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Schiller Wins Honor in Nice, France

Of 166 posters from around the world presented by scientists during the Final Symposium of GODAE (Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment) held in Nice, France, a poster submitted by UM Rosenstiel School Ph.D. student, Rafael Schiller earned a coveted ‘Best Poster’ Award at the Ocean Forecasting Symposium. The research was part of a collaborative effort supported by the Office of Naval Research, the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP), the NOAA Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Science (CIMAS) and the NOAA Northern Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute (NGI). Read more…

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2009 Sea Secrets Launches With Whale Sharks

The whale shark is the world’s largest species of shark and yet information is just coming to light on their numbers, behavior and ecology. On January 14, Dr. Robert Hueter, director of the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Lab will discuss his interactions with these gentle behemoths as well as his participation on a collaborative U.S.-Mexico team of scientists that studied the largest known aggregation of whale sharks and their migrations into the coldest depths of the sea. Reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by free lecture at 6:00 p.m. in the Rosenstiel School Auditorium. Read more…