🎧 In this episode, Andi sits down with Capt. Christopher Hearn, Director of the Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS), to explore ice management and the innovative training CMS develops to give mariners practical, hands‑on experience in handling vessels during offshore operations. 🌊🚢

MI PhD candidate and National Geographic Explorer, Ana Belén Yánez Suárez, joined the Pristine Seas expedition in Fiji last August. She gathered environmental DNA samples, deployed deep-sea cameras, engaged in shallow-water research, and spent time underwater in the submersible Argonauta 🛥️🐟

In this episode of WaveCast, we explore SmartAtlantic with Scott Bruce and Comfort Eboigbe 🎧 Listen to WaveCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your podcasts. Don’t forget to rate and subscribe if you liked this episode! 🔗 miwavecast.alitu.com/episode/0d32...

CSAR PhD student Nick Coady authored an article featured in the January issue of The Navigator Magazine. 🦞 Also in this issue is an article profiling research from School of Maritime Studies Masters' student, Tonya Whittle. 🌊 🔗 Read both articles here: book.navigatorpublishing.ca/books/mxqe/?...

Navigator January 2026

The Navigator is a monthly publication serving the marine industries in Atlantic Canada and the Eastern United States. Each issue features a diverse blend of feature articles and probing commentaries ...

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In this episode of WaveCast, host Andi dives into MI's Master of Applied Ocean Technology (Ocean Mapping) program with alumni Kelsey Forrest. They discuss the tech of ocean mapping, opportunities in the ocean economy, and her experiences as a commercial diver🌊 🔗 miwavecast.alitu.com/episode/54b3...

Drs. Tyler Eddy and Maxime Geoffroy have penned an op-ed for the Gazette revealing the role of the North Atlantic and eastern Canadian Arctic in climate change. 🌊 🔗 Read more: gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-c...

Op-ed: Drs. Tyler Eddy and Maxime Geoffroy

The ocean has absorbed 90 per cent of the heat from human-induced global warming through the carbon pump.

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PhD candidate, Jennifer Herbig, traded coral reefs for icebreakers to pursue her doctoral research on Arctic Cod and climate change at the Marine Institute 🌊🚢 As part of Memorial University's Research Week, Jennifer is featured in at Q&A in the Gazette. 🔗 Read more: gazette.mun.ca/research/fro...

MI's Dr. Katleen Robert was recently renewed as the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in ocean mapping! 🌊🗺️ Dr. Robert is on a mission to reveal the mysteries of the ocean floor, especially around Newfoundland and Labrador. 🔗Read more about her research here: gazette.mun.ca/research/com...

Complex topographies

Dr. Katleen Robert is on a mission to reveal the mysteries of the ocean floor, especially around N.L.

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A paper by a master’s student at Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University examines the diets of North Atlantic harp seals to assess the impact they have on fisheries populations in Newfoundland and Labrador. 🔗 Read more here: www.mi.mun.ca/news/newstit...

We’re excited to share that St. John’s Buoy station was redeployed as part of the SmartBay/SmartAtlantic Ocean Observation Program. 🌊 Thank you to the Canadian Coast Guard and the crew of CCGS George R. Pearkes for their collaboration. 🔗 The latest data: www.smartatlantic.ca/station.php?id=stjohns

Edinburgh-based maritime safety and security technology company Zelim has chosen The Launch, a NATO DIANA test centre, as the site for its next phase of technology trials under the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) program. Read more: www.mi.mun.ca/news/newstit...

Some thoughts on DFO decision making and peer-review science processes, with Matt Robertson and Megan Bailey @marineinstitute.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social

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‘Making decisions closer to the wharf’ can ensure the sustainability of Canada’s fisheries and oceans

MI's Dr. Frédéric Cyr is the lead author of a scientific paper that examines the impact of shifting Northwest Atlantic Ocean climate conditions on groundfish stocks, such as Northern cod. | @fcyr.bsky.social Read more here! 🔗 ow.ly/Kv7r50W7Jhn

Recently published in @natcomms.nature.com: Ocean climate cycles related to sea level pressure anomalies above the northern hemisphere affect ecosystem productivity in a coherent way (from primary and secondary production, to pelagic and groundfish). @marineinstitute.bsky.social rdcu.be/eqn2q

Environmental control on the productivity of a heavily fished ecosystem

Nature Communications - The climate of the northwest Atlantic shifts between phases, shaping ecosystem productivity and fisheries. Tracking these phases can support climate and ecosystem-informed...

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The @thejot.bsky.social’s winter issue will focus on “Indigenous Ocean Technology” with Ken Paul, member of Wolastoqey Nation at Neqotkuk, located at the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada, on board as guest editor. Artwork: Fishing on the Wolastoq by Samaqani Cocahq (Natalie Sappier).

Dawn Roche, Managing Editor of @thejot.bsky.social, shares how JOT supports open-access, peer-reviewed research. There are no publishing fees and student submissions are welcomed! 🌊 Reach out today and learn how to get your work published: thejot.net

Spring has sprung, the sun is shining, and the JOT production team is hard at work on Volume 20, Number 2 – Ocean Monitoring. Coming June 2025 – only at thejot.net. @thejot.bsky.social

@thejot.bsky.social is exploring how Indigenous researchers, technologists, scientists, groups, and communities around the world are using ocean technology for economic development, sustainable resource management, community engagement, & mentoring the next generation of ocean leaders.

Incredible work by @schmidtocean.bsky.social! In 2022, two graduate students from the Marine Institute set out to be the first to make this huge discovery. Check out the video below ⤵️

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🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑 First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo

Can safety critical industries, like offshore energy, marine transportation, aviation, healthcare and construction, be made safer with AI?

THE LIFE AQUATIC MSc student @loganexplores.bsky.social won an NSERC MSc Scholarship For his MSc research, Logan is investigating Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) structure and function for fisheries management decision making by interviewing DFO managers across Canada @marineinstitute.bsky.social

MI’s Dr. Rob Brown discusses his team’s research on search and rescue in remote regions in FOCI podcast #7. They’re studying factors affecting operations, like sea states, equipment, and decision-making, to simulate scenarios and suggest improvements. open.spotify.com/episode/4xDH...

FOCI Podcast Episode # 7 - Mathematical Modelling Maritime Conditions for Search and Rescue in Remote Regions with Dr. Robert Brown

Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI), Atlantic Canada - Sustainable, Safe, and Inclusive · Episode

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MI's Dr. Tyler Eddy is leader author of a new report on climate change. @thelifeaquatic.xyz agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Global and Regional Marine Ecosystem Models Reveal Key Uncertainties in Climate Change Projections

Global marine ecosystem models projected greater biomass declines with climate change than regional marine ecosystem models for many regions For both global and regional models, greater biomass d...

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