{"id":1411,"date":"2023-05-02T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2023-10-13T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T01:07:18","slug":"at50-10-cliomz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/at50-10-cliomz\/","title":{"rendered":"AT50-10 &#8216;CliOMZ&#8217; Underway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NIRVANA Lab members Peter Crockford, Ichiko Sugiyama, and Tristan Horner are in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/#map=15\/8.6389\/-83.1685\">Golfito, Costa Rica<\/a>, for the start of AT50-10 &#8216;CliOMZ,&#8217; which sets sail on WHOI&#8217;s very own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/what-we-do\/explore\/ships\/ships-atlantis\/\">R\/V <em>Atlantis <\/em><\/a>today. We will be studying connections between macro- (nitrate, phosphate) and micronutrients, such as iron, copper, iodine, and barium, in the low-oxygen waters of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.whoi.edu\/profile\/msaito\/\">Mak Saito<\/a> is Chief Scientist, and we will be joined by a further 20 researchers from institutions across the USA and from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>A group of us arrived in Golfito on April 28th via a small aircraft; some photos from the first few days appear below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1422\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1422\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1422\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_1.jpg\" alt=\"Cruise particpants waiting to take-off from San Jose\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left-right: Matt McIlvin, Tristan Horner, Erin McParland, and Laura Motta waiting to take off from San Jose<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We were treated to some beautiful Costa Rican scenery on the flight from San Jose.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1424\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1424\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1424\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_3.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial photograph of the Terraba Sierpe National Wetlands (Costa Rica)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flying over the Terraba Sierpe National Wetlands on our way to Golfito<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1423\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1423\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1423\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_2.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial shot of Punta Adela and Piedras Blancas National Park\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flying close to Punta Adela looking towards the Piedras Blancas National Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On our way into land we even flew over the R\/V <em>Atlantis.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1444\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1444\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1444\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_4.jpg\" alt=\"R\/V Atlantis in Golfito\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-28_Flying-to-Golfito_4-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R\/V Atlantis seen at the dock in Golfito, Costa Rica<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since arriving we&#8217;ve been loading the ship and building the &#8216;bubble&#8217; (a makeshift clean lab).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1449\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1449\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1449\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-29_RV_Atlantis_in_Golfito.jpg\" alt=\"R\/V Atlantis in Golfito\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-29_RV_Atlantis_in_Golfito.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-29_RV_Atlantis_in_Golfito-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-04-29_RV_Atlantis_in_Golfito-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loading the R\/V Atlantis in Golfito<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1434\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1434\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1434\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-01_Bubble_building.jpg\" alt=\"The CliOMZ 'bubble'\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-01_Bubble_building.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-01_Bubble_building-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-01_Bubble_building-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our clean lab for the next 37 days<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All aboard!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1429\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1429\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1429\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-02_All_aboard.jpg\" alt=\"R\/V Atlantis Sailing Board\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-02_All_aboard.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-02_All_aboard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-02_All_aboard-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">R\/V Atlantis Sailing Board<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And Awaaay We Go!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1430\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1430\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1430\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-02_Dolphins.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphins swimming off the starboard rail of the R\/V Atlantis\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-02_Dolphins.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-02_Dolphins-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/2023-05-02_Dolphins-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pod of dolphins wishing us well while steaming out of Golfito Bay<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIRVANA Lab members Peter Crockford, Ichiko Sugiyama, and Tristan Horner are in Golfito, Costa Rica, for the start of AT50-10 &#8216;CliOMZ,&#8217; which sets sail on WHOI&#8217;s very own R\/V Atlantis today. We will be studying connections between macro- (nitrate, phosphate) and micronutrients, such as iron, copper, iodine, and barium, in the low-oxygen waters of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1453,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/1453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/nirvana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}