Blogs

One of my photos was used on the 2014 calendar from the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington. Craig McNeil and Trina Litchendorf are shown aboard the R/V Inferno conducting field research with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in the estuary. Finally, my work is swag worthy!

Read a story I wrote about underwater robotics succeeding in an unlikely place →

Day 9 from the Antarctic Expedition  – CMOP scientist Joe Needoba with one of his students review images of phytoplankton after a day's plankton tow science.

Needoba and his students are surveying the near shore marine environment during the expedition and examining water properties and phytoplankton assemblages to gain a first-hand perspective of Antarctic food webs. In addition, they are discussing the far reaching impacts of human activities, such as increased fertilizer use or fossil fuel burning, and how the oceans are responding to these global-scale perturbations to the environment.

See more photos and read student blogs at the Students on Ice expedition's official blog.

(Photo courtesy of Students on Ice program)

Joe Needoba, a CMOP scientist and assistant professor with OHSU Institute of Environmental Health, is with the Students on Ice Antarctic Expedition to teach high school and university students about the impacts humans have on marine life, and what this means for the future health of our oceans and our planet.

The trip stared December 26 and ends on January 10. The group is visiting the Antarctic Peninsula, which is an important region of the continent that is experiencing significant changes as a result of tourism and climate change impacts. Needoba is leading one of four of the academic programs on the ship. In addition to oceanography, there is geology, tourism, and a general class. All told, there are 70 students, about 35 university and 35 high school.

Read interview with Dr. Needoba on teaching oceanography in Antarctica →

Follow the Antarctic scientific adventure on the Students on Ice expedition's official blog →

(Photo courtesy of Students on Ice program)

The Oregon Sea Grant College Program is soliciting applications for the 2014-2015 Oregon Natural Resource Policy Fellowship. This fellowship is intended to give a student first-hand experience in natural resource policy at the state level. In so doing, the student will contribute to policies that will benefit natural resource managers, stakeholders, and user groups.

CMOP student Rachel Golda was awarded an Oregon Sea Grant in 2012. The grant supports her research to gain a better understanding of the relationship between ocean acidification and harmful algal blooms.

How can a Sea Grant fellowship benefit you? Hear what former Knauss Fellows have to say about their year in Washington, D.C.,  in this video from Alaska Sea Grant.

Alexandra Cravo

Dr. Cravo received her Ph. D. in Ocean Sciences from the School of Ocean Sciences at the University of Wales- Bangor in 1996. Her scientific research has been focused on chemical processes in estuaries and coastal zones, addressing environmental issues such as eutrophication, environmental quality assessment, marine and aquatic pollution/ecotoxicology, and environmental chemistry. Dr. Cravo established collaboration with the Physical Oceanography group, within the scope of Oceanographic issues in the south Portuguese coast, particularly the chemical oceanographic processes, associated with coastal upwelling and counter currents; chemical characterization of water masses and mass transport and exchanges across and along-shore.

     Our first round of fieldwork has been completed!  Last week all stars aligned for us and, after some copious rain earlier in October, we enjoyed some beautiful, sunny, dry days… and so did the phytoplankton in the Columbia River.

Rachel Golda recently won Best Completed Work at the 2013 Heceta Head Coastal Conference for her poster titled "Elucidating the role of ocean acidification in saxitoxin production of the toxic alga Alexandrium catenella."

Golda is a graduate student at  Oregon Health & Science Universty's Insitute of Environmental Health and performs research with her advisors Tawnya Peterson, Ph.D. and Joseph Needoba, Ph.D..

Graduate student Jesse Lopez is with a team of CMOP scientists in Florida working on a global estuary initiative. Our Global Estuary is a response to the urgent need to anticipate and manage changes in estuaries — locally critical ecosystems whose aggregate services are essential for regional and global sustainability. Learn more about Our Global Estuary at http://bit.ly/16v62JX

Graduate student Mojgan Rostaminia created this video about the Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction for the 2013 NSF Science and Technology Centers Directors Meeting.

The CMOP team at OHSU has moved to our new home on the Marquam Hill Campus in the Hatfield Research Center, 3rd floor.  The address is 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon. We also have new phone numbers. The main office is 503-346-3419 and the fax is 503-346-3427.

Get directions and parking information to our new location →