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ocean carbon

What we’ve learned from two decades of observations in the Hawai’ian 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, Hawai’i, 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) Hawai’i 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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Student Opportunity: participate on the GO-SHIP A16S cruise (deadline June 3)

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U.S. GO-SHIP is looking for students to participate in the upcoming occupation of the meridional hydrographic line known as A16S aboard the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown. The cruise is tentatively set to begin in Recife, Brazil in late October and end in Punta Arenas, Chile in late December 2024. This is a GOMO-supported cruise

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The R/V Thomas G. Thompson in port with the ship lights shining against the night sky.

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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Crossing the Equator and Navigating Icebergs: The A13.5 GO-SHIP cruise Returns After 52 Days At Sea 

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This is a repost of NOAA AOML’s original story published April 22, 2024. Wind, waves, and icebergs pierced through morning fog – the A13.5 GO-SHIP cruise proved both tumultuous and rewarding with vast amounts of new data that bring the promise of groundbreaking future research. After 52 days at sea, the A13.5 GO-SHIP cruise (short

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

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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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Record carbon dioxide emissions impeding progress on meeting climate goals

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This is a repost of a NOAA Research article published December 5, 2023. Read the original post here. NOAA data and models help scientists track the global carbon cycle Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are projected to reach a record 36.8 billion metric tons in 2023, an increase of 1.1% over 2022, according to

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Latest Ocean Carbon Data Atlas Shows a Significant Decline in Ocean CO2 Measurements

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Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Version 2023 Released Version 2023 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT), released on June 20, 2023, shows a dramatic decline in carbon dioxide (CO2) observing efforts in the world’s ocean. The number of CO2 measurements provided to SOCAT has decreased by almost half since 2017 due to a slow

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U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Visits NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown After 55-day GO-SHIP Cruise Docks in Reykjavik

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After 55 days at sea and a successful re-occupation of 150 ocean stations as a part of the decadal GO-SHIP transect A16N, NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown received a welcome visit from the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, Carrin F. Patman, in Reykjavik this May. During the visit, Ambassador Patman embarked on a tour of the

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First NOAA GO-SHIP Cruise in 5 years Departs to Study Unique Atlantic Basin

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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,

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