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• Multi-Span Fiber Sensing Expands Reach of OOI Regional Cabled Array April 2, 2026
  From November 2025 through January 2026, scientists from the University of Washington (UW) and Nokia Bell Labs carried out a successful demonstration of a novel multi-span distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system on the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Regional Cabled Array (RCA). The UW investigators William Wilcock, Brad Lipovsky, Marine Denolle and ...
• Explore OOI Community Datasets March 27, 2026
  Did you know that the U.S. National Science Foundation Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) offers a growing collection of Community Datasets created by researchers using OOI data? These datasets extend the value of OOI observations by combining data from multiple sources, applying additional processing and quality control, or building curated collections tailored to specific scientific questions. Many ...
• IFCB Webinar #1 Highlights: Building Community and Best Practices for Ocean Observations March 23, 2026
  The first IFCB webinar in a new community-driven series brought together researchers and operators to share knowledge, practical guidance, and future plans for Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) applications. The webinar series, hosted by the Ocean Observatories Initiative Facilities Board (OOIFB), was inspired by a 2025 IFCB focus group and aims to strengthen collaboration around IFCB and Ocean ...
• OOI Presents a Decade of Ocean Observations at Ocean Sciences 2026 February 27, 2026
  At Ocean Sciences 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland, the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Lead Principal Investigator Jim Edson presented an overview of more than a decade of biogeochemical and physical ocean observations collected through OOI. In his talk, Edson highlighted how sustained, research-quality observations from OOI’s global, coastal, and cabled arrays are helping ...
• OOIFB Town Hall Highlights the Value of Cross-Network Collaboration February 27, 2026
  At Ocean Sciences 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland, the Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board (OOIFB) hosted a Town Hall titled “What Questions Can We Answer Through Cross-Networking?” to explore how collaboration among global ocean observing networks can accelerate scientific discovery. The session brought together researchers, observing system operators, and educators to discuss how partnerships across observing programs ...