You never know what’s going to happen while at sea. We hadn’t even left port from Tauranga, New Zealand yet and had already changed plans at least twice due to extreme winds and rain associated with ...

So you are on research cruise. And in your state of unadulterated science glee you decide that you want to share with the world your knowledge of this awesome oceanographic research instrument called ...

Oceanographers have long wanted to make measurements of the ocean’s vital signs of temperature and conductivity at varying depth to better understand storms and a host of other phenomena. The way to ...

The CTD is an amazing instrument that has allowed oceanographers to explore the ocean interior. By measuring only three variables: conductivity, temperature and pressure; scientists have gained vast ...

The small research vessel Bob and Betty Beyster recently spent a week near the submerged La Jolla Canyon, dragging sensitive marine instruments up and down the ocean’s water column. UC San Diego's ...