GOMO oversees the start, growth, and transfer of a successful leadership training program The Women in Sciences Leadership Workshop was held April 12-13, 2023 at the University of Arizona. The two-day workshop hosted 50 women from across different fields and sectors including government, academia, and industry, as well as career levels ranging from graduate students, …
Through the SEREAD educational program, Argo’s mission to help understand the ocean’s role in the earth’s climate is shared across generations. On the island of Mangaia of the Cook Islands in the south Pacific, the local community is highly concerned about the current and future impacts of climate change. The island of Mangaia is the …
Ocean Observing Tech Enhances Climate Education in the Cook Islands Read More »
The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is pleased to launch the 2023 Research Vessel Activities compilation webpage that provides information on planned research expeditions through Alaska and Arctic waters. The aim of this outreach tool is to improve collaboration among Arctic researchers throughout the year and to help with communications and coordination with local and Indigenous communities. …
2023 Research Vessel Tracking & Coordination Tool for Arctic & Alaska Waters is Live Read More »
On February 28, 2023, a team of oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Upper Ocean Processes Group made the 21st replacement of the Stratus mooring. Since the mooring was initially deployed in October 2000, this achievement marks over 22 years of Stratus observations, making it one of the longest continuously occupied surface mooring …
In March 2023, the second ocean observing supplement to Oceanography magazine was published. Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Emerging Technologies for Understanding and Managing a Changing Ocean describes new technologies and presents results of new research that can advance our understanding of the world ocean and its resources, and support sustainable ocean use and management. The …
Second Frontiers in Ocean Observing Supplement Published in Oceanography Magazine Read More »
To better care for our Earth and mitigate the effects of climate change, we must first look to the ocean. This Earth Day, we invite you to learn more about NOAA’s contributions to the global ocean observing system. Every day, millions of ocean measurements are collected from the surface to the seafloor, all across the …
The Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program (GOMO) has a history of working with NOAA’s Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship Program each year, and has supported 12 Knauss Fellows since 2015! This February, GOMO welcomed two new fellows, Sarah Tucker and Jessica (Jesse) Gwinn. Sarah comes to GOMO from Hawaii Sea Grant and is working to …
Meet GOMO’s new Knauss Fellows: Jessica Gwinn & Sarah Tucker Read More »
30-years of ocean observations provide view into long-term ocean trends On March 6, a team of scientists on the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown departed from Suape, Brazil for a 55-day cruise to the northerly waters of Reykjavik, Iceland. With 150 planned stops along this cruise track known as A16N, measurements of heat, freshwater, carbon, …
First NOAA GO-SHIP Cruise in 5 years Departs to Study Unique Atlantic Basin Read More »
GOMO Plank Owner to Retire After 28 years associated with NOAA Research, Dr. Sidney Thurston will retire from Federal service at NOAA on December 31, 2022 to accept the newly established position of Vice President for Global Science and Technology (S&T) at EarthX.org and EarthXTV.com. Dr. Thurston joined NOAA’s “Office of Global Programs” (OGP) in 1995 as a Knauss Sea Grant Fellow …
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sandy Lucas has joined GOMO as the Director of the Arctic Research Program (ARP). She comes to GOMO after serving for the past 12 years as the Program Manager for the Climate Variability and Predictability Program in the Climate Program Office (CPO). During her time at CPO, Sandy managed …
Dr. Sandy Lucas Joins GOMO as Director of the Arctic Research Program Read More »
