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Blackbeard is back at sea 🌊 Well, #ARRRGH acoustic wave glider that is nicknamed "Blackbeard," anyway. Learn how the device tracks the migratory pathways of southern flounder to determine how best to manage the species ⤵️ news.ecu.edu/2021/01/20/bac…

SOCCOM was established with an eye to a future where an army of robotic floats could be deployed to monitor ocean health at all times of the year, and in all kinds of conditions at a fraction of the cost and carbon footprint of scientists on ships: soccom.princeton.edu

The most important reason for sustained and standardized global reference networks is that the big biogeochemical fluxes (here into the ocean) are changing with #ClimateChange. @ICOS_RI connects Oceans, Atmosphere and Ecosystems #ICOS2020SC @gcos_un @WMO @NOAAClimate @SOCAT_CO2

In need of some good news? 🥳 Since we’re practicing #socialdistancing by staying inside, we sent our autonomous microscope to monitor some harmful algal blooms for us. Check out the crown on the Corethron species from our latest test mission in #monterey 👑 #planktonfriends

#WhaleTales2020 researcher Beth Goodwin tells the harrowing tale of the recovery of Europa, the runaway wave glider sent to find whales across the deep ocean basins, rescued near the Marshall Islands. #scienceiscool #whales #jupiterFoundation #research #oops

#ThankfulThursday To all our social media followers who make it possible for us to be a part of the larger scientific conversation, we love sharing our projects and findings with you all. Thank you for your support! For more, check out our Instagram: jupiter_research_foundation

Chelsea Whyte @newscientist just published this fascinating article on @EllenGarland4 and her work studying how whale songs are affected by where they travel. Turns out the whales we are tracking with our #waveglider Europa have accents! newscientist.com/article/221512…

It may be our first day back in the office, but our Cosmarium sp. have been hard at work dividing and multiplying these past few weeks 🧪👊 #PlanktonPower #AsexualReproduction #EverydayScience

Currently experimenting with Raman spectroscopy to verify it's ability to identify microplastics for our autonomous microscope. This photo shows a possible Raman response in polyethylene microbeads, since the shift should produce green. More updates soon! @LiquidRobotics #raman

Check out @LiquidRobotics at the Naval Submarine League Annual Symposium this week to learn more about the #WaveGliders we house our payloads in. This technology allows climate scientists to monitor a host of ocean traits including CO2 flux, temperature, and even micro plastics.

We can then look for plankton in 10x as much water as we would normally get to assess outside of burst mode. "Beep Beep Boop Beep" 🤖 Awww we love you too, autonomous microscope ♥️ #CaringforClimate #BURSTMODE #RobotLove #autonomousmicroscope @LiquidRobotics

The microscope usually only takes one photograph per minute, but it also has the potential to take photos in BURST MODE 💥This means it takes 10 photos at a time, pumping water between each one, and compiling all the images in to only one final photo.

The autonomous microscope aboard our #waveglider siphons small amounts of water between two quartz slides where it is magnified and photographed by a minicomputer called the pi. The images are then transferred back to our lab where a program identifies all objects in our sample.

Yesterday, two of Whale Trust's Founding members, Dr. Jim Darling and @Flip Nicklin, were the guest speakers in a symposium of science & art focused on humpback whales at the University of Rochester, NY. #humpbackwhale #jimdarling #flipnicklin #whalesong ow.ly/AImi50x1Ksy

RT @Scripps_Ocean: Scientists can predict harmful algal blooms a few days out, but we still don't know what makes them turn toxic. New @NOAA grant awarded to Scripps, @MBARI_News, and @JCVenterInst aims to unravel this mystery. Via @sdut @sandiegoscience. sandiegouniontribune.com/news/environme…

This photograph was taken by our autonomous microscope in dark field. Chlorophyll pigment will fluoresce when hit with wavelength of blue light around 450 nm, which we can artificially stimulate to illuminate the plankton's internal organs - such as its chloroplasts.

Looking for a blood moon on Halloween? While we can’t promise that, we’ve got a bright pink one just for you by the name of Pyrocystis Lunula. These lunar shaped plankton have a super power called bioluminescence which allows them to chemically produce a dazzling light show.

Last night @heikeSchmitz @LouDietz @DavidWalker and @brucekamolnick arrived in Seattle to represent us at the 2019 OCEANS Conference. Feel free to come ask us a question about our #Wavgliders and all the projects they are currently involved in! seattle19.oceansconference.org #OCEANS

Check out our website to follow Europa's travels and listen to some whale wails she has recorded this year. jupiterfoundation.org/humpacs-1 #WhaleofaGoodTime #Europa #OoooohBarracuda #Heart #FishCanBeScaryToo

#HUMPACS (Humpback Pacific Survey) is our collaboration with @WhaleTrust to search for 🐳 in the deep Seamounts from Hawaii to Baja. On this journey, Europa carries a hydrophone that uses sound triggers and satellite to record whale sounds from places no one has searched before.

“The books all say that Barracuda rarely eat people, but very few barracuda can read." – Dave Barry A large predator was seen this weekend following our #WaveGlider Europa as she collects whale songs near Puako, Hawaii. Personally, we'll take Barry's advice and steer clear 👀