From Annapolis to the Arctic: Research schooner begins journey to examine the effects of climate change
Credit: Ocean Research Project via Facebook In the sunlight of a May afternoon on the Chesapeake Bay, a 72-foot schooner called the Marie Tharp floated above a shipwreck from long ago. The boat’s instruments were hard at work, mapping the ruins of the sunken wooden steam freighter, the New Jersey, using sonar equipment affixed to…