Category: outreach

  • Johnson Lab returns from successful POWOW2 cruise

    The Johnson Lab returned from the a successful POWOW#2 Cruise.  We traveled more than 5000 miles in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and dodged many major storms!  The primary goal of this cruise was to measure the abundance, diversity and activity of Prochlorococcus and associated bacterial and viral communities across temperature (and other environmental) gradients…

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  • ZIJ presents on Coastal Ocean Acidification at annual DUNCOC meeting

    The Duke-UNC Oceanographic Consortium held its annual meeting at the Duke Marine Lab November 16-17 to discuss recent progress of marine scientists at partner institutions and plan future collaborations.  Presentations ranged from eutrophication in lakes of China to atmospheric deposition of organics in the global ocean. ZIJ presented a talk titled “Coastal NC Ocean Acidification:…

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  • POWOW2-Oceanography School a success

    With the POWOW2 cruise less than two months away, the Johnson Lab held a training session for several of the undergraduates that will be joining us on the trip as part of their independent study projects for the Spring 2013 semester. Tristan, Jennifer, Molly and Catherine spent two days in Beaufort learning techniques ranging from…

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