Role in ocean studies highlighted on film
Created: Sep 27, 2017 08:00 AM
The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences' research ship Atlantic Explorer (Photograph supplied)
Bermuda’s unique role in ocean studies and tracking climate change was highlighted recently on board the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences research vessel Atlantic Explorer.
The crucial work by BIOS was featured this summer in a PBS broadcast Changing Seas: The Fate of Carbon.
The documentary was aired on board the vessel, where researchers met with guests, including Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs.
A tour included a look at the autonomous underwater vehicles, known as gliders, used in the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study, or Bats.
Since 1988, the Bats study has used Bermuda’s location in the Sargasso Sea to track various physical, chemical and biological data far offshore.
Researcher Ruth Curry shows guests the autonomous underwater vehicles used in marine research off Bermuda (Photograph supplied)
Home Affairs minister Walton Brown, left, with Bill Charrier, chairman of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences' board of trustees (Photograph supplied)
