Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tell us more about that and tell us the timetable when you expect that site to be ready for divers to go down and visit.

So the very first divers that are going to go down is our project leader and a member and some marine biologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, who's going to be studying this reef from day one for the next five to 10 years, just as an experiment, as well as how to monitor the marine life that's going to grow and be around her.

those two will dive immediately probably a couple hours after she's sunk to after the dirt settled but we're not allowing anybody else to dive her until the next day she's going to have marine life on her almost immediately fish are attracted to this thing here in the northern gulf we don't have a lot of natural structure on the bottom which is why we've been implementing this robust artificial reef program So it'll take about a year or so to get a lot of marine life on there, but people are going to be able to experience her the next day and for years and years and years.

And for those who are not divers, there is also going to be a museum on land dedicated to the S.S. United States.

It was the modern version of the Nautilus.

And then they assigned me to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and its deep diving program.

So it's always amazing how you plan your life and then something random comes along.

And as they say, the rest is history.

Yeah, I mean, lucky break there, I guess.

So, as you say, you were assigned to this deep submergence laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, where alongside your naval role, you started a PhD in marine geology and geophysics at the University of Rhode Island, focused on deep sea formations, because your work at Woods Hole involves some brand new kit – a manned research submersible called Elvin.

Now, tell me

about Elvin.

It was the modern version of the Nautilus.

And then they assigned me to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

It's always amazing how you plan your life and then something random comes along.

And as they say, the rest is history.

So, as you say, you were assigned to this deep submergence laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, where alongside your naval role, you started a PhD in marine geology and geophysics at the University of Rhode Island, focused on deep sea formations, because your work at Woods Hole involves some brand new kit, a manned research submersible called Alvin.

Now, tell

me about Alvin.

And then he would tell you something you know, scientific about what just happened on the sci-fi show.

Hello, I'm Bob Ballard from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

In 1963, the U.S. submarine Thresher was lost in 8,500 feet of water with all hands aboard.

That's the Bob Ballard she's talking about.

Insiders are calling this the Blue Cop for its anticipated focus on the ocean, and Woods Hole will once again be represented at the annual conference.

For the fifth year, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has partnered with UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to head up the Ocean Pavilion.

CAI science and environment reporter Amy Kolb-Noise is here to talk about that.

Good morning.

These are the four driving factors of phytoplankton formation.

Okay, what happens is, this is a diagram or model published by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

I'm going to use that as the basic framework in explaining the ocean fertilization that I'm covering today.

The outer circle you see is the one I put into this diagram.

And I picked up science clientele with that, too.

You know, Boston's a marine town, too, right? So I worked with Woods Hole Oceanographic, with Battelle Ocean Sciences.

How did that

all play into becoming a realtor?