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I want you to have amazing adventures with underwater robots, protecting the oceans like national parks, songs of a ice and warming, cannibals, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: October 22, 2018.

Posted on October 22, 2018October 21, 2018 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

  • I want you to have amazing adventures with underwater robots. That’s why Nat Geo and OpenROV are giving away 1000 robot submarines!
  • National Geographic Announces Initiative to Donate 1,000 Underwater Drones to Explore the Ocean.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • Get inspired with the latest TED Talk for OpenROV visionary David Lang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k32nNIzWHog

  • Teen scientists went looking for meteorites in the Great Lakes. They found another type of alien.
    • And follow these kids’ incredible expedition on Open Explorer.

Read More “I want you to have amazing adventures with underwater robots, protecting the oceans like national parks, songs of a ice and warming, cannibals, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: October 22, 2018.” »

An octopus’s garden in the sea, the world’s densest island, dangers of deep-sea fishing, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: April 23, 2018

Posted on April 23, 2018 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

  • The journey is over but the expedition continues. Follow us on Open Explorer for our ongoing adventures in the Mariana Islands.
  • WHOI is looking for some science communication superstars: Science Writer & Multimedia Producer and Social Media Specialist.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • The Okeanos Foundation for the Sea.
  • Nuclear Legacy Voyage with Okeanos Marshall Islands.
  • Why We Created This First-of-Its-Kind Digital Field Journal.

The Levee (A featured project that emerged from Oceandotcomm)

  • What’s with the egret and Terrebonne Parish in this month’s newsletter?
  • A great thread on the pop-up Sketching for Scientists event.

Read More “An octopus’s garden in the sea, the world’s densest island, dangers of deep-sea fishing, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: April 23, 2018” »

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