Construction begins on research ship funded by NSF, operated by Oregon State University

Construction begins on research ship funded by NSF, operated by Oregon State University

Construction began today in Houma, Louisiana, on the R/V Taani, a new research ship that will advance the scientific understanding of coastal environments by supporting studies of ocean acidification, hypoxia, sea level rise and other topics.

Operated by Oregon State University (OSU), Taani (pronounced "tahnee"), a word that means "offshore" in the language of the Siletz people of the Pacific Northwest, will be the first in a series of Regional Class Research ...

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Published November 08, 2018 at 06:00AM