Opportunity: Environmental Defense Fund Director – Gulf and Southeast Oceans Program, Austin, TX
EDF’s Oceans Program works to improve the health of the oceans through innovative and durable solutions to today’s toughest fishery management challenges. EDF’s Gulf and Southeast Oceans Program seeks a Director to be responsible for the development, oversight and implementation of strategies that advance these goals in the Gulf.
Opportunity: Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
PhD in Oceanography or a related field such as Physics, Fluid Dynamics, or Atmospheric Sciences is required. Experience in measurements of turbulence and ability to program in Matlab is required.
Opportunity: President and Director, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS)
The President and Director reports to the 39-member Board of Trustees, of whom 14 members constitute the Executive Committee.
ONW: Week of January 30, 2012 – Number 154
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From the President’s Office – 2/2/2012
The event season is certainly gathering momentum here at Ocean Leadership.
California Sea Grant Call for Preliminary Proposals – 2013
The California Sea Grant College Program is now soliciting preliminary proposals for projects to begin February 1, 2013. Faculty and academic staff from universities and scientists from research institutions throughout California are invited to apply.
Big Storms Roil Even the Deep Ocean
Sebastian the crab may have been wrong about the deep sea. In Disney’s The Little Mermaid, the orange crustacean famously touted the tranquility of life well below the waves, singing “it’s better down where it’s wetter.”
Life Beyond Earth? Underwater Caves In Bahamas Could Give Clues
Discoveries made in some underwater caves by Texas &M University at Galveston researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perhaps give hints of what types of marine life could be found on distant planets and moons.
Ecologists Among The First To Record And Study Deep-Sea Fish Noises; ‘A Wealth Of Biological Sounds’
University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, collected from the sea floor about 2,237 feet (682 meters) below the North Atlantic.
Indonesian Shark Fishing Communities To Help In Sustainability Study
A Murdoch University PhD student will spend a year living among Indonesian shark fishermen to investigate their impact on shark populations and the effects of conservation efforts on fishing communities.
Powerful Currents in Deep-Sea Gorges
What energy drives these currents in hundreds of seafloor Grand Canyons?
NASA Study Solves Case of Earth’s ‘Missing Energy’
Two years ago, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., released a study claiming that inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth’s heat and measurements of ocean heating amounted to evidence of “missing energy” in the planet’s system.
