Drift Card Discoveries!

Posted on September 29, 2016 by cartheblog

The Bay Drift Study launched on September 12, 2016.  More than 120 volunteers simultaneously released 320 drift cards, 160 drift plates, and 15 GPS drifters from 8 locations across Biscayne Continue Reading →

Bay Drift Study hits Biscayne Bay

Posted on September 12, 2016 by cartheblog

The CARTHE team of world renown scientists is known for our ground breaking ocean current research in the Gulf of Mexico and the new technology we have developed to make these Continue Reading →

Fostering a love of learning

Posted on August 16, 2016 by cartheblog

CARTHE teamed up with Project Give Kids (PGkids) to expose a bright group of foster kids, ranging in age from 1st grade to high school, to the amazing world of Continue Reading →

CARTHE drifter headed for the Pacific

Posted on July 6, 2016 by cartheblog

On July 5, 2016, the TARA Expeditions schooner departed Miami, Florida, headed for the Pacific Ocean via the Panama Canal, with one additional piece of equipment from CARTHE.  The 36 Continue Reading →

An Ocean Oil Spill Science Legacy

Posted on June 8, 2016 by cartheblog

-June 8, 2016 An Ocean Oil Spill Science Legacy There have been two large scale oil spills over the past 4 decades in the Gulf of Mexico. The Ixtoc I Continue Reading →

Have you seen our drifters?

Posted on May 20, 2016 by cartheblog

The LASER, GPS-equipped, biodegradable drifters have been washing up on the beaches of the Gulf coast over the last several weeks.  We have been contacted by wildlife officials, park rangers, Continue Reading →

BioBlitz: fish, mangroves, and… trash?!

Posted on May 17, 2016 by cartheblog

National Geographic has sponsored over 250 “BioBlitz” events across the country. A BioBlitz brings a community together to survey a particular area, identifying as many plants and animals as possible. Continue Reading →

Do drifters/drift cards really move like oil?

Posted on May 2, 2016 by cartheblog

CARTHE recently took a field trip to the Ohmsett Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility in New Jersey.  The oil spill wave tank is 203 meters long Continue Reading →

LASER recap and initial results

Posted on April 20, 2016 by cartheblog

The CARTHE team spent years planning for LASER (LAgrangian Submesoscale ExpeRiment), 1 month at sea, and will analyze and publish results for the next few years.  This was by far the Continue Reading →

Reaching for the STARSS

Posted on March 19, 2016 by cartheblog

CARTHE’s mission is to study ocean currents in order to understand how oil and other material get transported. We do this in part by conducting large-scale field experiments. Our latest major Continue Reading →