Eos is welcoming June (It is the national ocean month in the United States) with a tradition of rhymes of something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
Our “something old” is the spectacularly improved, 60 years old AlvinProbably the most famous high sea submersible in the world on man. Alvin Can now dive at 6,500 meters – a complete 2,000 meters more than its previous limit and explore 99% of the seabed. Read everything about it in “An improved Alvin Puts new depths of the ocean within reach. “”
“Something new” is the Fleet of two remote remote vehicle vehicles (Mrovs) which will join the American university research fleet. The Mrovs “will fill the niche between large work class vehicles such as Jason and small vehicles used mainly for observation. »»
“Something borrowed” is time on the Joint resolution (JR), the legendary research vessel that retired last year. In this month’s opinion, three researchers at the start of their career share what they learned, sediment nuclei to transdisciplinary collaboration, as Part of the last JR trip.
Something blue? It’s dark blue sea, of course. Dive!
—Caryl-Sue Micalizio, editor-in-chief