently, a new analyti</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">cal technique re</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ferred to as “ultra-high resolution electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry” (ESI-FT-ICR-MS) became ava</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ilable to analyze the complex pool of dissolved organic molecules in an unsurpassed fashion. The samples taken during this rese</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">arch cruise are the first collected in the Pacific Ocean for ESI-FT-ICR-MS analysis. In addition to basic research of DOM characterization in surface waters, the leachin</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">g of DOM from marine debris will be also studied. The hypothesis is that biota associated with DOM does pr</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">oduce a significantly different pool of DOM and therefore have the potential to influence the DOM dynamics and composition in open </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ocean surface enviro</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">nments. If this hypothesis holds, it will be seen later after the analysis at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munich in collaboration with Professor </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Michael Gonsior 6,000 meters to the deep end</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0uRUtLOHLTJbn0LEXcjsnYFS5gk8MmPSCZGFgSj5hLVIeTexlV5DF0jx9nyc-4WZoEhsXI57vzHb4NFsFgcZhkfgDbWY1htPbkCBZ-6io-7seU9EgtRmrmld2AzYF8p15HgF3ERCBi2N/s320/Michael+in+Water.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493138817883094370" />Dr. Gonsior was always interested in science and found chemistry very interesting throughout high school and college in</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Hueckelhoven, Germany. As a te</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">e</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">nager, environmental problems concerned him and he experienced the effects</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">and news coverage of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the forme</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">r Soviet </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">Union. He began his study of chemistry at the University of Aachen, Germany, and changed universities for his </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">postgraduate study in environmental c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">hemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany. During his studies, he </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">took all opportunities to travel and study abroad including five months at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland and n</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ine months at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Dr. Gonsior dedicated as much time </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">as possible to travel and learn about </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">p</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">eople and cultures. Not completely satisfied with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">his M.Sc. in Environmental Chemistry</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">, he completed a second master’s degree in Environmental Protection Engineering at the University of Dresd</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">en. Dr. Gonsior became involved in soil science, and took an </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">opportunity to work on an international carbon cyc</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ling program in the mountain rainforest in southern Ecuador. During his nine months in Ecuador, he was exposed to the complexity of life in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">developing country.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Andrea Neal and Dr. Michael Gonsior </span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuYhnSjstcqFmbq0yc27GTSMRVp7g1h5-YNzNTSs3tMXEfWNCJI0NHTuR8VjhZB8gXWcjqHxe9EWAPgo98_es04-M0FaUsWA4d_NFsyy-U-N160_FeYjj5A2jC_z87Q9VB2AhPkqii7AU/s320/Dre+and+Mike.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493134012587114930" />After finishing his second M.Sc., Dr. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">Gonsior decided to complete a doctoral program in marine chemistry and appl</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ied for a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">scholarship to Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand. The application was appr</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">oved and Michael started his Ph.D. study in New Zealand in 2004 under the supervision of Professor Barrie M. Peake a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">nd Bill J. Cooper, a professor from the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Bill J. Cooper and Dr. Gonsior became good friends while in New Zealand.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">After he finished his Ph.D. degree in 2008, analyzing dissolved organic matter in New Zealand’s natural waters, Dr. Gonsior was invited to apply for a post-doctoral position in Bill Cooper’s laboratory at the Urban Water Research Center, Department of Civil an</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">d Environmental Engineering at UCI. His application was accepted, and he works in this laboratory to the present day. Besides being enthusiastic and engaged in marine</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">chemistry and biogeochemical cycles, he also followed his passion for helping people in developing countries, and became vice-president of the non-for-profit, volunteer organization Engineers Without Borders, Orange County Professional chapter. Since th</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">at time, he has been involved in a humanitarian project to build a footbridge in Kenya to help local communities to access a small clinic on the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">opposite site of a river.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Michael Gonsior in The Rigging</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2f1X4eFmsQt0iTpzj4iQdPcXgAqNkEgup3uX4hfoDuSy037JnPDoGlcfbKArQFKXp-Gze-HPcxDm6lCDsn5BaZHNGHiOWsbvf8kKNDh1LKiG_a5ehppCUjhZX145F-Fv1RfCa3z_p-fw_/s320/Michael+in+rigging.