MLML Open House 2016

Every spring, Moss Landing Marine Labs hosts an open house to educate the public about marine science and raise funds for scholarships. This year, over 2,000 visitors came through the labs over the course of the weekend. The Physical Oceanography lab set up a wide variety of activities for all ages, including:

  • Internal waves in a bottle
  • Wave tank beach erosion
  • Interactive cruise data plotting
  • Real-time temperature data stream
  • Coriolis force on a turntable
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Drew explaining internal wave dynamics.

 

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Tom at the CTD station.