McLane Announces Passing of Founder Dr. Sus Honjo

(Falmouth, MA) – McLane Research Labs announces with great sorrow the passing of its founder, Dr. Susumu ‘Sus’ Honjo. He died peacefully at home on 23 December 2020 surrounded by his family. His pioneering work as a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) contributed to the understanding and observations of marine particle compositions and
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Teledyne Impulse Cables/Connectors on McLane Instruments End of Support

If your McLane Sampler or Profiler is 8 years old or more, now is a good time to check your connectors and cables. Due to changes in the connector industry, McLane can no longer supply replacements for ANY Teledyne Impulse cables and connectors on our Samplers and Profilers. Teledyne Impulse connectors were commonly used on
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McLane Wishes All Smoother Sailing in 2021

As we bid 2020 a much anticipated send-off from our remote offices and scaled back on-site teams, here’s to a 2021 full of health, face to face meetings, and smoother sailing for all.
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RAS-500 in Global Climate Change Observation System

A RAS-500 and other in situ instruments in the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP) research program are providing long-term measurements including how climate change is affecting important Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) processes. Long-time RAS customer Prof. Stuart Cunningham of the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), is among the principal investigators
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McLane named to 2020 MTR Top 100 List

McLane is pleased to announce it has been named to the 2020 Marine Technology Reporter (MTR) Top 100 list. We extend our sincere appreciation to the editors and staff at Marine Technology Reporter for this recognition. MTR is the world’s largest audited circulation magazine to cover the marine technology market. Each year the magazine evaluates and ranks marine technology
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Deployed Prawler Exceeds 100,000m Milestone

(Falmouth, MA) – The first McLane-manufactured Prawler in the field has surpassed 100,000 meters of profiling and real-time temperature and salinity data transmission. See McLane’s Prawler deployment page for an updated summary of the 80m deployment. Prawler has been inductively transmitting data from its mooring in Shilshole Bay, Puget Sound, Seattle, WA since November 2019. Data
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Alerting our Customers: Beware of Email Scams

(June 11, 2020) We urge McLane customers to be vigilant about scams that are on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic. A customer has received a fake email from us instructing them to change the bank and account to pay a McLane invoice. This scam used the name of a current McLane employee, a McLane
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McLane’s Phased Re-opening

The week of 22 May, a small portion of McLane staff have returned to our buildings as allowed by Massachusetts’ Phase 1 business re-opening initiative. We’re following Massachusetts’ COVID-19  re-opening protocols, and our buildings have new policies for social distancing, traffic patterns, and hand washing / sanitizing. Phase 1 Overview Unnecessary visits to McLane are
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3 Interactive Resources for Earth Day

Fifty years ago on April 22, 1970, Earth Day was born as 20 million Americans mobilized to promote a new way forward for our planet. Half a century later, Earth Day has become a Global call to action and a chance to take a deeper dive. “There’s nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface
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MMPs in OOI Program featured on cover of Sea Technology Magazine

Sea Technology Magazine’s April cover showcases an Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) modified MMP docked on the seafloor in a Deep Profiler Deployment. The modified MMP is included in a feature article on inductive power moorings for OOI profilers. The Sea Technology article highlights how the University of Washington and rope maker Phillystran collaborated on mooring
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