:Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education
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The Center for Microbial Oceanography (C-MORE) is a research and education organization established in 2006 as a National Science Foundation funded Science and Technology Center.[https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/stc/2006.jsp NSF: Science and Technology Centers Program]
Objectives
It has been said that more is known about the surface of the Moon than about the Earth’s oceans.Kettlewell, Julianna.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3210544.stm "Ocean census discovers new fish"], BBC, October 23, 2003 C-MORE was designed to explore the largely unknown world of microorganisms in the sea and to educate the public and other scientists about these organisms. The motto of the center is “From genomes to biomes” meaning that the researchers want to look at how the diversity of microbes in the ocean influences the structure and function of the world’s largest biome, the ocean.Stephens, Tim.[http://currents.ucsc.edu/06-07/08-14/microbes.asp "UCSC collaborates in interdisciplinary center to study marine microbes"], UC Santa Cruz Currents online, August 14, 2006
Background
The center was initially proposed, and is now directed by Professor David Karl, of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. C-MORE has affiliated researchers working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Oregon State University, the University of California, Santa Cruz, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. C-MORE is the only one of NSF’s 17 Science and Technology Centers that focuses on microbial oceanography.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/stc/documents.jsp |title=NSF: Science and Technology Centers Program |access-date=2018-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112203/http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/stc/documents.jsp |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead}}
Research
C-MORE scientists want to understand biological processes that begin at microscopic scales and are expressed in vitally significant issues such as climate change. Areas of research range from genomic surveys, to studies of the genetic basis of marine microbial biogeochemistry to building ecosystem models.AP.[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/08/03/hawaii_gets_19_million_for_oceanography_center/ "Hawaii gets $19 million for oceanography center"], Boston.com, August 3, 2006 One of the strengths of the Center is its seagoing capability, as well as the long term studies that have been conducted by the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) Program in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. In addition to extensive laboratory experimentation, C-MORE also stages cruises to examine marine microbes in their environment. One example was the SUPER HI-CAT cruise, which was the first effort to study the microbiology associated with the plastic particles in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Education
C-MORE is active in increasing scientific literacy about microbial oceanography among the general population, as well as training microbial oceanographers. C-MORE has undergraduate internships http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/education/undergraduates/scholars_program.htm C-MORE: Undergraduate Internships as well as a summer graduate training course ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080510120232/http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/agouron/index.htm the Agouron Course]). C-MORE also provides resources for K-12 educators, such as training workshops, science kits, and a teacher at sea program.[http://www.mbari.org/news/news-briefs/briefs-2008.html "MBARI scientist leads cruise to study how changing ocean conditions affect marine algae"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630234450/http://www.mbari.org/news/news-briefs/briefs-2008.html |date=June 30, 2009}}, MBARI News Briefs 2008, July 31, 2008
References
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External links
- [http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/ Cmore.soest.edu: C-MORE—Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education website] — based at SOEST, UH Manoa.
- [http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/ Soest.edu: SOEST—School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology website] — at UH Manoa.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080510120232/http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/agouron/index.htm Soest.edu: Agouron Institute, Microbial Oceanography (summer course)] — at UH Manoa.
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