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NOV 2016

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52 st / November 2016 www.sea-technology.com RJE Supports Research With Education Program RJE International, has been work- ing with oceanography, robotics and engineering programs and universities across the U.S. for the past year by gift- ing product to aid in their studies and explorations. These studies focus on: monitoring the Arctic ice sheets and kelp forest in the Aleutian Islands with the University of Alaska; fracture zones and volcanic sediment with the University of Ha- waii; being able to predict hurricanes earlier with the University of Mary- land; and California Coast eco and seafloor mapping with UC San Diego. Benioff Ocean Initiative To Tackle Ocean Problems The Benioff Ocean Initiative, led by the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), aims to research the root causes of pervasive ocean prob- lems and use science to solve them, supported by funding from Marc and Lynne Benioff. Marc Benioff is the co- founder, chairman and CEO of Sales- force, a software company. The couple has gifted UCSB more than $10 mil- lion to establish the initiative. Headquartered at UCSB's Marine Science Institute, it will be run as a collaboration among ocean scientists worldwide, as well as students. The ini- tiative invites the global public to iden- tify ocean issues that need solving by submitting ideas online at www.boi. ucsb.edu. From each round of crowd- sourcing, one top idea will be selected by the initiative's team of marine scien- tists, who will then study the problem and research and create a solution. Human Skeleton Found In Antikythera Wreck An international research team discovered a human skeleton during its ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera shipwreck (circa 65 B.C.), the largest ancient shipwreck ever dis- covered, which holds the remains of a Greek trading or cargo ship in the Ae- gean Sea. The first skeleton recovered from the wreck site during the era of DNA analysis, this find could provide insight into the lives of people who lived 2,100 years ago. Led by the Hel- lenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and Woods Hole Oceanographic In- stitution, the team recovered a human skull including a jaw and teeth, long bones of the arms and legs, ribs, and other remains. Other portions of the skeleton remain in the seafloor, await- ing excavation during the next phase of operations. If enough viable DNA is preserved in the bones, it may be pos- sible to identify the ethnicity and geo- graphic origin of the shipwreck victim. MacArtney Supplies Optical Sensor The Helmholtz-Zentrum Gees- thacht, German Centre for Materi- als and Coastal Research will use an optical sensor to provide a scientific basis for sustainable development and future-oriented coastal management. The LISST-VSF will be used in situ to measure the volume scattering func- tion (VSF) of particles. This Sequoia instrument is available through Ma- cArtney Underwater Technology and marks the first LISST-VSF sale to the ocean research

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