Update 2: Big Otter River
July 16, 2018 By Kangee LaRoque Leave a Comment
As the summer has started to reach its peak, the weather has gotten much dryer and this has lead to great progress on the clearance of the two main cites of blockage that I mentioned in my last post. With significantly less rainfall, the water has returned to a lower level, is much calmer, and […]
Updates from Samos
July 13, 2018 By gllesser 1 Comment
So far I’ve adopted a few projects here. I’ve taken over the macroplastic surveys; collecting, sorting and weighing trash from 3 beaches near the base. The main goal of this project is to clean up the beaches and prevent plastic from entering the ecosystem (and the stomachs of the dolphins dissected in the microplastic lab). […]
Research Troubles
July 11, 2018 By etrampenau Leave a Comment
Unfortunately, my first experience with research has been less than stellar so far. I have discovered that most of the time, researchers are just guessing and hoping that something works. My trial-and-error approach to my work has left me with more knowledge about how not to extract DNA from fecal samples than any person will […]