This week we got to go tide pooling with Svetlana and it was a super fun experience. We went to a spot the you can only get to on super low tides. A land bridge is exposed and you can cross to caves that are normally covered with water. Svetlana works with ribbon worms and taught everyone a lot about how they can look very similar, but still be different species based on their genes. Some seagulls were nesting on one of the islands and weren’t very happy that we were by their babies. I just didn’t want them to poop on me or attack me because I was walking by. We gave outreach presentations at the CMLC on Saturday about the research we have been doing. I was a little nervous at first, but once we got going it was really fun to teach people about ocean acidification and how it will be affecting oceans. I had one person come up and he didn’t know about leaving a carbon footprint. It was so cool to be able to educate someone about some sustainable choices they could make to reduce their carbon output. I would love someday to get a job doing outreach and being involved with the community. My project is coming along nicely and I will have my poster done by next week. I’m super excited to see how everything turns out and know if my hypothesis was correct. Hannah and I have come a long way from the first week when we just had learned to calibrate probes. I have grown so much as a person and want to get in to a lab back in Portland helping out with research. Julie is going to help me put together a CV and teach me how to reach out to people who I would want to work with. Its starting to set in how close we are to the end and I don’t think I’m ready to leave. I just want to stay with all the other REUs and do research with them forever. I guess for now I just will have to soak up the last two weeks I have with everyone.
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AuthorHi, my name is Steven I’m an environmental studies major at Portland Community College. I hope to do conservation or restoration work when I graduate. Anywhere outside is where you will find me! Archives
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