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"We're just scratching the surface": OTN leader named to Canada's Top 40 under 40

"We're just scratching the surface": OTN leader named to Canada's Top 40 under 40

OTN Scientific Director Rob Lennox discusses the growing impact of ocean tracking and why scientists are only beginning to unlock the potential of the data they collect.  Read more.

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Mary Jane Webber
Friday, January 29, 2021
Olivia Pisano, a ÈâÈ⴫ý PhD candidate in marine researcher Boris Worm's lab, is working through the Dal-based Ocean Frontier Institute on a project that enables quick scanning of satellite images in the quest for more data to understand the endangered animals' ever-changing movements due to climate change and other factors.
John Kirk
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Joe Biden could return to the path blazed by Barack Obama on Cuba, when two years of bilateral negotiations helped undo more than five decades of hostility, writes John Kirk, professor of Latin American Studies at ÈâÈ⴫ý.
Lindsay Dowling-Savelle
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Finlay Maguire, an expert in epidemiology and bioinformatics and a postdoctoral fellow in Dal's Faculty of Computer Science, explains how genomic data can be used to help fight against COVID-19.
Written with contributions from staff at Dal, OTN, OFI and MEOPAR
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
They’ve travelled more than 82,000 kilometres on over 100 missions, but the most notable expedition in 2020 for ÈâÈ⴫ý’s glider group was a trip over a Halifax harbour bridge to their brand new space at the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship on the Dartmouth waterfront.
Stefanie Wilson
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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