Author: Dr. Martini

Kim is a Senior Oceanographer at Sea-Bird Scientific. She received her Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the University of Washington in 2010. Her goal in life is to throw expensive s**t in the ocean. When not at sea, she has used observations from moored, satellite and land-based instruments to understand the pathways that wind and tidal energy take from large (internal tides) to small scales (turbulence). Her current mission is to make your oceanographic data be the best data it can be.
Currents Environmental Sciences Geology Shelf Turbulence

Two California fishermen pretend they are maritime pirates and hold an oceanographic mooring for ransom

Dr. Martini March 30, 2016

First, let’s give a shoutout to these two dudes who found a washed up mooring and, like adults, gave it back to MBARI. Now I…

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Conservation & Environment Currents Dumping Environmental Sciences Gadgets & Gear Pelagic Plankton Plastic

Where is the best place to put your ocean cleanup device? Not where currently proposed.

Dr. Martini January 20, 2016

You might think that to clean up the problem of plastic in the ocean, you should place your cleanup device where there is the most…

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