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493136379461021074" />Dr. Gonsior’s first exposure to the influence of marine </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">debris on life happened while he was still working on his Ph.D. in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">New Zealand where he learned about threats to albatross at the local albatross colony on the Otago Peninsula. Being fascinated by these birds that were </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">always present during his research cruises in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">the Sou</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">thern Ocean, he found out that albatross breeding on the Midway Islands in the Northern Pacific Ocean feed their chicks plastic debris accidentally m</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">istaken as food. Hence, the death rate of albatross chicks is very high </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">due to starvation. While working at UCI one year later, Dr. Gonsior attended a seminar given by Captain Charles Moore from the Algalita Foundation in Long Beach, California about the accumulation of marine debris in the North Pacific Gyre. Dr. Gonsior was astonished to see the degree </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">we have polluted our world’s ocean. Together with Professor Bill Cooper, they decided to help educate the world and further scientifically evaluate marine debris in the North Pacific Gyre. They also extended the research into the Atlantic Gyre located in the Sargasso Sea. Earlier this year, Dr. Andrea Neal met Bill Cooper and told him about Project Kaisei. Later, she also went to the UCI laboratory where she and Dr. Gonsior started to develop scientific objectives for Project Kaisei.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Dr. Gonsior’s future plans will involve an extended time in Kenya to help the Engineers Without Borders project. His scientific goals involve using state-of-the-art analytical techniques to investigate the least known components of the global carbon cycle, which happens to be located in his favorite environment: the world’s ocean. He will also continue to educate people and, in particular, high school students, to learn how we can prevent spoiling our oceans. Scientific research of marine debris will continue and will help to give further evidence of the frightening situation of pollution in marine environments.</span></span></p></span></div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-42982060339438748462009-08-14T13:34:00.000-07:002010-07-12T14:11:34.103-07:00Day 11 S/V Kaisei: Launching Beach and Sweep<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Friday, 14 August 200</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>9Lat: 34° 43’ N Lon: 143° 221’ W</b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78tOkmjZaq0ayDzEqWPkCcJbw6jmVovhZxg3sy8znHCK3J0NBQUkoDUMV1TwNJ7Wpe8PsGXF3TCBJBVaC5zp-stkm-UICT1E0TJ3JpGna-ee9WWJ6Uh_ujP01ex-fuqb4zxiHWwv16e2p/s320/Norton+and+Beach.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493121536022557714" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">N</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">orton Lowering Beach into Sea from <i>S/V Kaisei</i></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Norton Smith, our consulting engineer, has been inventing several diff</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">erent types of trawling prototypes that he built onboard. Today, Norton launched two capture devices in the North Pacific Gyre; one of these capturing devices is an example of biomimicry called, “Beach”. The beach prototype is a wooden inclined plane with sides that begin one foot below the water level and extend three in</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ches above the water level. On the back end, there is a large net with a cod end. Water comes over the lip of the incline and has to pass out through the net. Norton sees the natural environment as a way we can use and understand natural processes to benefit, instead of manipulate, nature. In creating the Beach and other trawling devices, Norton considered the potential problem of harming oceanic biota in efforts to clean up marine debris. Nets, for example, collect plankton and other organisms as well as plastic and other de</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">bris. The intention is to build a device that will catch plastic while minimizing collection of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">biota. Furthermore, this passive device does not expend energy. The fist launch of The Beach was a success—catching a surprising amount of marine debris and few oceanic organisms.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Norton and "The Sweep"</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBePJOUrmQ2ojleB3j9ZD9ZnhC2GaE84Wjd8h8BFZ7CrSOfDhyphenhyphenqm_Q1ePOhn7PMesX2vq5__R0ehZ6hvF6tu4eUwvxOiIxjqjWWlHWYA4LvjCr1ZuCIIlxhot5wFdc4QH9ZCtQ3YcivbKA/s320/IMG_2384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493123369318021330" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Norton’s second device, “Sweep,” consists of two panels of non-poro</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">us tarp with floats attached on the top and weights on the bottom. One end is connected to a plankton net and the other en</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">d is attached to plywood do</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">ors holding the mouth of the net open. The whole apparatus is attached to a sea anchor (75 meters below the surface) to keep the Sweep relatively stationary. Again, Norton’s intention was to use inexpensive known technologies, such as those u</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">sed in oil-containment booms, to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">collect mari</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">ne debris in the plankton net. The Sweep received its name to reflect its purpose to sweep marine debris off the surface of the water.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Norton and "The Beach"</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2aXBTzqCp91MuGOmPS5HhEqqSQRA2lzVW7zVWpScjjj-bHj5TtxsUoa8CHMxsO4C1EV7bMpoO9xfhLrwtDNSe5Dbxn5LKClef1RybV9gw8_oU3lAfLBbf_FOCDRAZCchG6wEnrs29ubd/s320/Norton+and+Beach+in+Water.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493128837549234002" />Norton became involved with envi</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ronmental issues back when he started a recycling company with his brother, Neill Smith, in 1972 in Marin County, California. At the time, plastics were not recyclabl</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">e but were a cause for concern because </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">they do not biodegrade. Norton’s passion for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">preservation originates from his yearning </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">to explore through adventure travel and preserving the environment through his entrepreneurial career. Recently, Norton has been working for a start-up company in Talent, Oregon called “Straw Jet.” They build prototypes of a machine that will make construction material out of straw. Since Norton has always been an innovative builder and inventor, Project Kaisei was an opportunity to combine his creativity with environmental issue</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">s.