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2012 Finals Competition Baltimore, MD • April 19-22 2012 NOSB® Sponsors D I S C O V E R Y • U N D E R S TA N ® D NOSB is a program of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership I NG • A CT ION It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 15th Annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Finals here MEMBERS in Baltimore, Maryland. This vibrant city on the water, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences home of the world-renowned Inner Harbor, is an ideal Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences College of William and Mary place to host a group of elite ocean scholars like you. On Columbia University (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) East Carolina University behalf of the 103 members of the Consortium for Ocean Florida State University Florida Straits Consortium Leadership, I would like to congratulate you on all your Gulf of Mexico Consortium Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution efforts during this 2012 competition season. Louisiana State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology You are here now, competing for the NOSB Title with 24 Mississippi State University Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute other regional champions, because of all that hard work, Monterey Bay/Central California Consortium North Carolina State University having studied everything related to the vast ocean for months. Old Dominion University Oregon State University Over 350 high schools and approximately 2,000 students competed in Pennsylvania State University Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey this year’s NOSB regional competitions so you should feel extremely proud to be Skidaway Institute of Oceanography South Carolina Marine Science Consortium here. Stanford University Stony Brook University For 15 years, the NOSB has strived to inspire tomorrow’s ocean leaders. Texas A&M University University of Alaska Fairbanks Approximately 26,000 students and teachers have participated in this program University of California, San Diego (Scripps) University of Connecticut since its inception in 1998. With many of the participating students having University of Delaware University of Florida pursued a successful career in ocean science, education and policy, the program University of Hawaii University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has established a track record for generating interest and excitement in science University of Massachusetts and the ocean. I trust that many of you here this weekend will continue this trend University of Miami University of Michigan and become the next generation of ocean leaders in our country. University of Mississippi University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of New Hampshire The 2012 NOSB competition theme is “A Sea of Change: Development and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill/Duke Consortium University of North Carolina, Wilmington Evolution,” which you can see displayed on your t-shirts. I would like to thank University of Rhode Island Jim Toomey, author of the cartoon Sherman’s Lagoon, for donating his time and University of South Florida University of Southern California talent to create such a fun display of this year’s theme. University of Southern Mississippi University of Texas at Austin University of Washington Year after year, the NOSB Finals competition is made possible through the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution funding from several federal agencies and corporate donors that recognize ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Alaska Ocean Observing System the importance of fostering the growth of ocean science education. We are Aquarium of the Pacific Battelle truly grateful for the generosity from all of these sponsors and cannot thank CNA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences them enough. I would also like to extend a special thank you to our venue, Dalhousie University the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, as well as to all of our hard-working Earth2Ocean, Inc. Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute volunteers. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania While you are here in Baltimore, I hope you take the time to explore the city and International SeaKeepers Society John G. Shedd Aquarium enjoy the largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. while on your field trips. From Johns Hopkins University the National Aquarium to the Maryland Science Center to Jug Bay Wetlands, you Marine Advanced Technology Education Center Marine Technology Society have some great places to see this weekend. Mid-Atlantic Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observing System Mystic Aquarium I am delighted to be here during this exciting competition year right in our National Aquarium in Baltimore National Federation of Regional Associations for Washington, D.C. backyard, and I could not be happier to be surrounded by so Coastal and Ocean Observing NOAA Fisheries Service many bright, young minds. I look forward to meeting you! NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA National Sea