Welcome to the first of what we hope will become a regular feature here on Living Lab. We’re calling it From the Director’s Chair, and it’s a chance to check in with the heads of local research institutions about the news and issues that are on their minds.
On the docket this time:
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's "new" submersibles - Deep Sea Challenger, donated by film maker James Cameron, and the new-and-improved Alvin.
- The surprising rate at which the Arctic is changing from white to green.
- New research that's enabling shellfishermen to harvest George's Bank for the first time in two decades.
- Updates on the impacts of the sequester on scientific research.