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We're going back to sea!
The first PORO-CLIM expedition ran back in May 2021 and with another team of international scientists (some new faces, some old), we're...
Aug 29, 20241 min read


That’s a wrap for data acquisition!
We have been working in the Porcupine Seabight (hence the PO of PORO-CLIM) for the past week (with a brief stay in Bantry Bay) and have...
May 29, 20215 min read


Chasing storms (Or being chased!)
Storms come with the territory of working in the North Atlantic. As safety is a top priority on board, we always have to be adaptive to...
May 27, 20216 min read


Documenting Life at Sea 2: the Power of Words
The previous installment of this blog post series about documenting life at sea was mostly about capturing pictures, but there is more to...
May 22, 20216 min read


Mission Control: An insight into the Dry Lab
The Dry Lab aboard the RV Celtic Explorer is the heart of the scientific operations for the PORO-CLIM Expedition. It’s where we monitor...
May 21, 20213 min read


Documenting Life at Sea
Outreach is an important feature of the PORO-CLIM Expedition. Along with our blog and social media accounts we have been recording life...
May 19, 20214 min read


Catch me if you can: OBS retrieval
We have had a very bust past 48 hours. We have been retrieving all our OBS instruments from the seabed. Lookout from the bridge, can you...
May 18, 20213 min read


I'm a Scientist on a boat, ask me anything: Q&A 1
We have been asked some excellent questions from some curious school children about our Expedition. These questions came from students...
May 16, 20214 min read


Good Vibrations: a closer look at the Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS)
An OBS is a high-tech instrument that is used to measure what is going on under our feet from metres to kilometres beneath the seafloor....
May 13, 20212 min read





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