ASSIGNMENT
Anything for the data
Research technician Dave Faber hangs on as waves crash onto the deck of Scripps research vessel New Horizon during the ship ’ s last cruise for the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations ( CalCOFI ) program . CalCOFI data are being used to determine the effects of a large , mysteriously warm “ blob ” of water on climate and ecosystems in the north Pacific . As for the temperature of this wave , let ’ s hope it wasn ’ t too chilly .
Photo : James Wilkinson , Scripps Institution of Oceanography-CalCOFI
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