First Day

Today was a long day. It was my first day in my internship and I'm just trying to process everything I need to know. It's not that it's too much its more like its just so hard to make it through one scientific article. Carrie and I are slowly going through the article that got Marine Science at UMaine all the money they need to do what we're doing. All in all it was a pretty basic day and laid back. I'm not sure how I'm going to fill all of my 34 days of this internship but I'm sure we'll find something. Anyway, this is what I learned today:
- The Arabian Sea is the only sea that changes the direction of its winds every year.
- In 1997 (?) there was a change in the winds, they came late and were not there as long as normal and in effect there were differences in the phytoplankton comin up to the top of the sea.
- I'm going to be working on the political, economical, and public perspective of the climate change effect on the Arabian Sea.
-The Cosee website is a great source of information (http://cosee.umaine.edu/cfuser/index.cfm).
That's about it for my first day.
Oh, and just a little add about my day, I got another job at a store called Justice so that way I can afford gas to go back and forth to Orono. good or too much for little ol' me, not sure, we'll see.