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Rising From the Shore- Marine Studies at the Coast
The Marine Studies Initiative (MSI) is founded on cross-disciplinary education and collaborations in the humanities and sciences to tackle complicated marine-related issues. The construction of an educational and communal building in a tsunami zone reflects just that – supporting experiential learning and access to the coast all while respecting the needs and concerns of the coastal community. Not only is this a building designed to promote proximity between students and researchers, academia and government agencies, but it enhances safety to the entire Hatfield community by providing vertical evacuation to an emergency assembly area on the roof.
There are few buildings like it in North America. The execution of this building amounts to a combined feat of planning, engineering, and education. Watch as experts and community leaders, oceanographers and architects, walk you through overcoming these challenges and their vision for marine studies at the coast.
'All our crabs were dead': Oregon's hypoxia hazard
October 29, 2018
"Hypoxia is a seasonal occurrence along the West Coast where areas of ocean surface water have little to no oxygen, creating an environment where fish and crustaceans cannot survive.
Due to changing ocean waters caused by climate change, hypoxia has the potential to crash Oregon’s crab and halibut fishing industries."
The Changing Sea
March 21, 2010
"In our final episode ... we discover that the ocean is sending us clear signals. Off the rugged and beautiful coast of British Columbia we meet scientists and fishermen who are shocked at the recent arrival of a voracious new creature ? the Humboldt squid. This monster-sized squid native to the equatorial waters of Mexico has moved north and ushered in a cascade of changes to the ecosystem. Their arrival is part of a disturbing pattern that is emerging with species movement being tracked around the world ... we illustrate how the ocean's chemistry and systems are being compromised by increased acidity, less oxygen and warming temperatures ... In the idyllic waters of the Bay of Naples, we get a glimpse of our future ocean, thanks to the mythic Mount Vesuvius. As scientists swim through lush green seagrass beds, they collect creatures whose shells are dissolving, and we discover that this amazing place has a terrible secret. It has been naturally acidified for millennia ? could this be our ocean's future?"-- One Ocean series website.
"The Changing Sea" (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary "One Ocean," March, 25, 2010)
Dead Zone Update
March 18, 2010
"A one time dead zone off Oregon’s coast turns out not to be an isolated incident. Oxygen levels are plummeting every summer now. Scientists deploy an army of sensors, including a diving robot explorer, to learn what’s changed in our ocean." -OPB
"Dead Zone Update" (Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon Field Guide" video, March 18, 2010)
Hypoxia: Dead Zone
2009
"How did the dead zones in the ocean off Oregon form? Join scientists Jack Barth and Francis Chan of Oregon State University as they conduct hypoxia research along Oregons coast. Produced by Green Fire for the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies for Coastal Oceans." -piscoweb
"Hypoxia: Dead Zone" (PISCO research video, also on display at the Smithsonian's Ocean Hall, 2009)
Broader Coastal and Ocean Effects
2009
"What do "dead zones" have to do with climate change? How might increased levels of carbon dioxide affect sea life? How will storms and flooding affect the landscape in the coming years?" -Oregon Sea Grant
"Broader Coastal and Ocean Effects" (Oregon Sea Grant's "Oregon Coast Climate Change" video, 2009)
Community Organization, Ocean Style: Ocean Observatories Initiative
October 27, 2009
"We’ve talked to numerous scientists on Ocean Gazing about their shared dream of piping data from the ocean onto the web and into the palm of your hand in real time, 24 hours a day. That dream has a name: the Ocean Observatories Initiative." -Ari Daniel, COSEE NOW
Jack Barth's clips are on the right under "audio files"
"Community Organization, Ocean Style: Ocean Observatories Initiative" ("Ocean Gazing" podcast, 11/27/2009)
"Dead Zones": Dr. Kiki's Science Hour
November 21, 2009
"Dead Zones: another ecological scourge that may earn a place on the ever-lengthening list of problems associated with climate change: the formation of some types of so-called "dead zones"--marine expanses covering hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles that become too oxygen-starved during the summer to support most life forms." -This Week in Technology Wiki
"Dead Zones" (Dr. Kiki's Science Hour, This Week in Technology podcast, 11/21/2009)
Ocean Dead Zones
October 14, 2009
"Ocean Dead Zones" (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "As It Happens" radio interview, 10/14/2009) (starts at 19:28 in Part III)
Dead Zones: Webcast
October 8, 2009
"Yet another ecological scourge may earn a place on the ever-lengthening list of problems associated with climate change: the formation of some types of so-called "dead zones"—marine expanses covering hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles that become too oxygen-starved during the summer to support most life forms.
In a webcast that features a Q&A with reporters, Jack Barth of Oregon State University explains how climate change may be promoting the development of Oregon's dead zones, summarizes the ecological impacts of dead zones, discusses why scientists believe that dead zones are now regular summer fixtures in Oregon's coastal waters, and describes his research team's pioneering methods for studying dead zones in Oregon and Chile.
The results of Barth’s analyses of the Pacific Northwest’s dead zones are particularly surprising because most of the Earth’s 400+ dead zones are caused by pollution dumped into coastal areas by rivers." - National Science Foundation (US)
"Dead Zones: Webcast"(NSF Special Report, 11/08/09)
Dead Zones: Webcast
October 8, 2009
A special report on dead zones
"Dead Zones: Mysteries of Ocean Die-Offs Revealed" (NSF Special Report multimedia, 10/8/2009)
Ocean Circulation
2005
"It took decades to develop systems that help us predict the weather in the atmosphere. Now scientists want to be able to do the same within the ocean, helping us better forecast the weather, develop pollution and erosion controls and aid in search and rescue. Oregon State scientists have exciting new tools which are allowing them to track the complexities of ocean circulation using robot submarines, navigational satellites and computers." -OPB
"Ocean Circulation" (Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon Field Guide" video, 2005)
