In the seaside village of Taiji, Japan, there’s a jarring juxtaposition: Jolly-looking tour buses shaped like happy dolphins putter up and down the streets by day, while by night fishermen secretly slaughter hundreds of panic-stricken dolphins in a nearby inlet and sell them as meat. This sinister irony permeates the Academy Award-winning movie, The Cove, [...]
Tag » Marine Sciences
February 22, 2010
Redrawing the Map
Scientists and fishermen team up to find seafloor hazards and habitats
Maps of Oregon’s territorial sea are due for an upgrade.
April 23, 2009
Climate by the Numbers
Modelers explore future states of the planet
You can’t just walk into the data center in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS). The sign on the door says you need a pass card. There should be another sign too: Caution, planetary experiments in progress. Inside, computer clusters churn 24/7, spinning out information about ocean currents, winds, air temperatures, ice [...]
January 23, 2009
Lessons from the Magic Planet
Researchers are engaging the curious in meaningful inquiry
Researchers are engaging the curious in meaningful inquiry
July 22, 2006
To Hear Whales Breathe
“There is magic in the air.” Not a sentence one would expect to see in association with research and field science, is it? But the great thing about science is that it so often skates along the edge of understanding; and just past that edge are mysteries that sometimes seem like magic. It’s the pursuit [...]
April 23, 2006
Today’s Forecast: Windy and Toxic
Heading out to dig clams at your favorite beach? Someday you may be able to check the red tide forecast in addition to the tide tables.
April 23, 2006
Wave Power Prototypes
OSU’s “direct-drive” buoy approaches allow electrical generators to respond directly to ocean waves. Inside the Permanent Magnet Linear Generator Buoy, wave motion causes specially designed electrical coils to move through a magnetic field, inducing voltages and generating electricity. The Contact-less Force Transmission Generator Buoy uses large, high-strength permanent magnets configured as a “piston.” It transforms [...]
February 22, 2006
Anatomy of a Career
Bruce Mate, OSU Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oceanography Hatfield Marine Science Center He was a Midwest kid, a self-described “technical nerd” who hung out with ham-radio buffs and fell in love with a girl who played flute to his percussion in the school band. Before he headed to Oregon with his bride, Mary Lou, [...]
