Collin Roesler, professor of earth and oceanographic science, is part of a new government-funded expedition to study the ocean, the climate, and the planet`s future For thirty-seven days this August and September, Bowdoin oceanographer Collin Roesler will live on a 238-foot research vessel in a remote patch of the Gulf of Alaska, 200 miles from shore. With a community of other scientists, she will study the ocean`s army of plankton and bacteria. Though they are tiny, even microscopic, these organisms play a critical role in climate change. The expedition, and its 100 or so scientists and crew, is being funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation. The goal of the project, known as...
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