by Site Admin | Jun 13, 2014 | Blogs, CHOW
Capitol Hill Ocean Week has taught me a lot. I learned about environmental issues and how to approach them, the government and how it works, and my fellow SCUBAnauts. A couple of environmental issues that stuck out to me were ocean acidity, pollution,...
by Site Admin | Jun 12, 2014 | Blogs, CHOW
SCUBAnauts discuss threats facing coral reefs with Dr. Janna Shackeroff of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation ProgramIn our week at CHOW during our visit to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Headquarters in Silver Spring, we had the...
by Site Admin | Jun 10, 2014 | Blogs, CHOW
This trip to Washington, DC was very informational and super fun! Don’t get me wrong, everything we did on this trip was amazing. But the one thing that stood out to me on this trip was getting a behind the scenes tour of the National Geographic’s Society....
by Site Admin | Jun 7, 2013 | Blogs, CHOW
Over the past few days I have had the chance to participate in Capital Hill Ocean Week(CHOW) in our nation’s capital Washington D.C. CHOW provides me with an opportunity to meet and interview members of the House of Representatives and Senate, Administrators of...
by Site Admin | Jul 30, 2012 | Blogs, Coral Transplant, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Today we helped attach Acropora cervicornas, the staghorn coral to a ‘tree’ with Cory Walter and Erich Bartell from Mote Marine Laboratory.This ‘tree’ is made of PVC and the coral fragments are hung to the tree by wire. When the coral is in the...
by Site Admin | Jul 29, 2012 | Blogs, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
Seven hours stuck in a car can feel like sand dribbling slowly down in a time keeper. Basically, it seems feels like a lifetime. Often at times, I would wonder why I would go through such boredom but then my answer always pushed me through. Because...
