Nate Formel shares how he has used the open source movement to expand and improve on tools for marine research, including that on ocean acidification in the Florida Keys.
Nicole Besemer is a marine biologist at NOAA. Her research investigates how ocean acidification and climate change affect coral reefs in South Florida and the Caribbean.
Participants gained hands-on field and laboratory experience in oceanographic methods on R/V ANGARI during the 2022 research cruise portion of Oceanography Camp for Girls.
Scientist Will Greene is the Photogrammetry and GIS Specialist at PIMS. He using mapping technology to conserve coral reefs and mangroves in The Bahamas.
Candace Fields, a passionate shark conservationist from The Bahamas, is a Ph.D. student at FIU using genetics and tracking to study oceanic whitetip sharks.
Roosevelt Middle participants boarded R/V ANGARI for the Coastal Ocean Explorers: Sharks program, made possible by IJL Real Estate and the West Marine BlueFuture® Fund at Community Foundation Santa Cruz County.
ANGARI and Florida International University scientists are inspiring the next generation through hands-on shark research and education at sea and in the classroom.