Life onboard a gas production platform
The weather is deteriorating. Gale force winds – we can barely stand up outside, let alone work. Too severe to undertake CTD profiling today, but we have a weather window at 06:00 that may permit measurements. We are busy configuring the PODs. The moorings are pretty much ready to go, but technically, it’s always a […]
Dunbar science club
On Saturday 7th December, OSC hosted a workshop entitled ‘Communication in marine mammals’ for Dunbar science club. The aim of the workshop was to show how marine mammals use sound and to highlight the issues surrounding manmade noise in the ocean. To do this we used musical instruments, and a killer whale hat… Our consultant […]
Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
We are pleased to announce the pending publication of our new book ‘Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook. It is now available to pre-order from the links below. If ordering from Pelagic Publishing before the 31st March, enter this coupon code (MMOP20) to receive a 20% pre-publication discount. Pelagic publishing: http://www.pelagicpublishing.com/the-marine-mammal-observer-and-passive-acoustic-monitoring-handbook.html NHBS: http://www.nhbs.com/the_marine_mammal_observer_and_passive_acoustic_monitoring_tefno_193944.html […]
North Sea Rigs to Reefs: OSC secures more funding for porpoise study around drilling rig and production platform
OSC Directors are currently in the Hague and have just secured funding to undertake a further field study on porpoise acoustics around an offshore drilling rig and production platform complex. OSC’s Directors, Dr Victoria Todd and Ian Todd, gave several presentations to firms who have shown interest in OSC’s research, spanning nearly a decade. Dr […]
Marine mammals and anthropogenic sound
In light of our up and coming Dunbar Science Club workshop, ‘Communication in marine mammals’ (www.dunbarscienceclub.org.uk), it seems appropriate to address the topic of marine mammals and noise. Marine mammals rely on sound to survive, using it to navigate, explore, hunt, communicate, locate lost conspecifics and find mates. The ocean is a noisy environment, filled […]
New microsites launched
OSC ‘s new microsite, Seabirdsurveys.co.uk, has featured in an article by Wind power offshore; to have a read, follow this link: http://www.windpoweroffshore.com/2013/06/04/osc_launches_seabirds_microsite/#.Ua3Qh6xN-EU
New article published in Marine Scientist
Rigs – to decommision or not to decommision? by Dr Victoria Todd is set to be published in Marine Scientist (Issue 43, 22-25)
Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
Excitement is mounting in the office as publication of our new book ‘Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring handbook’ approaches. It is a labour of love for all authors, that has monopolised our time, and in some cases our dreams. The end is however in sight, the cover is being tweaked to perfection, and […]
OSC to host a workshop for the Dunbar Science Club
OSC staff are preparing to host a workshop entitled ‘Marine mammals, sound and the effects of man-made noise’, which will take place in November this year. Through interactive experiments and games, we will teach children about how marine mammals use sound, and demonstrate how the introduction of manmade noise into the marine environment can have […]
OSC’s talk on porpoises and rigs axed from MAST meeting
In an astonishing series of events, OSC was informed that their accepted talk “Offshore rigs as dinner gongs for porpoises” had been axed from the rigs-to-reefs MASTS workshop programme, despite being the only published work on this particular research in the world. The MASTS workshop entitled “To Remove or not to Remove?” – strikingly similar […]