July 2017 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute News Jenouvrier agrees, and believes that


adding Emperor penguins to the Endangered Species list could help accomplish a number of things. For example, it’s likely to trigger new fi shing regulations in the Southern Ocean and highlight the need for new global conservation strategies. It may also help increase public awareness and “sensitize people to the impacts of climate change” which in turn could help reduce emissions. And, it may spur the need for more studies of Emperor penguins – something she’s already eyeing for the future. “While we’ve learned that dispersal


doesn’t change the ultimate fate of these animals,” she said, “we need to better under- stand the dynamics of what happens when they disperse. To do this, we’ll need to tag penguins from several colonies and monitor them. Eventually, we also want to under- stand if populations may eventually adapt to sea ice change, and more generally, how they will respond to the changing landscape in terms of breeding and other life history stages.” This research was supported by WHOI, Mission Blue and The French National Re- search Agency.


WHOI Research Engineer Selected for NASA Astronaut Program


WHOI Research Engineer Loral O’Ha-


ra was introduced at Johnson Space Flight Center as a member of NASA’s most recent class of astronauts. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


(WHOI) research engineer Loral O’Hara was introduced today at Johnson Space Flight Center as a member of NASA’s most recent class of astronauts. O’Hara was one of just 12 to be selected from an applicant pool of more than 18,300—the largest number


NASA has ever received. “We couldn’t be more proud of Loral for


her selection into NASA’s astronaut corps,” said WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott. “We hope the sea-going experience gained at WHOI serves her well in her new adventure. Whether in outer space or the depths of the ocean, humanity stands to gain immeasurably through exploration.” O’Hara earned her B.S. in aerospace


engineering from the University of Kansas, and her M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue University. She came to WHOI in 2009, initially as an engineer working on mechanical system design, systems engineering, and Naval certifi cation for the project to upgrade the human-occu- pied submersible Alvin.Most recently, she worked with the remotely operated vehicle Jason Operations Group as an engineer and sea-going mechanical technician and data processor, and contributed to a variety of subsea system development projects within WHOI that included development of novel underwater vehicles to explore extreme deep sea environments. She has participated in 10 research cruises, and, in 2013, com- pleted a dive in Alvin. “I love exploration, particularly when


it involves people,” O’Hara told WHOI’s Oceanus magazine in 2013. “What I want to do with my life is build vehicles that let people work and live in places that are either inaccessible or accessible to only a few.” The competition for a place in NASA’s


astronaut program is stiff . A panel of about 50 people, mostly current astronauts, began reviewing more than 18,300 applications in 2015. Succeeding panels further narrowed the applicants to 120, then 50, and fi nally to today’s group of 12 fi nalists. The group will serve as Astronaut Candidates while under-


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WHOI Research Engineer Loral O’Hara was introduced at Johnson Space Flight Center as a member of NASA’s most recent class of astronauts.


going two years of general training before being considered full astronauts, eligible to be assigned spacefl ight missions. According to NASA, the new class will


be part of future missions aboard the Inter- national Space Station that will continue research and technology development that has already returned benefi ts to Earth. They will also be candidates for fl ights


beyond the moon and into deep space aboard the Orion spacecraft that will help pave the way for missions to Mars. The connection between exploration of


space and the ocean is not new. The space shuttle Atlantis was named after WHOI’s fi rst research vessel and the fi rst U.S. ship built solely for the purpose of conducting oceanographic research. In 2007, WHOI biologist Tim Shank in Alvin two miles beneath the surface of the ocean had a radio conversation with NASA astronaut Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station. In 2012, the U.S. Navy named the


fi rst Ocean Class research vessel, operated by WHOI, after Neil Armstrong, the fi rst man to walk on the moon. Among O’Hara’s many skills, she holds


a private pilot’s license as well as several advanced diving certifi cations. She also has completed fi rst-aid and EMT training and is a wilderness fi rst responder. O’Hara will report for duty at Johnson Space Center in August 2017.


More Frequent Extreme Ocean Warm- ing Could Further Endanger Albatross As earth warms due to climate change,


extreme climatic events like heat waves, droughts, and spikes in ocean temperatures have increased and are projected to become even more common by the end of this cen- tury.


As scientists grapple with the behavior- al, ecological, and evolutionary impacts of


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