The Naples NY Scout Troup 40 built and tested student ROV kits in one of teh Finger Lakes in Upstate New York this week. So exciting to see students interested in this technology!
Full article at: DailyMessenger 05apr21
Seaweed Forests Festival 2021
When you are next in Manly (Sydney), make some time to check out the Seaweed Forests Festival at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum from 09 April to 09 May 2021. There are amazing art displays, performances, scientific speakers and workshops organised.
Balloons danger to marine life
More and more organizations are moving away from the use and release of balloons in any form, for good reason. A study by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and CSIRO found that, although hard plastic accounts for the vast majority of debris ingested by seabirds, it is far less likely to kill than soft plastics such as balloons. “Although soft plastics accounted for just 5% of the items ingested, they were responsible for more than 40% of the mortalities”.
Full article at: Australasian Science May/Jun2019
Study results at: Nature.com/Scientific Reports
ROV “Beast” filming under Arctic Ice
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have been using an ROV, nicknamed “Beast” to explore and film under sea ice in the Arctic, as part of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate Change (MOSAiC). The team found some amazing platelet ice crystals, feathery ice crystals that form at supercool temperatures and grow as large as a human hand, typically found in Antarctica, not the Arctic.
NOAA Discovers Deep Sea “Balloon-like” Jelly
A new species of carnivorous comb jelly (ctenophore) was found by NOAA’s ROV Deep Discoverer near Puerto Rico at a depth of ~4000m.
Full article at: NOAA Fisheries 20nov20
