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A trans-Pacific hydrographic section from Yokohama, Japan, to San Diego has just been completed. Oceanographer Sabine Mecking, post-doctoral research Gunnar Voet, and oceanography student Andrew Shao were among the 28 scientists on the leg between Hawaii and California. This cruise was the third decadal occupation of the Pacific section to understand climate variability in the ocean. Read the scientists' blog.

At the base of the Greendland Ice Sheet, liquid water acts as a lubricant to ease and speed the flow of ice over the bed. Laboratory physicists have developed a thermal probe that melts its way vertically through the kilometer-thick ice to measure basal water pressure.

An APL-UW research team has developed an ultrasound system capable of non-invasive, real-time, image-guided repositioning of kidney stones. During presentations to the urology community at the urological association's annual meeting in May 2013, the team and the system garnered interest and praise. Webcasts of their presentations are available temporarily.

Investigators have just completed a series of experiments at the mouth of the Columbia River, where they collected data using drifting and airborne platforms. DARLA's remote sensing data will be used to drive representations of the wave, circulation, and bathymetry fields in complex near-shore environments.

From 22–26 April, APL-UW researchers, along with UW Oceanography department graduate students and educators from the Pacific Northwest, will cruise aboard the R/V Thompson on a mission of buoy deployment, Washington shelf science experiments, learning, and gaining experience at sea.

As arctic sea ice transitions from a multi-year to a more seasonal ice pack, buoys deployed by the International Arctic Buoy Programme have required improvements to better survive the seasonal ice regime. The recent and dramatic environmental changes have pushed scientists and engineers to improve the platforms and sensors rapidly.