In August-September 2008, the third leg of the 2008 Chinese DY115-20 expedition on board R/V DayangYihao has successfully discovered, for the first time, active hydrothermal vent fields on the fast-spreading Southern East Pacific Rise (SEPR) near the equator. This expedition follows the work of a 2005 expedition by R/V DayangYihao, during which water column turbidity anomalies were measured in the region.

Lau Basin cruise featured on GLOBE educational website (16 May – 8 June 2009):
http://www.globe.gov/projects/flexecruise/index09
Press release: http://media-newswire.com/release_1092673.html

A cruise to the Lau Basin, led by PIs Fisher, Luther and Girguis (USA) will be featured on the GLOBE website as part of the NSF-funded FLEXE (From Local to Extreme Environments) project. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a web-based international science education program that joins scientists, students, and teachers in 110 countries in studying Earth Systems Science. Approximately 1500 students in four countries are currently involved in a pilot of on-line components and instructional materials, and will be tuning in to follow this cruise via the website. The site features log entries, blogs, podcasts, and a live webstreamed phone call from students at GLOBE HQ to scientists and crew mid-cruise.*

InterRidge has partnered with the FLEXE (From Local to Extreme Environments) project, a GLOBE Earth System Science Project (http://www.globe.gov/projects/flexe). FLEXE provides an opportunity for ridge-crest scientists to be involved with education and outreach to teachers and students in their native countries and across the globe. The FLEXE Program tested an Energy Unit in 2007 and is now soliciting teachers to pilot an extended version of this unit beginning in early 2009. A second unit on ecology is in development.

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