A Cold, Hard Look

Air temperatures in the teens and icy seas were no match for WHOI postdoctoral researcher Mike Lowe (right) and graduate student Alex Bergan during a two-day research cruise on R/V Tioga in late January off the coast of Maine. Lowe and Bergan, both of whom work in the lab of WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson, recovered a CTD rosette containing water samples drawn at various depths. Back in the lab, they will analyze the water’ to draw a more complete picture of the winter environment in the Gulf of Maine. Their work is part of a series of studies that looks at seasonal influences of carbon dioxide in New England waters.(Photo by Peter Wiebe, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)