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Being a sailor most of his life, Norton has been exposed to the worsening of marine debris in our oceans over the last five decades. He will continue test</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ing capture methods throughout the trip and plans to continue environmental advocacy the rest of the his life. He is very concerned about plastics in our oceans and, more generally, the health of the oceans, including the loss of the fish and productivity in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">oceans. “It is not just plastics,” he states, “it is a combination of things, from over-fishing to pollution of estuaries.”</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">One of Project Kaisei’s goals is to show the contamination of the ocean to the world, so people can see the destruction of our natural world caused by our waste and our failure to account for the responsibly. Norton believes it is essential to create public awareness of the issues in hopes of promoting changes in our habits and means of disposing waste, plastics included. The ocean has been seen as an infinite dumping ground, but we are seeing evidence that this is not the case.</span></p></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-82882669970842370432009-08-13T14:43:00.000-07:002010-07-11T15:12:36.807-07:00Day 10 S/V Kaisei: In the Heart of the Gyre<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thursday, 13 August 2009</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lat: 34° 42’ N Lon: 143° 19’ W</span></b></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Today’s </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">early morni</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ng began wit</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">h Kaisei crew capturing a ghost net full of fish, a Chinese weight for a 100-m net, package binding, and a large fishing lure. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLVSN6zDa9IpOYrnfLbj4EI7jXvyPVnZbo9sZ7GbPZmjfnKvWWFr6q2cB7AiPXOm1vByYHIZgnxjzZOjQ59JHSh_iFunn8JHkcJA6GEtNSgB5mk1LZykON_kfi4FLYWCUVlcXWSZ8qmuN/s320/little+net.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492772750435517442" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A ghost net is a fishing net </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lost at sea, and </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">it can be hazardous to the environment and to passing vessels. Dr. Neal, our p</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ri</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">n</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">cipal investigator, be</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lie</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ves ghost nets to be one of the most menacing types of marine debris </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">for several reasons. Myriad organisms get caught in the tangled net as it spirals randomly on an oceanic path. These abandoned nets are no long</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">er in use an</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">d as we wit</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">nessed fish get caught in the net and die. On top of that, they are a haven for invasive species, which get transport</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ed t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">o other places.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Marine life also congregates around and under the net, which increases the likelihood they will </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ingest debris associated with the ghost nets. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When ghost nets get snagged on coral reefs, the coral grows in</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the net. Often, with a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">big swell or storm, the coral breaks off the reef, taking new coral grow</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">th with it. These broken coral pieces caught up in ghost nets then become destructive</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, tumbling weeds that roll across the ocean floor destroying more coral. The National Oceanic and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Atmospheric Administration’s (NO</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">AA) marine debris program includes a focus on derelict fis</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">hing gear and ghost nets and their recovery. In the Hawaiian Islands, NOAA supports federal, state, and local communities in surveying and co</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">lecting derelict fishing gear. NOAA is also working to produce energy sources from recovered ghost nets.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAw75zapVC-ZMp0j4IJyIlb3r3oiW2zuat0Zz62__FrRePBG8FA7DjnLV_D9JDbB7VGux40PVKB75PzLnFnr93Te2JG2Kqb8RYyrwQGy0adhuNUL2gcvXYkrfgeOf8PifSH6hZo8XnkgRL/s320/gill+net.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492774114748683890" />Later in the afternoon, the crew spotted a glass buoy and captured it as a keepsake of this epic sojourn. A small colony of gooseneck barnacles and crabs were living on the buoy and all of the buoys we have collected share this phenomenon. As </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">we slow down to gather other large marine debris, we have seen that these pieces hav</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">e become homes to an array of living organisms, most commonly barnacles and crabs. We also saw the lower half of a tree with an abundance of creatures on it.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Our afternoon trawl exposed more pre-production pellets and one flying fish.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">We spotted another ghost net, and Dr. Neal and Heather Coleman dove into the ocean to investigate. Underneath the net was a habitat for a sch</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ool of pilot fish and other species of fish. On board Kaisei, Dr. Gonsior seized the opportunity to go fishing and caught a dozen of these small fish from the jack family for future analysis of stomach contents and persistent organic pollutants (POPs).</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">In the evening, we reached our second CalCOFI sampling site where </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6vFbhtoGKhqi6SnwPgs6jzZbtNDsnR5KYGdNgh05TuZikMGvl2nmVLJ4jMophc7WWdD2QtAnAwBptcKmfps7MMq-tLdIwrT2tXWu7lYTt68YjBTYtq-eERrPWyv18ZFpeGDV_OUYqyom/s320/DrDre+and+net.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492768155108166914" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">further samples were collected. We are looking at CalCOFI sites throughout our mission because they obtain archived data PKST can use for current analysis but also compare dat</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">a to what oceanic health was in the past. We plan to hit several CalCOFI sites along our research route and compare these sets of data to uncover the progression of our marine debris pollution from past to present.