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ocean observing

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

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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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

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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