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Newswise — When the Slocum glider known as NG645 was deployed about 80 miles south of New Orleans on Oct. 10, 2021, it became one of the most closely watched ocean-observing instruments in the Gulf of Mexico.
For the last seven years, Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR) has suffered from widespread and severe coral loss caused by stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). First observed off the coast of Miami-Dade county in 2014, the outbreak has since spread throughout the entirety of FCR and some areas of the Caribbean. However, the propagation of the disease through FCR seemed to slow down when it reached the western end of the Marquesas in August 2020. Despite being present about 30 km (~20 miles) from the Dry Tortugas (DRTO), SCTLD was not reported in this area before May 2021. As SCTLD transmission is...
There are few environments as unforgiving as the ocean. Its unpredictable weather patterns and limitations in terms of communications have left large
Ocean engineers and mechanical engineers at MIT, including Wim van Rees, Michael Benjamin, and Pierre Lermusiaux, are utilizing advances in scientific computing to address the ocean’s many challenges, and seize its opportunities.
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