Scientific Sails: Under the Sun

Saturday, May 30, 2015

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Brooklyn Bridge Park – One 15 Brooklyn Marina

Attendees found their sea legs during a daytime sail aboard the schooner Mystic Whaler. On deck, geophysicist Frank Nitsche showed how he analyzes the waters surrounding Antarctica, and how those same tools and measurements can be used to gauge the health of the Hudson River.

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Frank NitscheGeophysicist

Frank O. Nitsche received his M.S. in geophysics from the University of Kiel, Germany and a Ph.D. from the University of Bremen, Germany. In 2001, he came to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, where he started as a postdoctoral researcher and is now a research scientist.

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