The St. Lawrence Seaway has for sixty years provided a critical shipping route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. By a series of canals and locks built between 1955 and 1959, the Seaway covers 3,700km, from the Atlantic Ocean to the western limit of Lake Superior. It supports ships up to 225m long and with up to … Read More about RBR pressure sensors deployed to investigate ship wakes along the St. Lawrence Seaway
Citizen scientists deploy RBR CTDs and collect valuable ocean data
Citizen scientists are a boon to oceanography. In a field where measurements are needed across 70% of the Earth’s surface and to depths of hundreds or thousands of meters, citizen scientists, collecting reliable high-quality data – often using RBR instruments – are adding pins to the data map. As their value is becoming more widely recognized, citizen scientists are being … Read More about Citizen scientists deploy RBR CTDs and collect valuable ocean data
Investigating seafloor crustal deformation with RBR loggers
Professor Ryota Hino of Tohoku University uses RBRsolo T|deep|slow and RBRduet T.D|deep loggers attached to a submarine acoustic ranging device to investigate seafloor crustal deformation. The submarine acoustic rangefinder accurately measures the distance between two points by sending a call signal from another device installed on the seabed at a remote location and measuring the time until the response signal … Read More about Investigating seafloor crustal deformation with RBR loggers
Students On Ice cast an RBRbrevio³ CTD into the Arctic Ocean and learn about Arctic science and change
On the afternoon of August 3rd, 2019, the MS Ocean Endeavour steamed into Croker Bay at Devon Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic. There, a group of students in zodiacs cast an RBRbrevio³ CTD into the Arctic Ocean as part of their hands-on discovery of the polar region on a Students On Ice (SOI) expedition. Day 13 of the 16-day cruise, … Read More about Students On Ice cast an RBRbrevio³ CTD into the Arctic Ocean and learn about Arctic science and change
RBR places on The Globe and Mail’s brand-new ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies
September 27, 2019 – Ottawa, Ontario RBR is pleased to announce it placed No. 306 on the inaugural Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranks Canadian companies on three-year revenue growth. “This award is a great recognition of the efforts of our staff in recent years and indicative of our position as a leading … Read More about RBR places on The Globe and Mail’s brand-new ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies
RBR Ranks on the 2019 Growth 500 for the third time
September 12, 2019 – Ottawa, Ontario Canadian Business and Maclean’s today ranked RBR No. 432 on the 30th annual Growth 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Produced by Canada’s premier business and current affairs media brands, the Growth 500 ranks Canadian businesses on five-year revenue growth. Growth 500 winners are profiled in a special print issue of Canadian Business published with Maclean’s magazine and online … Read More about RBR Ranks on the 2019 Growth 500 for the third time