Sentences with phrase «led research expeditions»
Zoologist Kristofer Helgen is a National Geographic Explorer who has led research expeditions to remote areas on almost every continent in his search for undiscovered species.
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It was named for Holger Jannasch of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, the microbiologist who led the research expedition that identified the organism.
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«The source and sink of carbon from glacial to interglacial periods is the holy grail of oceanography,» says oceanographer Victor Smetacek of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, who led the EIFEX expedition and was the lead author on a paper about it published online today in Nature.
The Malaspina Expedition, led by the Spanish National Research Council, has demonstrated that there are five large accumulations of plastic debris in the open ocean that match with the five major twists of oceanic surface water circulation.
A scientific expedition in Panama in the early 2000s, also led by WHOI scientists, led to the construction of the «Liquid Jungle Lab» on a remote island to enhance oceanographic research.
He has published 100 academic papers and has led more than 25 research expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic.
«To maximize the scientific return of the expeditions, we shared the video with deep - sea biologists, whose research led to this publication.
A second week of delay meant our research objectives just could not be safely achieved — the challenge for us all was that the marine ice hazards were exceedingly difficult for the maritime industry, the CCG, and science,» says Dr. David Barber, Expedition Chief Scientist and BaySys Scientific Lead.
«I have led four previous expeditions to this site, each aided by submersible research technology to explore the sea floor — including a 2012 expedition where we used Sentry to saturate adjacent areas with sonar and photo images,» Van Dover said.
The international research team led by the University of Tasmania and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) used the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry and the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason to explore, map, and collect erupted materials from the Havre volcano during a 2015 expedition.
Antarctica, 14 November 2013 — The International Polar Foundation [1] team led by expedition leader Alain Hubert landed tonight at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station to commence operations for the 2013 - 2014 four - month BELARE scientific research season.
Antje Boetius has lead or participated in over 45 seagoing expeditions, and she has coordinated many national and international ocean research programs.
The research expedition is led by Chief Scientist Chuck Fisher, a Penn State University professor of biology.
Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel will be leading this exciting expedition for K - 12 teachers and leaders, Science or STEM education specialists, scientists and engineers, university faculty, and anyone interested in learning more about Panama's rich biodiversity, geology, engineering of the Panama Canal, technology tools of indigenous peiple (Embera Tribe) that how they live sustainably, rainforest ecology, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Station's work.
Scientists had used the Knorr, a 244 - foot steel - hulled research vessel that was operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, for thousands of research expeditions around the world, including one that led to the discovery of the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
Semenov is also leading the Aquatilis Expedition to represent a new kind of research — one which perfectly blends art and science, and one which involves both regular people and the top minds in the scientific community.
Her activism led her to make research expeditions to the ice fields of Antarctica, Greenland, Patagonia, and Svalbard where she documented and collected data for her work.
Whether sneaking into maximum - security prisons or leading unauthorized expeditions to secret military bases, Trevor Paglen combines rigorous research with aesthetic savvy.
This two - day short, rural and urban expedition around Swansea brought emerging art and design students into dialogue with scientists and leading scientific research in order to stimulate a creative response.
The 5 Gyres Institute, a leading research organization focusing on plastic pollution in the world's oceans, recently discovered microbeads on a research expedition in the Great Lakes, where they found as many as 466,000 microplastics per square kilometer.
During their work as part of the Norwegian - led research project Norwegian Young Sea Ice Cruise (N - ICE2015), an expedition launched to observe Arctic sea ice conditions, they were accustomed to watching for danger signs and moving quickly to salvage their gear and instruments when the ice broke up.