bering sea in the news

upcoming events

  • June 5-6 | SAB Meeting, Washington DC
  • July 15-19 | Bogoslof Site Visit

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program updates

  • Cruise Report from the first Healy cruise | Read More

bering sea bits

bering sea conditions
right now

Data and Imagery from AOOS

  • Sea Surface Temperature
    Tracking SST is critical for developing climate models and improved weather forecasts.
  • Sea Ice Conditions
    Sea ice movements are critical to marine mammals and humans.
  • Chlorophyll-a
    Chlorophyll-a, used by plants to turn light energy into food, is a measure of productivity at the base of the oceanic food web.

bering sea haiku

As the cold seas warm,
scientists plunge in to find
where the fishes go.

Nora Deans
BEST-BSIERP Outreach Manager

Second Healy Cruise Ends

healy back in dutch harborShip's Log: May 6
Return to Dutch Harbor

By Carin Ashjian, Chief Scientist for Second Healy Cruise, March 29-May 6

We docked in Dutch Harbor this morning. It is hard to believe that the cruise is over! Read More

Highlights from the First Healy Cruise

  • Elusive Eiders: Spotlight on Spectacled Eiders, with more detail and pictures. >>Go!
  • Life in the Ice: Spotlight on Sea Ice, where life teems in a frozen world. >>Go!
  • First Looks: Winter oceanographic measurements in the Bering Sea. >>Go!
  • Find, Tag, Follow: BEST-BSIERP scientists managed to tag a few walrus on the first Healy cruise. >>Go!
    --    See where the walrus are right now
    --Hear an Alaska Public Radio interview with walrus researcher Tony Fischbach

BEST-BSIERP is ...

A six-year study of the Bering Sea benthos, atmosphere, and everything in between

From 2007-2012, we will look at the Bering Sea ecosystem from atmospheric forcing and physical oceanography through humans and communities.

We will also study the social and economic impacts of a changing marine ecosystem. Innovative ecosystem modeling, sound data management and exciting education and outreach activites will ti the program together.

Learn more about the program
  • "At-a-glance" version describes the program in general terms
  • In-depth presentation provides more technical detail, including the Oscillating Control Hypothesis, the BSIERP and BEST programs, and specific studies.