A mom and two young daughters examine seashells.
Dive into marine science!

Ocean Discovery Day 2019 is this Saturday, October 19th. Hosted at UNH, it's an event filled with interactive exhibits for all ages. Touch a horseshoe crab, drive a remotely operated vehicle, map the ocean floor, meet a SCUBA diver, make your own fish print art, and so much more! Free and open to the public. 

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Artist Lindsay Olson poses next to one of her textile art pieces.
The Art of Sound

Artist Lindsay Olson collaborated with CCOM Research Professor Jennifer Miksis-Olds to create textile art that illustrates the ocean soundscape. Lindsay will showcasae her art at Ocean Discover Day this weekend. Come and meet her!

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Members of the GEBCO-NF Alumni XPRIZE team pose with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
XPRIZE Winners Meet with Shinzo Abe

Members of the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week to present SEA-KIT, their winning entry in the Shell Ocean XPRIZE Challenge.

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Jenn Djikstra in sunglasses talking with coast and ocean in the background.
Climate Matters

CCOM Research Assistant Professor Jenn Djikstra was featured in the Boston 25 News special, "Climate Matters." Jenn's segment starts around the 26:30 mark but the whole program is worth viewing. Three other UNH researchers also contributed, including our colleage Jennifer Seavey of the Shoals Marine Laboratory. 

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Blue toned underwater photo of rocks and cave with symposium title, dates, website.
Map the Gaps

This GEBCO Symposium on Bathymetry will feature speakers from various ocean science disciplines and leading industries will focus on the challenges and opportunities in global and regional mapping, as well as emerging technologies for more effective and efficient seafloor mapping and turning data into information. Attendees may share their work by submitting digital posters and have the chance to give lightning talks.

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Mapping a New Career
UNH Today
Oct. 14, 2019

With a background in jewelry design and metalsmithing, grad student Lynette Davis is using the resources offered at UNH to pursue a different lifestyle and vocation.

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A Fortuitous Major
UNH Today
Oct. 14, 2019

CCOM Director Larry Mayer shares his journey in his own words.

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Underwater Drones Make Waves
Communications of the ACM
Oct. 8, 2019

GEBCO Director Rochelle Wigley and CCOM Affiliate Associate Prof. Vicki Ferrini are quoted in this article about mapping the ocean with ASVs and the Seabed 2030 project.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Beyond Break the Grip: Rip Current Forecasting and Communication at NOAA
Dr. Greg Dusek
Senior Scientist

NOAA National Ocean Service

Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, 3:10pm
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Measurement Uncertainty Estimation of the Seafloor Acoustic Backscatter
Mashkoor Malik
Doctoral Dissertation Defense

Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science
UNH

Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, 2:00pm
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The Effect of Ocean Mapping Multibeam Echosounder Signals on Beaked Whales and the Acoustic Environment
Hilary Kates Varghese
Ph.D. Proposal Defense

Earth Sciences–Oceanography
UNH

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, 8:00am
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Spotlight on...

ePOM
The e-learning Python for Ocean Mapping (ePOM) project provides collections of Jupyter notebooks to learn Python with a focus on Ocean Mapping.
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