Monthly Archives: October 2014

This is the final post for the first cruise of the R/V Point Sur Chief Scientist Training, Workshop, please access the most recent Chief Scientist Workshop Cruise blog!

Final sunrise on the way back into Moss Landing Harbor: I think I can speak for the whole group when I say that this workshop and cruise were an incredible experience. In just two days, we learned the ropes of … Continue reading →

by Stuart Bishop After a full day of sediment coring and me figuring out how to communicate with my instrumentation, we finally made it to the location offshore of Point Sur to observe the California Undercurrent. The undercurrent is a … Continue reading →

by Ryan Rykaczewski Nearly all of the food that nourishes ocean predators passes through zooplankton. These microscopic organisms are a critical link between the ocean’s primary producers (the phytoplankton) and the higher predators such as sharks, marine mammals, fish, seabirds, and … Continue reading →

For a brief moment this evening, the whole gang of Chief Scientist Trainees was awake. Since operations run around the clock, such moments are rare. We saw humpback whales breaching in the distance (too far for my camera lens to get … Continue reading →

by  Travis Washburn This is my first trip out on the Pacific, all my time has been spent in the Gulf of Mexico, and the sights leaving the dock could not be more different.  Instead of alligators, shrimp trawls, and … Continue reading →

By Amy Wagner So what do we (the scientists) do to entertain ourselves or remind us of our families at home during our “off” time at sea? Well, one of the things we can do is decorate Styrofoam® cups and … Continue reading →

In the deep, cold, and dark open oceans of the world, a diverse group of fishes and other animals aggregate. These animals are strange looking- the fish are small, with big sharp teeth, and have lures and small spots on … Continue reading →

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by Jason Addison Early on Friday morning (around 2 AM), our science team got our first gravity core! This gadget is one of the most reliable tools for collecting marine sediment from the bottom of the ocean. It is kind … Continue reading →