Ode to FOCUS 23
A gallery of images and words by Bill Martin, Electro-Technical Officer on RV Investigator.
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To find carbon, look in the ocean
The largest reservoir of carbon on our planet is the ocean. Craig Neill is testing an old carbon analyser against his new design.
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Triaxus in tow
The Triaxus ‘flies’ through the upper ocean as it is towed behind the ship while the SWOT satellite records the height of the sea surface.
Temperature, salinity…and the need for speed
With EM-APEX floats measuring current velocity, what can they tell us about changes in the Southern Ocean?
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Soaring on salty winds
Death glares from giant petrels, squadrons of great cormorants, fly-bys from fulmars, A-list of albatross: never a dull moment in the Southern Ocean
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Snap-frozen salad from the Southern Ocean
Understanding how communities of phytoplankton and marine microbes are changing and what this could mean for the storage of carbon
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Robot gliders cruise the currents
Three underwater gliders are released into the world’s strongest water flow, the high-energy Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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The FOCUS 42.2 marine marathon
What to do when a mad-keen trail-runner is on a research ship for 38 days? Run a marathon on a treadmill, of course!
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The CTD: What goes down, must come up
One item in our oceanographic toolkit gets more of a workout than others. Which is it and what does it tell us about the deep ocean?
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Meet Hydrochem: our floating lab
At the heart of this science ship is an advanced analytical lab for measuring the vital signs of the ocean
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