PMEL in the News
On July 7th Oscar Dyson deployed two Carbon Wave Gliders
On July 7th Oscar Dyson deployed two Carbon Wave Gliders! They are autonomous surface vessels that use ocean wave energy for propulsion and solar panels to charge batteries for electronics. The Carbon Wave Gliders can collect data on water and air temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide in the water and air, and pH monitoring equipment.
Starving seabirds washing up dead on Washington beaches
Seabirds have been washing up dead on beaches in Washington and British Columbia this summer, and scientists can't say why. Rhinoceros auklets are one of the most common birds in the network of inland waterways shared by Washington and British Columbia.
Sailboat-Like Drone Helps NOAA Study the Arctic Ecosystem
Drones are changing the way we look at coastlines. In a conference call on Thursday about the use of drones in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jessica N. Cross, an oceanographer at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, talked about the use of Saildrone, a sailboat-sized, commercially produced UAV in monitoring populations of fish and other information about the changing oceans in the Arctic.
Summer’s cool in the PNW, but the blob lives on
Remember the blob? It’s a patch of warmer than normal water out in the Pacific Ocean that’s still lingering despite cool weather systems. Although it was a wet winter in the Pacific Northwest and summer has been relatively cool so far, Washington climatologist Nick Bond says the blob is still quite warm.
NWS Alaska supports NOAA research campaign
NWS Alaska team is providing decision support to a group of NOAA researchers studying upper-ocean changes in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Meteorologists with the Alaska Sea Ice Program (ASIP) and the Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU) are helping NOAA research scientists and pilots make informed decisions about where to fly and where to deploy ocean observing instrumentation for the Arctic Heat Open Science Experiment.