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Remote Sensing, a necessary tool for studying biodiversity at effective scales
Dr. Frank Muller Karger and his group at the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing collaborate with a larger network of scientists and resource managers to catalog biodiversity as it has never been done before: with consistency of data from region to region and at scales that reveal the important connectivity among the gradient of marine habitats.
November 28, 2017News
Recent Antarctic Expeditions Uncover Clues to Antarctic Ice Sheet Evolution and Climate Sensitivity
Since she was an undergraduate, Amelia Shevenell has been interested in how ocean and atmospheric temperatures influence Antarctica’s ice sheets in the distant and not-so-distant past.
October 10, 2017News
Climate and the redistribution of life in the sea
Dr. Brad Seibel and fellow researchers seek to better understand how these changes affect unique as well as commercially important species in the oceans and to eventually map critical areas of depleted oxygen concentrations.
July 12, 2017News
OCG Food for Thought: Fish Banks
Campers participated in an interactive simulation in which the girls played the roles of fisherwomen in a commercial fishing fleet.
July 7, 2017Girls Camp
OCG Wrapping Up: SeaWorld Trip
SeaWorld was a wonderful finale to the Oceanography Camp
July 7, 2017Girls Camp
Oceanography Camp for Girls 2017
The Oceanography Camp for Girls, which held its 25th anniversary last year, has just graduated another class of aspiring scientists and environmentally conscious thinkers.
July 5, 2017Community Engagement, News
OCG in the Lab: Electron Microscopy
With the TEM, the girls were able to look into the middle of cells, and see all the organelles, including the mitrochondria, the “powerhouse” of a cell. They were also able to see bacteria, and even individual viruses.
July 3, 2017Girls Camp
OCG in the Lab: Remote Sensing & Satellite Imagery
This lab helps the campers understand how satellite data can be used to research the ocean.
July 3, 2017Girls Camp
OCG in the Lab: Marine Microbiology
The marine microbiology lab had four main activities for the campers to do.
June 30, 2017Girls Camp
OCG in the Lab: Ocean Medical Research
The Ocean Medical Research lab at OCG focused on teaching the campers the way scientists can use ocean research for applications in human health.
June 30, 2017Girls Camp
OCG in the Lab: Seafloor Geology
The lab started with a crash course in geologic history, where the girls learned about significant geological events from the formation of the Earth, to the Age of the Dinosaurs, to the beginning of human history, to now.
June 30, 2017Girls Camp
OCG in the Lab: Beaches Rock!
The Beaches Rock! lab explored aspects of coastal and geological oceanography.
June 28, 2017Girls Camp