</span></span></p></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-47917045772464277882009-08-12T13:52:00.000-07:002010-07-10T14:14:07.512-07:00Day 09 S/V Kaisei: Welcome Scientist<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Wednesday, 12 </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">August 2009 </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Lat: 34° 2</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">8’ N L</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">on: 141° 43′ W</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MCPTgq1YIvkbHkdWtRNtH690yHJ6sKRQBuyi1F4XbQUeU0D2-zeUbfUjSH2YsCdDO_NPfnUj4cA9F_CQdh56ouYvvVQBLO311oGfq-zBzsr6opa_pbVFEyrkSsXu1SyHYiap6-1dgU0R/s320/Samples.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492387011621724690" />Our midnight trawl revealed five mor</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">e mycto</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">phids, one flying fish, and four pre-production pellets. Recently our nigh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">t trawls have been showing less plastic marine de</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">bris than our day</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">time trawls. Since we are in the heart of the gyre and the apex of our sampling scheme, we have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">been working arou</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">nd the clock collecting data. At minimum</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">, we have been trawling each afternoon and at midnight. Our crew has been on watch either al</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">oft in the crow’s nest or on the bowsprit watching for debris fields. This extra help has been useful in gathering large pieces of marin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">e debris that will later be used for educational </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">outreach or analysis of surface </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">properties. In our afternoon trawl, we found nin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">e by-the-wind-sailors (Vellela vellela), part of a plastic bottle, one pre-production pellet, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">numerous marine insects. The contents of our trawls reveal different items with each location, providing new insight into the nat</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ure of the North Pacific Gyre.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2v3ZF7QO_XRwp_EeYaqi_jd2cwLKb2aWwML6ZzoYpNOjhyphenhyphen5Gz6n0eqAht_6APvCP7_20Ny05CEi0LyI_QABdrrpXAmB6_mcMUc7eqB2iU0Yj79K0OjuVetM4QONgHPqYqxY3XMULNTQtN/s320/Heather+and+Hard+Hat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492385767733303362" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Heather Coleman</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span>Today, one of our scientists, Heather Coleman, celebrated her 30th birthday. When Heather was a child, her brother, a UCLA marine biology major, used to take her tide pooling in Palos Verdes, California. An early introduction to marine life inspired her to start scuba diving in the eighth grade. She could not unglue herself from oceanic environments, never wanting to return to land. Thus was the birth of her muse, diving, and studying oceanic environments throughout high school and college. Heather received her undergraduate degree in marine biology from UCLA and through Northeastern University’s East/West Marine Biology Program. The program’s first stop was at the Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory in Washington. With only four students that year, Heather received an intensive research-oriented education. Her passion stayed strong for oceanic discovery, and despite the inability of her drysuit to keep out water, Heather could not contain herself from the bounty of the sea. The next venture in the East/West Program occurred in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Heather started her first independent research project on behavioral interactions in invertebrate communities. The East/West Program continued in Nahant, Massachusetts, focusing on community ecology at the Marine Science Center. Heather continued her research in Jamaica the next year as a teaching assistant in </div><div style="text-align: left;">oceanography.</div></span></span><p></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfe9G19cH07jgrYSqqZl9PPb90fow497nNpUk9AGjVVPeLxkCX_T3w1KYuIKqCkGkzb2TPn7AGmQs6Q31DHX2Fecr136v3LRXYDNN0ITPFIDjnmwHMSdt6PFGfpezbFW7AkS0NJ4YfCRx-/s320/heather.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492384849458441554" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">After another year at UCLA, Heather went to Akumal, Mexico to study nutrient input in coral reef systems. After graduating, she worked at Santa Monica Baykeeper leading the volunteer brigade in kelp restoration. To continue doing research, Heather began a doctoral program at the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. Along the path of earning her Ph.D., she acquired a master’s degree in environmental economics. Heather was introduced to </span></p><p style="text-align: right;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Coleman Free Diving Around A Derelict Net</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">Dr. Andrea Neal, and together they have been on many dive adventures including a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "> plethora of research dives to study the effects of oil pollution on sea urchins. Heather aspires to become involved with non-profit work in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, and to continue her new research focus on marine debris in our oceans.</span></p></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-42397055294651522472009-08-11T13:32:00.000-07:002010-07-10T13:52:01.213-07:00Day 08 S/V Kaisei: Meeting R/V New Horizon in the North Pacific Gyre<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tuesday, 11 August 2009</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lat: 33° </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">53’ N Lon: 139° 3</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3’ W</span></b></span></p></span></span><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeQ3G9xNrBtlAlKJ8F4iesVfrZSpiQp6oxy6IHd6Iy7ozECNceqdXx4ttZAkoXzNKeD3J8y8nZ1R_S_4psGkeZpTJCyUBdH1ChOqTCm_mWky-4BGqNzzgpPtHLd0z2JLWkNVX0akOOBx_/s320/flying+Fish.