Exploring our Oceans

Your Word Cloud!

Good Evening MOOCers! Just a quick update tonight, so far we have had over 500 words submitted in the "What does the ocean mean to you?" activity, it is fair to say that the most enjoyable aspect of facilitating this course so far has been the overwhelming response on the Padlet walls, we have each really enjoyed looking at the nearly 1000 pictures you have uploaded or shared with us, and it has really made it clear that the ocean means something special and unique to all of us. Continue reading →

Ocean Quotes 3: Jules Verne

"The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. Continue reading →

The Trieste, 1960.

Good evening MOOCers! There has been such a lot of discussion about the course content, it is great to see so many of you enjoying the course! We have had a lot of comments on the timeline where you can discover the history of ocean exploration, so I thought I would share an additional resource about a dive that has always fascinated me. Continue reading →

Ocean quotes 2: Robert Ballard

Today's quote comes from the man who discovered the Titanic. The ocean explorer Robert Ballard "There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders keepers." http://www.nationalgeographic.co. Continue reading →

Ocean quotes : Jacques Yves Cousteau

Hello MOOCers, Every week I'll introduce you to some of the more famous ocean quotes which I think are mind stimulators. Continue reading →

Guest Spot: What does the Ocean mean to Dr Frank Peel?

In the first of a series of posts from staff at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Dr Frank Peel shares "What does the ocean mean to me?"... Up till very recently, I have spent a career exploring for oil and gas in the deep ocean, looking under several kilometres of water and an even greater thickness of sediments to find the prize. Continue reading →

Course Overview

Before we get started on Monday, the course team thought you might appreciate a very brief overview of what to expect from the MOOC, and the topic outlines for each week: Week 1: A hidden landscape (starts 03 February) Getting started in the course The history of ocean exploration Modern mapping of the oceans Week 2: Mobilis in mobili (starts 10 February) How much water is there? Tides Our spinning planet Week 3: A living soup (starts 17... Continue reading →

“What does the ocean mean me” from the NOCS PhD Students!

As preparation for the first week of the MOOC, we thought we would ask the PhD students at NOCS (National Oceanography Centre Southampton) to contribute to the first task. Continue reading →

What does the Ocean mean to me?

As you all, my interest and passion to the ocean and the sea environment started from simple feelings that came to me when I was interacting with the sea. The ocean represents to me freedom next to discipline, silence versus storm, enigmatic yet very simple. This photo collage reflects some of my past experiences at sea which inspired me to pursue a career in ocean science. Continue reading →

Welcome enthusiastic MOOCers

Hello MOOCers, I'm Eric, one of your facilitators in 'Exploring our Oceans' MOOC. I'm a first year PhD student in the field of Marine Electromagnetic Geophysics at the National Oceanography Centre. My project aims to image and quantify methane hydrates pockmark chimneys which are located offshore Norway, by using the University of Southampton Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) method. Continue reading →

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