TIME Features BDA Institute of Ocean Sciences
TIME Magazine recently sent journalist Bryan Walsh to the island to cover oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle’s trip to Bermuda to conduct research alongside the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). Praising our local research station, TIME Magazine said “BIOS is one of just a handful of institutes worldwide that regularly monitor the ocean for physical and chemical changes.”
The beginning of the article is below:
The thing about oceanography is that it is a very collegial profession.” So says Tony Knap, director of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), and given the backdrop — aboard BIOS’s multimillion-dollar research ship the HSBC Atlantic Explorer, with the sun shining and the Atlantic Ocean rolling behind him — it’s hard to argue. It’s also one of the few scientific professions where motion sickness is a real risk, as I’m learning aboard the ship, which is buffeted by the advance wind and sea swells of Tropical Storm Fiona.
But beyond the fresh air and occasional seasick research assistant, what sets apart the oceanography done at BIOS from other disciplines is its importance — the institute’s work is fundamental to our ability to model the ocean’s role in climate change, among other areas — and its rarity. BIOS is one of just a handful of institutes worldwide that regularly monitor the ocean for physical and chemical changes.
Read the full article on TIME Magazine’s website here.
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