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Oceans of Learning Podcast Hears How Ireland Can & Should Be an Ocean Superpower
9th June 2021
Credit: Tom Szumski
The fourth and final episode in the Oceans of Learning podcast series airs tomorrow, Thursday 10 June, with presenter Finn van der Aar finding out how the next generation can seek to influence and engage with politicians and government and why research and innovation is so important for the marine environment.
Joining Finn to share their stories and solutions to the challenges the ocean is facing are Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs; John Bell, director of Healthy Planet and director general of research and innovation at the European Commission; Aodhán Fitzgerald, research vessel manager with the Marine Institute; and Eimear Manning and Gary Kett, who are both involved with the All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassador Programme.
April 16 - May 10, 2021
The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) will begin the 2021 operations aboard NOAA Ship
Okeanos Explorer with a 25-day expedition, April 16 - May 10, to assess the functionality and ensure readiness of mapping-related equipment, including a new state-of-the-art EM 304 multibeam sonar transducer.
The
2021 EM 304 Sea Acceptance Testing and Mapping Shakedown will be split into two legs. The first leg will be a sea acceptance tests (SAT) for the EM 304 transducer (April 16 - April 23), and the second leg will continue with annual testing of all mapping equipment followed by exploratory mapping operations on the Blake Plateau as time allows (April 25 - May 10). The expedition will begin in Key West, Florida, and end in Port Canaveral, Florida.