Sentences with phrase «scientific research expeditions»

From community project work and treks to sports tours and scientific research expeditions, the journeys show that boundaries can be pushed even in risk averse times.

Japan has dispatched its whaling fleet on what it calls a scientific research expedition.

Not exact matches

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.

«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.

He also discusses the expedition's scientific findings in the context of subsequent research in oceanography, marine geology, and ecology.

The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep - ocean research.

Since 2009, Belgian - Japanese scientific expeditions have stayed at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station in search of meteorites.

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.

Based upon eight (8) joint Russian / American scientific expeditions into the Arctic under the aegis of the International Arctic Research Centre at the University Alaska Fairbanks, methane fields of a breathtakingly fantastic scale have been discovered with plumes over a half - mile wide spewing methane directly into the atmosphere in concentrations 100 times higher than normal.

Heady questions that are touched upon in this allegory of our era's heated struggle between religion vs. science that so dominates many of our medical and scientific research that could potentially save humanity (it's not a coincidence that the Icarus expeditions have scientists, environmentalists and psychologists), if not for the fact that some of their methods are deemed morally reprehensible by people with devout beliefs.

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.

The second section, Collecting to astonish, collecting for research, begins in three visually impressive rooms, dedicated to Venetian explorers, which narrate the history of scientific expeditions by using an intentionally «old - fashioned» style; explorers» memorabilia and artifacts are placed into imposing glass and wood cabinets in the main gallery, while a number of hunting trophies and stuffed animals are arranged onto the walls of the two adjoining rooms.

The aim of Cape Farewell, this year undertaking its seventh expedition, is to inspire the team of voyagers to create art based in scientific research and findings.

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.

Data from a 19th century scientific mission, the first global marine research expedition, have provided strong evidence that humans have influenced climate throughout the entire 20th century.

The consortium will coordinate scientific input and develop plans for future marine hydrate expeditions to conduct research drilling, recovering samples of the formation, logging and analytical activities to assess the geologic occurrence, regional context, and characteristics of methane hydrate deposits along the continental margins of the United States, likely focusing on the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic margin.

Greenpeace brought its ship the Beluga II on an expedition of scientific research around Scotland, sampling seawater for microplastics and documenting the impact of ocean plastic on some of the UK's most precious marine life.

Before 1950, Sir John Burton Cleland wrote one in every six articles about Indigenous health in the MJA, and was the most prominent doctor in salvaging Indigenous data for science.7 Professor of Pathology and Microbiology at the University of Adelaide, he joined annual anthropological expeditions to Central Australia from 1925 to 1939 to collect these data, often describing the expeditions in the MJA.18 Following European research on the distribution of blood groups in different populations, 19 these expeditions examined blood groups to provide precise scientific demarcations between races, but contradictory evidence soon could not be ignored.