Hesperides

The "Hesperides" which is expected at Auckland on Apr 13, 2011, is halfway through a circumnavigation of the globe, in which its experts are assessing the effects of climate change on the world's oceans. The Malaspina Expedition will stop in Auckland for three days, and several of its researchers will present findings at the University of Auckland. The $23 million, seven-month expedition did not initially plan to monitor radioactive runoff. Because the nuclear plant in northern Japan was releasing contaminated water into the ocean, it made sense to check the levels of nuclear material in the Pacific. No one was monitoring the spread of radioisotypes, such as cesium-137, because it was logistically difficult to get research vessels to remote spots quickly. When the "Hesperides" leaves Auckland, it will begin testing the waters on the way to Honolulu.

The "Hesperides" which is expected at Auckland on Apr 13, 2011, is halfway through a circumnavigation of the globe, in which its experts are assessing the effects of climate change on the world's oceans. The Malaspina Expedition will stop in Auckland for three days, and several of its researchers will present findings at the University of Auckland. The $23 million, seven-month expedition did not initially plan to monitor radioactive runoff. Because the nuclear plant in northern Japan was releasing contaminated water into the ocean, it made sense to check the levels of nuclear material in the Pacific. No one was monitoring the spread of radioisotypes, such as cesium-137, because it was logistically difficult to get research vessels to remote spots quickly. When the "Hesperides" leaves Auckland, it will begin testing the waters on the way to Honolulu.

The "Hesperides" which is expected at Auckland on Apr 13, 2011, is halfway through a circumnavigation of the globe, in which its experts are assessing the effects of climate change on the world's oceans. The Malaspina Expedition will stop in Auckland for three days, and several of its researchers will present findings at the University of Auckland. The $23 million, seven-month expedition did not initially plan to monitor radioactive runoff. Because the nuclear plant in northern Japan was releasing contaminated water into the ocean, it made sense to check the levels of nuclear material in the Pacific. No one was monitoring the spread of radioisotypes, such as cesium-137, because it was logistically difficult to get research vessels to remote spots quickly. When the "Hesperides" leaves Auckland, it will begin testing the waters on the way to Honolulu.