Posts Tagged ‘In the News’
Ocean Rendezvous Rescues Research Project
Source: Bernews
BIOS and WHOI team up on the high-seas to recover a moored profiler with more than two years worth of data 6000m below the surface
Bermuda Reefs Healthier Than Those to the South of the Island
Source: The Royal Gazette Green Pages
Dr. Eric Hochberg, PI of the Coral Reef Ecology and Optics Lab at BIOS, discusses the health of Bermuda’s coral reefs, as well as his thoughts on the long-term outlook for global coral reefs with The Royal Gazette
RPI2.0 Announces Crowdsourcing Experiment; Seasonal Forecast Competition
Source: Bernews
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 20, 2012 / Market Watch: In a nod to the value of crowdsourcing as an effective forecasting method, the RPI2.0 announces the start of its seasonal forecast competition, in which participants can win up to $5000
‘Living legend’ marine biologist Sylvia Earle delivers lecture at BIOS
Source: The Royal Gazette
Imagine going for a Sunday drive in the family submarine. You drop your little three-seater over the dock, and jump in with the family dog in tow. You then spend the afternoon exploring the 200 miles of ocean that surrounds Bermuda, admiring the coral reefs, shipwrecks and sea grass beds. You’re home before dinner…This is the dream of marine biologist Sylvia Earle
BIOS Scientists Present at Australian Event
Source: Bernews
Three BIOS scientists – Tim Noyes and Dr. Eric Hochberg in the Coral Reef Ecology and Optics Lab [CREOL] and Andrew Collins in the Bermuda Ocean Acidification and Coral Reef Investigation [BEACON] Lab – presented their research at the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium [ICRS] in Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Our Unique Pink Sand
Source: The Royal Gazette
Pink sand. It makes Bermuda’s beaches some of the most beautiful and picturesque in the world…but what makes it pink?
A Birds-eye View of Island’s Underwater Beauty
Source: The Royal Gazette
In the past, if you wanted to measure Bermuda’s reefs you had to don a scuba tank and dive, tape measure in hand; but now, a new scientist at BIOS, Dr. Eric Hochberg, hopes to get a little help from above
BIOS Highlights Lionfish Threat
Source: Bernews
When more than 1,100 Bermudian primary school children took part in the BIOS Explorer program at the East End research facility in the winter of 2012, two colourful lionfish, Simba and Nala, were among the stars of the show