APRIL 2021

TRITON STORIES FEATURES SUE SOUTHARD

This month's Triton Stories highlights Sue Southard, who is the operations specialist at the Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory (MCRL) at PNNL-Sequim. The story discusses field safety and how Southard supports the Triton Initiative with environmental permitting, safety planning, coordinating vessels and equipment, and assuring staff are properly trained before conducting research. Read the story here. 

FIELD NOTES: TFiT's Change in Habitat Team Prepares for Field Season 

The Triton Field Trials (TFiT) team is preparing for the upcoming field season by calibrating and testing underwater observation technologies. At MCRL, the Changes in Habitat team is conducting tests on a 360-degree BoxFish camera, which records underwater video for species composition surveys. The team is testing the instrument in a tank as well as deploying the device from a boat in Sequim Bay. These tests allow the researchers to acquaint themselves with the equipment, practice deploying the instruments, and troubleshoot any issues in a controlled environment. This type of testing also helps the team prepare to work together, assures the technology is calibrated, and confirms the methodologies to collect data are finalized before heading to the field. Learn more about TFiT Changes in Habitat research here. 

TRITON CELEBRATES EARTH DAY

Join Triton in celebrating Earth Day 2021 on April 22! This year's theme is Restore Our Earth, which focuses on encouraging global leaders to discuss and work toward solutions to climate change. Triton is working to accelerate marine energy installation by balancing our need for renewable energy with protecting the environment. As marine energy progresses, we are able to decrease reliance on fossil fuels.

Email us or find us on Instagram to share how you are celebrating Earth Day. Test your knowledge here with this whale conservation quiz and climate change quiz from Earthday.org.

Triton is designed to support the development and testing of more precise and cost-effective environmental monitoring technologies for marine energy. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory leads Triton on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office. 

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