
Welcome to Captain’s Blog – an outlet ran by the Challenger Society to share the latest news, policy and events in UK Marine Science

Welcome to Captain’s Blog – an outlet ran by the Challenger Society to share the latest news, policy and events in UK Marine Science
Why do we care about trace metals? As the name implies trace metals are the elements with vanishingly low concentrations in seawater. We could make the mistake of thinking that because there are such little amounts of these elements in the ocean that they are not important, but in fact, many have key roles in … More Trace metal team and their role in Custard
Increasingly in the field of oceanography, autonomous vehicles are being recognised and rapidly developed to allow for the collection of high-volume, high-quality data from regions of the ocean that previously data coverage has been sparse. With this however, comes the challenge of how to process such large swathes of data into something useful to data … More The Antarctic Circumpolar Current – what can Argo floats tell us?
Sitting on the plane to Oslo to spend 2 days discussing the state of our oceans and the effects of climate change, I couldn’t help but reflect on the hypocrisy of the situation – increasing my personal carbon footprint to go and brainstorm ideas on how to cut and sequester global emissions. Over the past … More An Injection of Ocean Optimism – Sustainable Ocean Alliance Youth Leadership Summit and Our Ocean Conference 2019