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The Foundation supported an assembled team of scientists led by Professor Jaubert, from Monaco, France, Canada and the United States. Their research covered an area in the Northwest Mediterranean from Toulon, in France, all the way to the French-Italian border. The team made extensive use of a CASI, carried aboard the GoldenEye, as well as using a spectroradiometer to profile light attenuation in the water column. By combining these two sources, the group will be able to build a reference biotope database to analyze changes over time for the coastal shallow areas of the Mediterranean Sea. This data will be provided to both scientific and government organizations through the Foundation to enable broad scale monitoring and conservation of marine natural resources. The Foundation also supported an exciting research project conducted by Dr. Floyd McCoy from the University of Hawaii Geology Department. Dr. McCoy led a team of U.S. and Greek scientists to the rugged island of Anaphi, in a search for data on one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions in human history. Anaphi is located near the island of Thera, once completely obliterated by a cataclysmic explosion that created tsunamis, earthquakes, and spewed ash and sulphur so far and wide that it dramatically altered the global climate. A scientific analysis of the actual eruption magnitude is being conducted by evaluating the volume of tephra—a volcanic rock—located on islands downwind of Thera. Because access in this area is highly limited, this is the first time a study of this kind has been done. |
