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Science in Antarctica: The Bigger Picture

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

Flying gliders is complicated and a little nerve-wracking, so why do we do it?
January 22, 2025 - Survey ,
Several Antarctic krill swim across a dark background.

Environmental DNA Survey Continues in the Southern New England Wind Energy Area

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Join eDNA Program Lead Yuan Liu on a survey in the Southern New England Wind Energy Area. She uses eDNA side-by-side with passive acoustic monitoring technologies to track marine life.
January 22, 2025 - Survey ,
Three people work on the deck of a fishing vessel. A woman on the left, with a pink winter hat, is getting a sampling bottle of about 5 litres from a man (in the middle) with sun glasses and a dark blue hoodie. Another man (on the right) is holding on to a wire while looking down at the surface of the ocean.

So Much for Boring

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

Apparently, perfection can’t last forever.
January 10, 2025 - Survey ,
A small orange boat pulls up alongside a yellow glider floating at the ocean surface. There are three people in black and yellow safety clothing on the boat. The MS Fram's small boat pulls up alongside AMLR08 for recovery. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Boredom is the Root of All Evil … Unless You’re a Glider

Autonomous Gliders in the Antarctic

We just deployed two gliders and hope for an encore of last year’s near-flawless deployment.
January 10, 2025 - Survey ,
A yellow autonomous underwater glider floats on the ocean surface. Several chunks of ice float behind and next to the glider. The water is dark grey and the sky is cloudy. An autonomous underwater glider floats at the surface, ready to begin its mission. Credit: NOAA Fisheries / Anthony Cossio

An Incredible Rice’s Whale Encounter

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

The crew collects valuable information from endangered sperm and Rice’s whales, blackfish, dolphins, and seabirds in the final days of the 2024 Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
December 17, 2024 - Survey ,
The large, dark grey head of a whale is just below the surface of the ocean. Rice’s whale. Credit: Terra Mar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland (Permit #21938)

The Fall Bottom Longline Survey: Enjoying the Ride Despite the Weather

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Northeast Fisheries Observer Program alumna Maura Flynn tackles the challenges of working at sea by heeding her own advice during the fall Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline Survey.
December 16, 2024 - Survey ,
Two blackbelly rosefish on a fish measuring board. Measuring blackbelly rosefish on the fall Bottom Longline Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/ Maura Flynn

Searching for Right Whales During Our Annual Research Survey

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Marine mammal observer Alison Ogilvie shares a few memorable highlights from this year’s North Atlantic Right Whale Shipboard Survey.
December 12, 2024 - Survey ,
Five North Atlantic right whales at the surface of the ocean. Perspective is looking down from above.

A Shift in Our Mission and an Unexpected Visitor

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

The team changed focus to collect passive acoustic monitoring instruments, then had record-breaking days of marine mammal and bird sightings and observed a species native to the Pacific.
December 05, 2024 - Survey ,
The head of a white bird, with a black face and long, pointy yellow/orange bill. Nazca booby bill closeup. Credit: Terra Mar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland

My Top Scallop Survey Moment: Right Place at the Right Time for a Right Whale

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Biological Science Technician Zach Fyke participated in all three legs of the 2024 Atlantic Sea Scallop Survey. He got to see and experience some pretty incredible things, including seeing his first right whale, puffins, a huge halibut, and more.
November 12, 2024 - Survey ,
A scientist wearing a personal flotation device squats in front of a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle typing on a laptop while on the back deck of a research vessel at sea. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineer Owen Ceserano downloads images collected from a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle called “Stella” on deck of R/V Hugh R. Sharp. HabCam can be seen in the background. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Zach Fyke

A Quiet Place (in the Gulf of Mexico)

Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico

The Gordon Gunter crew begins the third and final leg of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
November 05, 2024 - Survey ,
A dark grey dolphin with white on the tip of it's snout swims through deep blue water. Pantropical spotted dolphins’ snouts often have white tips. This makes it look like they are pushing ping-pong balls through the water. Credit: TerraMar Applied Sciences/Kate Sutherland (Permit #21938)