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Scientific discoveries and program achievements for the advancement of global ocean monitoring and observing.

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A small boat sails a team of researchers across the dark ocean, with floating ice in the background.

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

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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October 1, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration invests $2.7 million to improve ocean observations with new robotic floats through Investing in America agenda

Funding will support expansion of the Argo ocean observing system This is a repost of a NOAA.gov press release published April 10, 2024. Today, NOAA and the Department of Commerce announced that $2.7 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) will be used to replenish and expand an important array of robotic floats in the

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April 10, 2024

From Mississippi to Australia: 3 Research Cruises Depart to Improve Understanding of the Atlantic and Southern Ocean

This is a repost of NOAA AOML’s original story published February 13, 2024. Scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) are gearing up for a busy season at sea with three research cruises departing in the month of February. The A13.5 Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP) cruise, the I08S GO-SHIP cruise,

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February 16, 2024

Ocean Observing Tech Enhances Climate Education in the Cook Islands

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

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May 19, 2023

GOMO Program joined the 23rd Annual Argo Steering Team meeting in Monaco

GOMO Program joined the 23rd Annual Argo Steering Team meeting in Monaco Members of the GOMO Program joined the 23rd Annual Argo Steering Team meeting, held in Monaco from March 21-25, 2022. This was the first in-person meeting in over 2 years and was a great success. The International Hydrographic Organization, Argo and the Ocean Observing Co-Design Project

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April 5, 2022

Argo Floats in the Atlantic to Boost Weather and Climate Research

NOAA & partners team with low-carbon sailing vessel for major deployment (NOAA.gov – read the full release) NOAA and partners have joined together to launch approximately 100 new Argo floats across the Atlantic ocean to collect data that supports ocean, weather and climate research and prediction. These will bolster the international Argo Program, which maintains a global array of about

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December 15, 2021

Argo Program Receives 2022 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award

The international Argo Program has been recognized with a 2022 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award: “For innovation in large-scale autonomous observations in oceanography with global impacts in marine and climate science and technology.” The Argo Program was developed in 1999 and today supports a global array of about 3,800 robotic profiling floats that measure the temperature and salinity of the

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December 2, 2021

GO-SHIP Launches First GO-BGC Argo Float named Europa

GO-SHIP Launches First GO-BGC Argo Float named Europa The first biogeochemical Argo float of the new NSF-funded GO-BGC Array program was launched on March 24, 2021 by researchers onboard the GO-SHIP A20 Expedition in the Western North Atlantic. The float, named Europa, was adopted and named by the Fauquier County Public Schools in Warrenton, Virginia. A total of

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May 2, 2021