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NOAA Ocean Acidification Program & GOMO fund $3M for optimizing ocean carbon observing

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The NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP), in partnership with NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (GOMO) Program is pleased to announce the awardees for the  FY24 Coastal and Ocean Carbon Observing Optimization Studies funding opportunity. The expected total NOAA investment of $3,018,812 over three years aims to optimize sampling strategies that improve carbonate chemistry observing systems geared towards delivering data […]

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Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest $1.8 million to expand critical ice and ocean observations in the Arctic

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Expanded infrastructure could ‘revolutionize’ research in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. This is a repost of a NOAA.gov press release published October 1, 2024. Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced a $1.8 million award to support the development, procurement and deployment of innovative ocean monitoring technologies in NOAA’s Arctic Research Program. These technological advances will

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Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest $3.84 million to enhance Arctic research, data management and climate resiliency

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This is a repost of a NOAA.gov press release published September 27, 2024. Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced an award of $3.84 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding to support climate resiliency projects in Alaska and the Arctic through President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda.  These funds from the Inflation Reduction

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Three ocean observing platforms that are keeping an eye on ocean heat

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It’s no secret that our oceans are getting warmer. Ocean heat is a topic that spans across all of NOAA: from its influence on extreme weather events and Arctic sea-ice extent, to its impact on fisheries and marine ecosystems at all latitudes, it is clear that our ability to monitor the changes in ocean temperature

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Oceanic measurements of carbon dioxide continue to decrease, as reported in this year’s ocean carbon data atlas

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SOCAT annual update for 2024 released The release of this year’s Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCATv2024) on June 19th revealed that the number of oceanic measurements of the climate change-driving greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), has continued to decrease, following a downward trend since 2018. The number of observations submitted to this annual update is

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Reassessing the stability of the Florida Current: New insights from 40 years of observations

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This is a repost of NOAA AOML’s original story published September 5, 2024 There is growing scientific interest in quantifying how large-scale ocean circulation is evolving as part of a changing global climate. Of particular interest is the potential weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).  However, the strength of the Florida Current, a key component of the

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NOAA research cruise supports key tropical Atlantic observing system

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This is a repost of NOAA AOML’s original story published August 6, 2024 There and back again: NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter journeyed away from Pascagoula, Mississippi for 90+ days and 12,700+ nautical miles to conduct the PIRATA Northeast Extension cruise. A NOAA ship that traditionally sails in the Gulf of Mexico embarked on a 90+ day journey

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What we’ve learned from two decades of observations in the Hawaiian Pacific

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On June 1, 2024, a collaborative group of scientists successfully deployed a 5,000-pound, sky-blue mooring approximately 60 miles north of Oahu, Hawaiʻi, from the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette for the 20th consecutive year. This annual deployment is a key activity for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Hawaiʻi Ocean Timeseries (HOT) Site (WHOTS) project.

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Biden-Harris Administration invests $2.1 million for measuring surface ocean carbon through the Investing in America agenda

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Funding will expand observations, improve forecasting of carbon dioxide levels in the ocean surface and atmosphere This is a repost of a NOAA.gov press release published May 30, 2024. Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced the award of $2.1 million to support surface ocean and atmospheric carbon observations and monitoring through President Biden’s

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Floating ice, freezing temperatures: Four facts about the I08S GO-SHIP cruise to Antarctica

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This is a repost of NOAA AOML’s original story published May 2, 2024. Floating ice, freezing temperatures, and streaks of lights in the night sky. Traversing from Fremantle, Australia to Antarctica’s Prydz Bay and back again, the crew aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson successfully concluded the I08S GO-SHIP cruise on April 1, 2024. Scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic

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