Grant College Program New England Aquarium Noblis, Inc. Sincerely, North Pacific Research Board D Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies I S Savannah State University Southeastern Universities Research Association C The Research Centers of the U.S. Geological Survey O U.S. Arctic Research Commission V University of Maine E University of Victoria R University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute Y Robert B. Gagosian AFFILIATE MEMBERS • CARIS, USA U Fugro N President & CEO L-3 MariPro, Inc. D Liquid Robotics, Inc. E Consortium for Ocean Leadership Lockheed Martin R Science Applications International Corporation S Sea-Bird Scientific T Sonardyne, Inc. A Teledyne RD Instruments N D I NG • A 1201 New York Avenue, NW • 4th Floor • Washington, DC 20005 CT P. 202.232.3900 • F. 202.462.8754 • www.OceanLeadership.org ION CONTENTS 2012 Finals Schedule of Events. 1 2012 NOSB Theme . 2 Thanks to our Regional Host . 3 15 Years of NOSB! . 3 A Much Deserved Thank You . 4 Field Trips. 6 Thank You Jim Toomey . 8 NOSB Speed-Career Search . 9 Scientific Expert Briefing. 9 Prizes & Awards. 10 Game Summary. 11 Competition Room Assignments . .12 Round Robin Divisions . .14 Tournament Brackets . .16 Top Policy Briefing Teams. 18 Additional Activities . .19 Team Bios. 20 Thanks to our Question Reviewers . 45 Maps of Hotel and Baltimore . .46 SCHEDULE 2012 Finals Schedule of Events Thursday 7:30pm-9:00pm NOSB Speed-Career Search (Liberty Ballroom) April 19 8:00pm-9:00pm Coach/RC Meeting (Carroll) 9:00pm-10:30pm Game Room Open Friday 6:30am-8:00am Breakfast (Liberty Ballroom) April 20 Field Trips: 7:30am departure – Jug Bay & North Bay 7:30am-3:30pm 8:00am departure – Arthur Sherwood 8:30am departure – Aquarium, Walking Tour, and Towson Laboratory Opening Ceremony (International Ballroom) 4:30pm-5:30pm Guest Speaker: Mr. Jim Toomey 5:30pm-9:30pm Depart for the Aquarium – Dinner & Tour (Tour must begin by 8pm) 8:00pm-10:30pm Game Room Open Team Breakfast (Liberty Ballroom) 7:00am-7:45am Saturday Volunteer Breakfast (Carroll) April 21 8:00am-8:50am All Hands Meeting (International Ballroom) Round Robin Competitions, Rounds 1-3 9:00am-11:15am Policy Briefing Team Lunch (Liberty Ballroom) 11:15am-12:45pm Volunteer Lunch (Carroll) Round Robin Competitions, Rounds 4-5 12:45pm-2:15pm Policy Briefing 2:20pm-2:50pm All Hands Meeting & Mock Competition (International Ballroom) 2:50pm-3:00pm Scoring & Seeding for Double Elimination 3:00pm-4:30pm DE Competitions, Rounds 1-2 3:00pm-5:00pm Fossil & Core Activities (McKeldin & Schaefer) 4:30pm-6:00pm DE Competitions, Rounds 3-4 6:00pm-8:00pm Teams on their own for dinner 8:00pm-10:30pm Game Room Open Sunday 7:00am-7:45am Team Breakfast (Liberty Ballroom) – Checkout & Luggage dropped off (Poe) April 22 7:15am-7:45am Volunteer Breakfast (Carroll) 8:00am-8:50am All Hands Meeting (International Ballroom) 9:00am-10:30am DE Competitions, Rounds 5-6 (Pratt A/B & International Ballroom) 9:00am-10:45am ROV Activities (McKeldin & Pool) 10:45am-11:30am DE Competition, Rounds 7 (International Ballroom) (determines 3rd Place) 11:30am-12:15pm DE Competition, Rounds 8 (International Ballroom) (determines 1st & 2nd Place) 11:30am-1:30pm Lunch (Liberty Ballroom) 12:15pm-1:00pm DE Competition, Round 9 (International Ballroom) (tie breaker- if necessary) 2:00pm-3:00pm Awards Ceremony (International Ballroom) 3:00pm Teams depart for airport 1 2012 NOSB THEME A Sea of Change: Development and Evolution But evolution has come to mean so much more in society’s vernacular. We speak of the evolution of scientific understanding: continental drift was initially just a hypothesis pioneered by Alfred Wegener, but studies of paleomagnetism and seafloor spreading developed and refined his ideas into widely- accepted theories. We refer to technologies evolving through history: ships travelling farther and faster, meteorological equipment better predicting hurricanes, and buoys designed to warn coasts of approaching tsunamis. We even acknowledge how our relationship with the world around us is evolving: humanity’s In the 154 years since Charles Darwin published increased resource consumption contributing On the Origin of Species, few concepts in to climate change, ocean acidification and the science have played a more central or publicly bioaccumulation of toxins in marine life. contentious role than evolution. Because We hope that you will keep the concept of of its importance in marine science, and its evolution—both its scientific definition and its relevance to larger issues, the National Ocean broader metaphor for change and progress— Sciences Bowl selected the 2012 competition in mind throughout this competition. As ocean theme to be “A Sea of Change: Development stewards, we must expand our understanding and Evolution.” of the history of life in the ocean, and increase In Biology, evolution refers to the change in awareness of our role in scripting its future. heritable characteristics (or alleles) within We must explore technologies for generating populations over generations. In this context it energy from ocean wind and waves, forms the cornerstone of our understanding of while weighing their benefits against their life on Earth, both its past history and present consequences.