{"id":1054,"date":"2009-05-29T21:37:50","date_gmt":"2009-05-30T01:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2009-06-27T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T17:15:04","slug":"put-your-signature-where-your-science-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"Put your signature where your science is."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t have near the influence that PZ does, but I&#8217;m sure that <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2009\/05\/save_the_submersibles.php\">since this item is of concern to us here in Florida<\/a>, we can sure pitch in! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepetitionsite.com\/1\/save-the-hboi-ship-and-submersibles\">Sign the petition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Johnson-Sea-Link I &amp; II submersibles are owned and operated by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Fort Pierce, Florida. They are launched from the HBOI research vessel R\/V Seward Johnson, a 204-ft ,purpose built ,state of the art platform redesigned in 1994 which displaces 1282 tons and has a 6,000 nautical mile range. An experienced captain and crew constantly maintain the R\/V Seward Johnson as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Fleet of research vessels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the current administration of HBOI has announced its decision to sell the R\/V Seward Johnson and retire the JSL submersibles in spite of a lack of technologies with similar or better capabilities at HBOI, FAU or any other institution on the East coast of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Since FAU is a state university, the submersibles and research vessel are property of the State of Florida and the taxpayers should have a say in choosing whether these amazing technologies which are helping us discover and protect our underwater assets should be maintained. These are expensive technologies to maintain, but their benefits far outweigh their costs. If you believe that the state of Florida should invest in science, education and technology, please sign this petition to indicate to our legislators that you believe the HBOI ship and submersibles should be saved from sale or retirement and supported by the state of Florida.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Learn more <a href=\"http:\/\/oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/technology\/subs\/sealink\/sealink.html\">here<\/a>. And <a href=\"http:\/\/seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/OCEAN_PLANET\/HTML\/oceanography_sealink.html\">here<\/a>. And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fau.edu\/hboi\/OceanTechnology\/OTsubops.php\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t have near the influence that PZ does, but I&#8217;m sure that since this item is of concern to us here in Florida, we can sure pitch in! Sign the petition. The Johnson-Sea-Link I &amp; II submersibles are owned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1054\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-h0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":875,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=875","url_meta":{"origin":1054,"position":0},"title":"Florida science news dump","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"When I see an interesting science tidbit in the news I post it in Twitter as a way to bookmark it until I get a chance to post it all here. 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