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  • Oceanographic Eddies Helped Form China Blooms
    In 2008, millions of tons of algae blanketed the Yellow Sea off the coast of Qingdao, China, threatening to foil sailing events at the summer Olympics. Using satellite images of the sea, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of E...In 2008, millions of tons of algae blanketed the Yellow Sea off the coast of Qingdao, China, threatening to foil sailing events at the summer Olympics. Using satellite images of the sea, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of E...
    Aug 26, 2011
  • A Large Number of Jellyfish Found in Coastal Waters of Qingdao
    In July, the team of the jellyfish “973” project found that a large number of large jellyfish appeared in the coastal waters of Qingdao, including the species of Nemopilema nomurai, Aurelia aurita, Cyanea nozaki, which were also three typical large je...In July, the team of the jellyfish “973” project found that a large number of large jellyfish appeared in the coastal waters of Qingdao, including the species of Nemopilema nomurai, Aurelia aurita, Cyanea nozaki, which were also three typical large je...
    Aug 02, 2011
  • IOCAS Delegation Visits Marine Research Institutes of Plymouth and Southampton
    A delegation headed by SUN Song, director of Institute of Oceanology, CAS (IOCAS) paid a visit to the marine institutes of Plymouth and Southampton in Britain on June 20-24, 2011, laying a solid foundation for further cooperation between IOCAS and the i...
    Jul 07, 2011
  • IOCAS and UoPMI Signed Coorperation Memorandum
    SUN Song, director of Institute of Oceanology, CAS (IOCAS) and Martin Attrill, director of Marine Institute, University of Plymouth (UoPMI) signed coorperation memorandum on the research vessel 'Falcon Spirit' at British Plymouth Bay on June 21, 2011.
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    Jul 01, 2011
  • Chinese Scientists Disclose the Intra-Seasonal Variability and its Dynamics of the Kuroshio in the Luzon Strait Area
    Recently, studies by the scientists in the CAS Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves at the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) in Qingdao have made significant advancement in the study of the Kuroshio variability ...Recently, studies by the scientists in the CAS Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves at the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) in Qingdao have made significant advancement in the study of the Kuroshio variability ...
    Jun 24, 2011
  • IOCAS Participates in 24th ISOM
    The Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) took part in the 24th International Research Ship Operators' Meeting (ISOM) in Seattle, Washington of USA on May 25-28, 2011.
      IOCAS deputy director LI Tiegang gave an outline of new re...
    Jun 10, 2011
  • Symposium on Green Innovation 2011 Held at Qingdao
    The symposium on Green Innovation 2011 was held on May 22th~25th, 2011 at Qingdao, China. This symposium was supported by Chinese Academy of Engineering and organized by Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Hundreds of experts from near...
    Jun 01, 2011
  • Breakthrough at in situ Detection of Methane Concentration in Deep-Sea Sediment Achieved by IOCAS
    A deep-sea methane in situ detection system based on ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) has been developed by Dr. Xin Zhang at IOCAS and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) at US. The results had been published at Geophysical Research Lett...
      —   Been highlighted and reported by both Nature and Science
      A deep-sea methane in situ detection system based on ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) has been developed by Dr. Xin Zhang at IOCAS and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (...
    May 30, 2011