Tag: Oceanographic Mapping

Ballard, team off to Nikumaroro Island to look for Earhart’s plane

Robert Ballard standing next to a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) aboard E/V Nautilus.

GSO professor Robert Ballard and his team aboard Ocean Exploration Trust’s E/V Nautilus are at Nikumaroro Island, a remote atoll within the Phoenix Islands archipelago to look for Amelia Earhart’s airplane.

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A New Ship Coming to GSO’s Backyard

Aerial view of the Bay Campus and backyard with dock and ship. Photograph by Don Bousquet.

GSO, along with partners WHOI and UNH, won the competition for a new research ship. The (B)log explains why this is important for Rhode Island, why a coastal oceanographer is excited about this, and why the Rhode Island public should be very excited about the future of ocean research in our state.

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