University students conducted field work at Ħofra ż-Żgħira and Ħofra l-Kbira to study the thermal discharge of cooling water used by the Delimara power station. The research was conducted during a boot camp which forms part of the Master in Applied Oceanography run by the Physical Oceanography unit of the University’s Faculty of Science.
The students spent a week living together close to the area being surveyed, carrying out hands-on scientific data collection in the marine environment. They were introduced to the baseline principles involved in oceanographic field studies, data collection planning and execution, instrument calibration and deployment, data extraction and processing.
For further information about the one-year Master course visit the website below.
www.um.edu.mt/science/physicaloceanography/msc