George Matsumoto
Manta photo by Jeff Milisen. I'm interested in deep-sea, open ocean (heck, anything ocean), education, supporting educators, and increasing our ocean literacy
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The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Programmirzayanfellow.nas.edu This program is an early career educational and training opportunity. It is designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy.
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The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgementsscience.anu.edu.au After reading hundreds and hundreds of PhD theses, we accidentally discovered how to write the perfect PhD acknowledgement: it's a kind of poetry.
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Soundscape Listening Room • MBARIt.co Access a live stream and a library of sounds recorded using a hydrophone (underwater microphone) off the Central California coast.
Soundscape Listening Room • MBARIt.co Access a live stream and a library of sounds recorded using a hydrophone (underwater microphone) off the Central California coast.
Team of female Colorado STEM students invents wildlife detection devicewww.cbsnews.com An all-female team of teens from STEM School Highlands Ranch has invented a device they say will save both human and animal lives.
Climate Change Is ‘Loading the Weather Dice Against Us’www.bloomberg.com Rising temperatures are causing “knock-on effects that we’re only just beginning to understand,” climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says on this week’s Zero.
Celebrate ocean exploration with a day in the life of an underwater robotyoutu.be As we approach World Ocean Day, we’re reflecting on 36 years of ocean exploration with MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Ventana. In operation since 1988, this robotic submersible has logged more than 4,500 dives—the most science dives of any remotely operated vehicle in the world. Five days a week, MBARI’s research vessel Rachel Carson leaves Moss Landing Harbor at 6:30 in the morning for a busy day of ocean exploration. From a control room in the heart of the ship, our team of pilots and scientists guide the ROV Ventana as it explores the waters 1,800 meters (a little more than one mile) below. After deploying the vehicle for six to eight hours, the team returns to shore. ROV Ventana is a versatile robot equipped with cameras to observe the remarkable animals and habitats that thrive in the depths of Monterey Bay. Our engineers use this vehicle to deploy and test cutting-edge technology that is helping us assess and track ocean health. The pilots and crew that work with Ventana take pride in supporting our scientists and engineers in studying our changing ocean. Join us for a look back at some of the highlights from Ventana’s past missions. Learn more about ROV Ventana’s accomplishments: https://www.mbari.org/news/mbaris-remotely-operated-vehicle-ventana-completes-4500-deep-sea-dives/ Producer/editor: Kyra Schlining Production team: Nancy Jacobsen Stout, Susan von Thun Music: Elevation of Dreams by Bruno Frietas (Motion Array) Scenes in order of appearance (scenes from Monterey Bay unless otherwise mentions): 0:00 Launch of the ROV Ventana | surface 0:03 ROV Ventana launch | surface 0:09 Pyrosome (Pyrosoma sp.) | 30 meters (98 feet) | Sur Ridge 0:12 Giant siphonophore (Praya dubia) | 86 meters (282 feet) 0:15 Transit through midwater with jellies (Colobonema sericeum and Solmissus) | 401 meters (1,316 feet) 0:17 Hula skirt siphonophore (Physophora hydrostatica) | 220 meters (722 feet) 0:19 Barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma) | 637 meters (2,090 feet) 0:20 Green caterpillar siphonophore (Lilyopsis fluorocantha) | 385 meters (1,263 feet) 0:23 Blue LED lights on ROV | 737 meters (2,418 feet) 0:28 Green caterpillar siphonophore (Lilyopsis fluorocantha) under blue LED lights | 368 meters (1,207 feet) | Morro Bay 0:31 Bumpy jelly (Stellamedusa ventana) | 480 meters (1,575 feet) 0:34 Bumpy jelly (Stellamedusa ventana) collected in detritus sampler | 352 meters (1,155 feet) 0:39 California sun stars (Rathbunaster californicus) | 203 meters (666 feet) 0:42 Collecting deep-sea whelk (Neptunea sp.) with suction sampler | 999 meters (3,278 feet) | Smooth Ridge, Greater Monterey Bay 0:46 Deep-sea whelk (Neptunea sp.) sampled and placed in the Benthic Respirometry Sample chamber | 999 meters (3,278 feet) | Smooth Ridge, Greater Monterey Bay 0:50 Pom-pom anemone (Liponema brevicorne) | 876 meters (2,874 feet) 0:52 Rockfish (Sebastes sp.) | 468 meters (1,535 feet) | Offshore Southern California 0:54 Sand star (Luidia foliolata) | 402 meters (1,319 feet) 0:58 Sand star (Luidia foliolata) collection | 398 meters (1,306 feet) 1:03 ROV Ventana collecting sediment using a push core | 675 meters (2,215 feet) 1:09 Mushroom soft coral (Heteropolypus ritteri) | 393 meters (1,289 feet) 1:11 Broadnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) | 402 meters (1,319 feet) 1:15 Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) catching rockfish (Sebastes sp.) | 352 meters (1,155 feet) 1:19 Seafloor near Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) | 886 meters (2,907 feet) | Greater Monterey Bay 1:22 Hydrophone plugging into MARS | 880 meters (2,887 feet) | Greater Monterey Bay 1:27 Deploying hydrophone at MARS | 877 meters (2,877 feet) | Greater Monterey Bay 1:31 Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) | 206 meters (676 feet) 1:31 Sampling a glass sponge (Hexactinellida) with the DeepPIV | 623 meters (2,044 feet) 1:37 Whale fall “Grady” | 584 meters (1,916 feet) 1:39 Push core near whale bones | 584 meters (1,916 feet) 1:43 ROV Ventana and Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) | 673 meters (2,208 feet) 1:47 Red disk jelly (Poralia rufescens) | 1,917 meters (6,289 feet) 1:49 Juvenile rattail fish (Macrouridae) | 513 meters (1,683 feet) 1:50 Blue-tailed giant larvacean (Bathochordaeus mcnutti) swimming | 903 meters (2,963 feet) 1:53 Robust clubhook squid (Onykia robusta) | 393 meters (1,289 feet) 1:54 Spotted comb jelly (Leucothea pulchra) | 118 meters (387 feet) 1:57 Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) | 24 meters (79 feet) 1:59 Surface water | Smooth Ridge, Greater Monterey Bay 2:01 ROV Ventana recovery | surface 2:04 ROV Ventana recovery on the back deck of R/V Rachel Carson
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UMD Study: N95 Masks Block Almost All Airborne COVID-19www.miragenews.com COLLEGE PARK, Md. – In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with activeCOVID-19, the inexpensive "duckbill" N95 came out on top, stopping
The Small Jelly Creatures That Link Up And Swim in Corkscrewswww.sciencefriday.com For the first time, scientists have recorded how salps form chains and swim in corkscrews to reach the ocean’s surface each night.
US Teacher Appreciation Week 2024 Begins! Doodle - Google Doodleswww.google.com Learn more about the creation of US Teacher Appreciation Week 2024 Begins! Doodle and discover the story behind the unique artwork.
Meet the very weird Pacific barreleye fish, which is famed for its see-through skullwww.discoverwildlife.com Learn all about the weird barreleye fish and how it captures its prey in this expert guide
The influence of micro-scale thermal habitat on the movements of juvenile white sharks in their Southern California aggregation siteswww.frontiersin.org While juvenile white sharks (JWS) can display regional endothermy, the need to maintain internal temperatures within an energetically favorable range likely drives thermoregulatory movements to maximi...
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