Archive for January, 2012

Brrrr…

January 19, 2012

Both first year marine science classes measured water temperature off the docks this morning and found it to be quite cold – the water temperature and the time spent on the docks measuring the water temperature!

Here are the results…     Air temp: -3oC   Time: 11:00   19 January 2012

Depth

(m)

Temperature

(oC)

0

3.0

0.5

4.5

1

5.6

2

6.6

3

6.8

4

6.8

5

6.8

Deep sea costume party

January 18, 2012

The creatures that live in the deep sea are unusual, as are the students that study Marine Science at Pearson College. Today and on Monday second year marine scientists each dressed up as a fish or an invertebrate that lives in the deep sea. This is the result: