From Pacific deep sea trenches to the Cornish Coast, eDNA revolutionises our understanding of marine life. This new technology, which enables to identify what organisms exist in an area of the ocean by extracting traces of DNA from… Read More
Pelican of London toured three beautiful(ly interesting) parts of the British Isles this week with a crew of seasoned seafarers on board, including Neil, John and Gaz of the Kimber’s Men!
Plankton, fish, water, sand, sediment and bleach: 25 young people from Devon and Cornwall explore the marine system in a beautiful bay off Sark in the Channel Islands.
“Never before could we see or understand that the most important thing we extract from the ocean is our existence.”
The reflections of Andrea Garfias about her time on board the tall ship Pelican of London are not only eloquent but also poignant in tumultuous weeks on the streets of England.
Whether it is a ‘landmark win for nature‘, ‘ocean floor mapping‘ or the ‘sex lives of corals‘, there is something for everyone in the Ocean Science Highlights.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the system of ocean currents that includes the Gulf Stream. What its weakening may mean for our weather and seafarers is explained by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in a new… Read More
In 1922, the British geologist R. L. Sherlock argued that humankind had a major impact on inanimate nature in his work “Man as a Geological Agent”. 101 years later, the Anthropocene Working Group proposed Crawford Lake in Canada… Read More
Last year, Olivia Yorke-Dunne was our youngest ever Scientist in Residence on the sail training tall ship Pelican of London. This year, she’s been back.
If you are not sure what Science, Engineering and Technology have to do with Art, a visit to the Design Museum in London will solve the mystery… (math being an art of great beauty in itself doesn’t need… Read More
The team safely back in Argentina and preparing to go their separate ways to rejoin families and pick up their lives back home, Paul find time for a concluding message.
Oh no (I hear you say) please, not another new story of contamination and its dreadful consequences! And yet…
Challenging Habitat 