Cal Poly Ocean Carbon Lab

Another great pier open house! We had a fantastic day teaching the community about ocean sampling and seawater pH.

To a beautiful brand new lab in the Frost Building! Come find us in the shared Oceanography lab of the Marine Science wing - 181-402....

Former student Sarah Bartoloni led the final analysis and writing of this project, from samples collected on three cruises in Summer...

We describe a cheap and easy way to control seawater pH in aquaria systems, and give step by step instructions so that readers can build...

It's been a long, nearly year, of mostly virtual work. We are happy to be back in the lab (masked and distanced of course)! This quarter...

It was a great summer!

Summer students Addie, Maddie and Sara have a great chance to see what life out on the open seas is all about. Today we leave port on the...

Keegan, Maddie, Sara, Addie, and Dr. Bockmon check out a San Luis Blues summer Baseball game with the rest of the college. Thanks to the...

Jolie Higgins successfully defended her Master's thesis today. Carbonate Chemis try Spatial Variability and Seagrass Loss in a Low-inflow...

A day of sampling in Morro Bay let us catch the sunrise AND sunset! We launched the 21 ft Munson in the dark, and started the drive to...

Long day of sample collection in Morro Bay - to track carbonate chemistry variability both in space and time. Shore sampling mirrors the...

Addie Norgaard, Garrett Schmid, and Daniel Sandborn did a great job presenting their summer research at the annual Frost Summer Research...

Another beautiful morning on the pier! But this time, samples and data to explore instead of sea lions and whales. My lab has a joint...

Joined Dr. Walter's lab for our first sampling day! Collected calibration samples for a pH sensor and some additional bottles to start...