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492381311670882098" /><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today’s early morning trawl revealed t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hre</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">e more myctophids, good news for our ichthyologist (fish specialist) Dr. Margy Gassel. We als</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">o found six </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">flying fish and nine pre-production pellets. These pellets are the raw materials us</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">ed to make plastic products a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">nd are usually transported by trains and container ships. After another late night, the Project Kaisei Science Team (PKST) rushed to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">catch some sleep before an</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">other set of trawls and filtration experiments later in the afternoo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">n.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:small;">Flying Fish</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The day started with a cloudless morning, and the overhead sun gave a clear vision of marine debris continuously floating by the ship. Even though we are on the outer rim of the gyre, there is still a large amount of marine debris in the ocean. Our afterno</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">on trawl revealed an abundance of live ctenophores (comb jellies) and fish from the Carangidae (jacks) family in the trawl. Before releasing the ctenophores into their natural habitat, we placed them in a bucket of water with the small plastic particles, and discovered they were engulfing the marine debris. This is not surprising because they are considered voracious predators that indiscriminately consume anything of the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192); ">appropriate size that they encounter. This gave PKST a direct visual example of how organisms in the ocean are affected by the small polymer particulates.</span></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cBweyB11szacowIOgKLiiReR33mIzEm1IpRfjgcW-OBe0oKcjtMEWJ4IwSZwfBVxA7JSDrlYcqMqeKGro7BRon7s9iA_-JV-rhnyWRynF_SX9XjYjJZCsaDqGWqjhjW7wAdTkmMHuVWS/s320/pellet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492380120470482914" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Environmental Pre-Production Resin Pellet</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Later in the evening, the Brigantine Kaisei met with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography vessel R/V New Horizon in the middle of the North Pacific Gyre. Our first mate Adrian Thibeault-Stone brought a tender and welcomed Doug Woodring (one of the main founders of Project Kaisei), Professor James Leichter (from Scripps Institute of Oceanography), and Annie Crawley (a film producer and creator of the organization “Dive Into Your Imagination”). The three visitors from R/V New Horizon received a tour of Kaisei, and we discussed the progress of our research. As the night sky set in, we said our final farewells and the New Horizon visitors returned safely to their ship.</span></span></p><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_76-ZCZLLztUUwBkX80bFSqqqBSAwHLqtltAxDR-l5ehcXAwolMTPAvFG_TGaWx1sceGEqzj8NOOmvOnOGW1RHjMPdAm0XHUy5dq1aPrlbWWGeI9WEEaaTwhta-YUjKahY6xGe0nEAM_/s320/scripps+visit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492380753330287154" /><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A year ago, when the idea for Project Kaisei was budding, it was hard to imagine this meeting in the gyre, testing strategies to sort out this insidious, environmental catastrophe. Although Project Kaisei started with a small group of concerned people, it took the collaboration of several different fields banding together to make these studies a reality. PKST and the rest of the Kaisei crew are starting to realize how calamitous this issue truly is and that it will take many more collaborative efforts to even skim the surface of the problem. We are proud to be a part of the first of many Kaisei missions and hope that our efforts will inspire further action.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">R/V New Horizon</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> as seen from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">S/V Kaisei</span></i></p>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-19164705820926320052009-08-10T16:37:00.000-07:002010-07-11T14:43:06.222-07:00Day 07 S/V Kaisei: Reports From Inside the Gyre<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9k9VUbGKkSLD3Aa3dc_6Thj9VqnuYaIfQAR6wDjcbZuCo5m2Z8lJ5clRPtRXTPHiQne-fG-yKaZSbbVydhu4-gIreHWf_n1pDgJ9yYgSzk9qa_arbXBUa7fUBdRAMCAD7QtfOgKNvbNa/s1600/Margy+and+Samples.jpg">Monday, 10 August 2009</a></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9k9VUbGKkSLD3Aa3dc_6Thj9VqnuYaIfQAR6wDjcbZuCo5m2Z8lJ5clRPtRXTPHiQne-fG-yKaZSbbVydhu4-gIreHWf_n1pDgJ9yYgSzk9qa_arbXBUa7fUBdRAMCAD7QtfOgKNvbNa/s1600/Margy+and+Samples.jpg"></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Lat: 33° 51’ N Lon: 137° 24’ W</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1100 miles due </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">west of Santa Mon</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;">ica, CA</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJzOrlhIASkWwETPml07FyNzRrKIi7_0djOEF-MBHhBoczMDKkyuCROzolE2L5fHKLjO8WNDjdh5MKlBqq2JTe5j69lavHT6cmR-p4_-Q91WdODT848mcj3uYLReX5wFZosM_RnYHbm9P/s320/IMG_0803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491685879157774882" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dr.Neal and Corinne Hume Taking Pre Production Resin Pellet Samples</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">The amount of deb</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ris collected in the manta trawl today was enorm</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">ous compared to the planktonic biota. Dr. Andrea Neal, the principal investigator for the Project Kaisei mission, expressed her reflection about the marine debris in the gyre:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dr. Margy Gassel and Trawl Sample</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"></span></span><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9k9VUbGKkSLD3Aa3dc_6Thj9VqnuYaIfQAR6wDjcbZuCo5m2Z8lJ5clRPtRXTPHiQne-fG-yKaZSbbVydhu4-gIreHWf_n1pDgJ9yYgSzk9qa_arbXBUa7fUBdRAMCAD7QtfOgKNvbNa/s320/Margy+and+Samples.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491684012442101810" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">“I think the worst thing about what we are seeing is that you have to perform capturing methods, such as trawling, with a super fine net in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">the planktonic size range to really see the danger lurking beneath. Our trawl net today came up with at least an order of magnitude more debris than plankton; a majority of this debris was post-production polymers. It’s hard, as a scientist, to look at samples like this and not immediately start to extrapolate what the implications of this tremendous amount of debris</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;"> mean to the environment as well as ourselves. Most of our samples will not be identified until we get back to shore, but the visual interpretations </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">are astounding. It is vitally important t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">hat we make a huge change in our habits. It is imperative that we start managing all of our resources wisely. What we are seeing out here are some larger post-production polymer pieces, but the majority is fine to ultrafine postproduction polymer pieces.”