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CARTHE drifter headed for the Pacific

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, Research vessels | Tagged drifters, TARA expedition

Have you seen our drifters?

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, LASER | Tagged drifters

BioBlitz: fish, mangroves, and… trash?!

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in K-12 education, Outreach, Trash | Tagged bioblitz, citizen science, coconuts, drifters, outreach, trash, vizcaya

Do drifters/drift cards really move like oil?

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, Oil Spill | Tagged drift cards, drifters, oil, wave tank

Hercules Response

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Ed Ryan

Originally published on July 31, 2013 in the University of Miami Rosenstiel School Blog Written by Nathan Laxague It wasn’t a large blowout.  Or a particularly messy one.  Or one Continue Reading →

Posted in Experiments | Tagged Conor, drifters, Hercules, Nathan

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