WHAT ONCE DIVIDED - NOW UNITES THE LONGEST RIVER

Professors John Delaney & Scott Glenn

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA & Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. We shall not cease from exploration

TS Elliot (Four Quartets):

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And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started

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THE LONGEST RIVER

OCEAN CONVEYER BELT

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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GULF STREAM CHART 1786

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FIRST SUCCESSFUL TRANS-OCEANIC CABLE - 1858

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FIRST SUCCESSFUL TRANS-OCEANIC CABLE - 1858

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HMS CHALLENGER VOYAGE 1873-76

Debate was over Evolution

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THE SYSTEM

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THE SYSTEM
Our Challenge: To optimize the benets and mitigate the risks of living on a planet driven by two basic energy sources

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INTERNAL ENERGY

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NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center

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SOLAR ENERGY

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Ocean is directly linked to growth of food on the continents - everywhere!

IMPORTANCE

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Ocean is directly linked to growth of food on the continents - everywhere!

Sea Surface Temperature Anomolies

Vegetation Index Anomolies

Adapted from, Earth Observatory story: Watching Plants Dance to the Rhythms of the Ocean http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/SSTNDVI/

-2.5

2.5

-.05

.05

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.81/full

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URGENCY

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>1 billion people are undernourished in the world today -World Food Programme, 2010
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WORLD POPULATION

10

7.5

Billions
5.0

2.5

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

Data Source: UN Population Division, The 2006 Revision Population Database Medium Variant http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp

2030 Less Developed

2040 World

2050

Most Developed

Least Developed

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LIGHTS FROM SPACE

Data Source: Defense Meteorological Satellites Program
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GLOBAL POPULATION
Data Source: SEDAC
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INITIATIVE

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FIVE INTEGRATED TRANSFORMATIONAL THEMES

High Latitude Global Sites Regional Plate-scale Cable Coastal Dynamics Arrays Cyber-Space Data Delivery & Sensor Interactivity Education and Public Engagement

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OOI EDUCATION VISIONS11

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Arctic HMMV Stoergga Nordic Sea Station PAPA Irminger Sea NEPTUNE VENUS Pioneer Array

Porcupine Ligurian OBSEA E. Sicily CYCOFOS Black sea Ulleong-Do DONET LORI I STEWS

Regional Scale Nodes Endurance Line MARS ALOHA

Marthas Vineyard LEO-15 MOMAR

LIDO Iberian Margin

NEMOSN-1 Hellenic

MACHO

Cabled Seaoor Observatories - Installed Cabled Seaoor Observatories - Planned Ocean Observatories Initiative Uncabled Global and Coastal Southern Moorings Ocean

Argentine Basin

A Growing Global Network of Seaoor Cabled Observatories

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Regional Association

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UNESCO E.U./U.S. Baltic Sea Conference, Klaipeda, Lithuania, May 24, 2006 Rick Spinrad: Take one of your gliders, modify it, and y it across the Atlantic, inspiring students along the way.

500 km

5,500 km

Trans-Atlantic Glider Challenge

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 Increase Duration Ruggedize for Storms Corrosion & Biofouling Global Roadmap

RU27s 221-day 7,400 km Underwater Flight Tuckerton, New Jersey to Baiona, Spain
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Trans-Atlantic Education Programs

RU15, RU17, RU27, Drake, Cook, Silbo, RU29

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A Global Challenge December 9, 2009 Baiona, Spain

Ralph Rayner & Rick Spinrad: Build a Global Glider Fleet and Coordinate the First Robotic Circumnavigation. Revisit the Historic Track of the HMS Challenger And inspire a global network of students along the way. 128,000 km = = 16 gliders x 8,000 km/glider

The Challenger Glider Mission

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Our Planet is Changing: Population is Growing Energy Demand is Increasing Ocean impacts Climate & Weather New Interactive Technologies enable a New Era of Integrated Ocean Exploration: Cables - At-Sea Telepresence Gliders - At-Sea Omnipresence Cyberspace - Global Collaboration Our Students will Live this Change: Broaden Opportunities Globalize Science & Discovery Promote Cultural Interactions

Taylor Mali: I Teach for the Fire

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