</span><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">At a young age, Andrea Neal, Ph.D. was always experimenting in the scientific world, and she knew she wanted to be some kind of “-oligist.” While on t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">he family ranch in Wyoming, she often used her grandmother’s travel beauty case as a portable laboratory. (She would also like to give a great shout-out and h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">ug to her family doing the annual ranch maintenance while she is on this expedition.) In the ninth grade, her science teacher Mr. Shotland gave her a book called “Sha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">man’s Apprentice” by Mark J. Plotkin, which created an insatiable appetite for her to become an ethnobotanist. The rest of her high school studies and collegiate interests were then directed in this field.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Dr. Neal chose Purdue University, which has one of the top botany programs in the world, and she worked in a medicinal and aromatics lab with Professor James Simon for four years. There she discovered that very little was understood about how plants produce specific types and quantities of oil. Dr. Neal felt a strong need to understand plant oil synthesis in an attempt to efficiently use them for bio-fuel production. She continued her education in plant biology at the Swedish Life Sciences University (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden, with Professor Hans Ronne, Professor Sten Stymne, and Professor Ulf Stahl, studying lipid biosynthesis in eukaryotic organisms. After five years of intensive studies, Dr. Neal became interested in the unusual fatty acid production in coastal sea sponges and their important role in oceanic health.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">After getting her doctorate degree, Dr. Neal began a post-doctoral appointment at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. There she worked with Professor Patricia Holden on nano-particle toxicity on bacterial organisms. Afterwards, she revisited the importance of coastal sea sponges and the environmental implications that waste has on fragile coastal marine habitats. During these studies, she realized that scientists tend not to be taught effective communication with government agencies and the general public. She felt that in order for proper legislation to be passed and action taken on environmental issues, there must be a quorum of communication between science, government, industry, and the general public. To learn to be a more effective communicator, she participated in a post-doctoral enrichment study at Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society focusing on outreach. There, she put together the Santa Barbara component of the “Day Without a Bag” campaign. The campaign passed out 6,000 reusable bags at 18 educational outreach sites, focusing on the importance of reusable bags and recycling. Dr. Neal also worked with school groups such as Don’s Net Café from Santa Barbara High School and Jean-Michel Cousteau’s “Ambassadors of the Environment Program,” empowering kids to become pro-active environmental advocates.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">This past spring, Dr. Neal worked on an environmental toxins campaign, bringing to light the detrimental impacts of brominated and chlorinated compounds used as flame retardants in household products on environmental and human health. It was during this time that Dr. Neal met Doug Wooding and Mary Crowley, and was invited to lead the science team on the S/V Kaisei. Using her broad scientific background and research experience, she put together a notable team. The intention of this international scientific group is to analyze and quantify the environmental impact of marine debris at representative sites the North Pacific Gyre. The Kaisei science team’s hope is to develop standardized methodologies that can be used for future marine debris studies. Dr. Neal’s hope is that, as a global scientific community, we will work together proactively to find innovative solutions to what could be the largest environmental disaster of our human history. Dr. Neal wants everyone to know how thrilled she is to work with such an amazing group of people that are on the S/V Kaisei. She is also very proud of her team who are working around the clock on this incredibly important mission to improve our understanding of marine debris in the North Pacific Gyre.</span></span></p></span><br /></div></div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-11855874759502241872009-08-09T09:49:00.000-07:002010-07-08T11:12:52.686-07:00Day Six S/V Kaisei: Catching the First Myctophid<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Sunday, 9 August 2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Lat: 33</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">°</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"> 33.7’</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"> N L</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">on: 133</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-char-type: symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">°</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">30’</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"> W</span></b></span></p><div><br /></div><div>The science team was unable to cond<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivR9yE4575JVVsVdtNdqxvyjr2zsfBh8hcifpAVEiICsjOm5SXSCez-2YGWusnZrg1oeINoB1oUVcxVQSVYps_8rYtonibo_c64cg9cNTQS8oXXbAIifY_6jGertwSs6zXR8thFr0a5ljJ/s320/IMG_0667.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491581542557633922" />uct the midnight manta trawl due to rough seas. After much needed rest, they gathered in the morning to discuss the fish collection protocol. Dr. Margy Gassel is interested in studying fish species from the myctophid family because they are common mid-water fish that migrate to the surface at night for feeding. This means they have a high probability of ingesting small plastic debris. Myctophids represent an important trophic connection between zooplankton and other pelagic fish including species that we consume.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Dr. Gassel’s initial interest in marine biology began in high school when </div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7Cxciu2PXnLEKVevG83c1MEbG1jJ9B9Ybh10hRi-9tn5_1bfi29gsppSGv1a4d3vCppQJwAmHV_r-6wyoPbHJHBAfY9u75fIz_pQ8jBRL9bmYAQFrYLcplyy4btuVRfBpeo6fA6m65NZ/s320/IMG_0399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491584556655079554" /><div>she was inspired by a documentary port</div><div>raying research on right whales (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Eubalaena australis</i>) in Patagonia by Dr. Roger Payne. Many years later, she decided to pursue this interest by participating in a sail study program aboard the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">R/V </i>Regina Maris on the breeding grounds of humpback whales (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Megaptera novaeanglea</i>). Following that, Dr. Gassel studied humpback whales and other marine mammals while working as a naturalist on whale-watching boats in New England. After working as a registered nurse in women’s health and as a graphic designer, Dr. Gassel returned to school to study biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. While there, she had the opportunity to conduct research with an international team of scientists on the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="Times New Roman Italic"font-family:";">R/V</span></i> Polarstern in the Arctic Ocean. Dr. Gassel is also a shareholder in the cooperatively operated <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="Times New Roman Italic"font-family:";">S/V</span></i> Alvei. Dr. Gassel completed her doctorate at the University of California at Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology, where she studied crustacean behavior and ecology in Hawaii. </div><div><br /></div><div>Dr.Gassel currently works as a research scientist with the California Environmental Protection Agency, whose mission is to protect public and environmental health. Never losing her passion for protecting the oceanic environment, she accepted the invitation to sail as a member of the Project Kaisei science team.<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6TJOrcXIRJIGKoYDYnzXWZlruk9Nr_NQ0-YcpxDpvAVALU9-TGTuXUZUwMSVaJEpnQtMPzi8spuKVxw_93YBqunwNcqdgR6KH_CP0ZyjCn9lrvw91azAh4Kfm8t8CZEg9BuQVQY37cG-/s320/IMG_0448.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491585822120834114" /><p class="MsoNormal">All members of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">S/V Kais</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">ei</i> crew have been using innovative strategies to capture marine debris. Our onboard engineer Norton Smith handcrafted another trawling device onboard <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">S/V Kaisei</i>. </p><p class="MsoNormal">http://www.whole-systems.org/</p><p class="MsoNormal">Using a flowmeter to measure the volume of water passing through the net, this trawl will be used to catch marine debris at a depth of approximately three meters. Appropriately titled the “Norton Trawl,” it will be used throughout the research route to collect additional samples and compare to surface collections.The midnight trawl produced the first myctophid sample, which was preserved in the lab freezer aboard Kaisei for future research at the California Environmental Protection Agency. In our night trawl samples we also found nine Pacific sauries, six flying fish, two comb jellies, and four sea slugs. In addition, the science team found two pre-production plastic pellets and numerous amounts of polymer particulates. The Project Kaisei team has been astounded by the large quantity of marine debris floating by the ship, and the crew has become inspired to scoop large pieces of marine debris with hand nets for future use in educational outreach.</p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-60028066244507409812009-08-08T16:20:00.000-07:002010-07-08T16:34:43.126-07:00Day 05 S/V Kaisei: Bioluminescent Sea Jellies<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyb_C8mzi_klebQ-gQo9rZM7RYjYJzF26HMYSrMiwPrtj3k_pPgZUVSrqS6ecGYEhfRofj3CRCDdiRxbUxKfSC5VMNR0Jr_N5Ibc4OROxSRJSUN6k-jUxIbISlhkRZuEFsDj-exOaTj4g/s1600/Kaisei+Science+50.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Saturday, 8 August 2009</span></span></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyb_C8mzi_klebQ-gQo9rZM7RYjYJzF26HMYSrMiwPrtj3k_pPgZUVSrqS6ecGYEhfRofj3CRCDdiRxbUxKfSC5VMNR0Jr_N5Ibc4OROxSRJSUN6k-jUxIbISlhkRZuEFsDj-exOaTj4g/s1600/Kaisei+Science+50.jpg"></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">Lat: 33° 32’</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">N Lon: 132° 43’ W</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOEsjW82UcWwzdX_a_aYmms1w8rLDQIGfl8rf-dNAppUvNyuThXcY9qnFP9w6kOzfP6-CTu4oegPZfTdjt0evPdVzBOKYiTgIXomLWuwgUbnFK_grj1c4cFnZeIJdgvhuBzAjt4R4i8Yc/s320/Kaisei+Science+46.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491682335723730082" /><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">August eighth started with bioluminesce</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nt sea jellies glowing ne</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">on aqua-blue illuminated by the presence of the full mo</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">on. The limpid waters and moonlight allowed the jellies to glow as deep as two meters, giving the science team an underwater electric light show. Some of the bioluminescent jellies were caught in the jaws of “Manny”, the manta traw</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ler. We found 22 small silver fis</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">h, three small se</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">a jellies, and an astonishing amount of mari</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">ne debris given our distance from the Northwest Pacific gyre. The collected debris included two pre-production plastic pellets,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2qiq3WVa56qKrLUfzB7QAeRO-Dw76hd4y-RqlBbTphz-eKvkq-tgVERThZip2mIWoTV47rCpMatYsiMahk9OsPHJzMu2fWuQxSchseL-01UyfOGmmsVyo3Xr18Yp5Gn_yw7VG3uYY1Zp/s320/Kaisei+Science+49.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491680016991148706" />also known as “nurdles.” After tedious work picking out the copious amount of fine and micro-sized particles, we decided to call it a night at 1:30 AM, to wake up again at 6 AM to prepare for our experiments at our f</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); font-size:medium;">irst CalCOFI site.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Dr. Neal and Nicole Argyropoulos prepared the multitiered filtration system to analyze different sizes of fine-particulate marine debris and phytoplankton. Dr. Michael Gonsior, Dr. Margy Gassel, Heather Coleman, and Corinne Hume prepared Dr. Gonsior’s dissolved organic matter (DOM) analysis, gathering water samples from approximately 200 meters and also from the surface. By gathering water at these two depths, Michael believes that he will be able to analyze the dissolved carbon pool in that general region. He plans to gather the samples in this methodology at all the CalCOFI sites on our research route in order to understand DOM cycling in that area. This is the first attempt to analyze marine DOM in the Pacific Ocean using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry and to compare it to the Atlantic Ocean. DOM samples from the Atlantic gyre located in the Sargasso Sea are currently being processed and will be compared to the Pacific gyre after this research cruise.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; font-size: medium; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyb_C8mzi_klebQ-gQo9rZM7RYjYJzF26HMYSrMiwPrtj3k_pPgZUVSrqS6ecGYEhfRofj3CRCDdiRxbUxKfSC5VMNR0Jr_N5Ibc4OROxSRJSUN6k-jUxIbISlhkRZuEFsDj-exOaTj4g/s320/Kaisei+Science+50.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491680289968751394" />After lunch we pulled in the manta trawl and noted a decrease in the quantity of marine debris. We also collected more small fish and jellies in the cod end of the trawl. After seeing incorporation of fine particle polymers in the innards of the jellies, the Science Team considered jelly and fish collections for persistent organic pollutant (POP) analysis. Later in the day the wind picked up again, and we scampered aloft to unfurl the sails. By using wind energy, we are once again able to conserve fuel, continue along our research route, and make our trip as environmentally sound as possible. This ethic continues in the way we dispose of our waste, recycling plastic and other co-mingled containers and only discarding organic waste.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">The Science Team started to notice an increase in large-sized marine debris floating in the ocean (e.g., buoys, plastic bottles, crate) as we approach closer to the gyre. When possible, the Science Team has tried to catch the large pieces of marine debris or slow the ship in order to scoop the samples. Unfortunately, were we to stop to retrieve every piece of debris, we would sacrifice precious time at the gyre. Later in the evening, we had a fantastic birthday feast and Dr. Margy Gassel prepared an incredible butternut squash soup as per request of Nicole Argyropoulos. With the good company of our on-board shipmates, we finished the lovely evening with a screening of the film “Life Aquatic.”</span></span></p></span><br /></div>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-61402815980413224412009-08-07T16:09:00.000-07:002010-07-08T16:20:04.260-07:00Day 04 S/V Kaisei: Dr. Andrea Neal’s Multi-Tiered Filtration System<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Friday, 7 August 2009</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lat: 32° 22’ N </span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lon: 129° 37’ W</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6028g-hqVUkjemEJwgQC8Q5ymH77YAoqXtSJP2HUTM8TDgPS7B5PJQRBKoQL2V3mg57wki0rtbDgVzneE19b_Ol5ike1SQ7gewrE9FDNsEcUgFe7t1jECvfGAuYoz9Nv-RxARfte3tJc/s320/Debris+Micro.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491677502784824258" /></span></b></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">star</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ted day four with a midnight trawl that took us</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">into the early morning. Our night trawl was aimed to catch small mesopelagic fish called myctophids (lanternfish) and zooplankton. Myctophids are small mid-water fish that dwell between 200-1000 meters in depth during the day and feed at the surface at night. One of our goals is to examine the incorporation of small marine debris into lower trophic levels of the food web. Myctophids are prevalent throughout the world and representative of zooplanktivores. However, the recent full moon may have provided enough light for them to escape the manta trawl provided by Dr. Marcus Ericson from Algalita Marine Research Foundation. Heather Coleman (soon to be Dr. Coleman) identified the abundance of small fish, baby squid, jellyfish and a plethora of by-the-wind-sailors trapped within the manta trawl. We found a considerably greater amount of marine debris compared to the previous trawl. The haul consisted mostly of p</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">lastic and some Styrofoam, and the size dispersion was relatively consistent with the last capture (approximately 100µm – 5mm). Dr</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Margy Gassel, from the California (EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, documented the live specimens and froze them for future analysis.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKCT0HrPZrkXVktfrY9UTtk4KR4oAUENxyvkBsP3yRDxquTTsn0ca-1c-yBF2CFiQ_6aa3L4mFwYKzDOBfN71dGJ0evF8Vs_Oq7tDKyHndJ8qfXZEB3ZMH58dWzzWPjEZ9wR1zuUi_q2y/s320/IMG_0511.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491677962444850226" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Later in the day, Dr. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Neal started a multi-tiered filtration system to examine the size structure of marine debris. Using polycarbonate filters made by Millipore, this system will capture plastic in size ranges as low as 50 nm (in the nano-particle size range). We will examine t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">he accumulation and characterization of these fine particles in our respective labs when we return. We will also compare our findings with oceanographic data from long-term monitoring sites established by CalCOFI (California Cooperative Ocean Fisheries Investigation). Tomorrow we will we reach our first CalCOFI site, which will mark the first nano-particle collection on our research ro</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ute. Tonight we will be </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(192, 192, 192); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">doing another midnight trawl analysis and kick off tomorrow with a wide spectrum of water sampling experiments in our first CalCOFI collection location.</span></span></p></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114085244734597538.post-70550963705081574112009-08-06T15:57:00.000-07:002010-07-11T14:42:00.647-07:00Day 03 S/V Kaisei: Launching of the Manta Trawl<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thursday, 6 August 2009</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lat: 34° 20.7’ N Lon: 128° 01.5’ W</span></span></p></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3FRloSkNRtkJPQq0LSGQBdMyKnhvaLHNuDNlmg2OkN7u36-c7fNa1AfShVuVtteXX8hN8zwBz5_44peMhJWKxsjuR4bW26YmJxrb4SF_prYLwWnMi6hcVtNwDGUry6BS7N4bnA31gaUV/s1600/Manny+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3FRloSkNRtkJPQq0LSGQBdMyKnhvaLHNuDNlmg2OkN7u36-c7fNa1AfShVuVtteXX8hN8zwBz5_44peMhJWKxsjuR4bW26YmJxrb4SF_prYLwWnMi6hcVtNwDGUry6BS7N4bnA31gaUV/s320/Manny+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491673754207714962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Manny The Manta Trawl</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Stiffing winds allowed us to sail at seven knots and we were joined by two small pods of white-sided dolphins. At 10:41 AM, the science team released the first manta trawl on the port side for one hour of surface trawling. We found small bits of plastic and small silver fish in the mouths inside the underbelly of several by-the-wind-sailors (Vellela vellela) trapped in the manta trawl. The small plastic pieces were collected, placed in a solvent-rinsed vial, and frozen for future analysis in the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laboratories. We also took our first surface water samples with a Nisken bottle to study carbon cycling events that we expect will change as we approach the Northwest Pacific gyre.</span></span></span>Blue Ocean Scienceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395736574206500628noreply@blogger.com0