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New Research to Help Scientists Better Predict Underwater Volcanic Eruptions
A team of scientists studying last year’s eruption of Axial Seamount now says that the undersea volcano some 250 miles off the Oregon coast gave off clear signals hours before the eruption.
Read MoreOcean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Program Successfully Completes At Sea Equipment Test
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) in April successfully recovered equipment deployed for at sea tests in the waters south of New England.
Read MoreDockside Primary Node Testing
In preparation for OOI RSN primary node deployment in summer 2012, tests of rigging configurations took place on April 17 and 18, 2012 dockside at Swan Island in Portland, Oregon.
Read MoreThousands of Visitors Get Hands-On Feel for the OOI at USA Science & Engineering Festival
Thousands of young aspiring scientists and oceanographers and their families and teachers got a hands-on lesson on how to measure ocean properties at the OOI Exhibit during the 2012 USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., last week.
Read MoreElementary School Students Explore the Ocean With the OOI
During a recent outreach event at a local elementary school near Washington, D.C., students dove to the deepest depths of the ocean, explored the continental shelves and learned about data collection with the OOI.
Read MoreUniversity of Washington OOI Team Provides Update on Secondary Nodes System
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) Team, located at the University of Washington, has provided an update on the current status of the Secondary Nodes Systems for the OOI.
Read MoreOcean Observatories Initiative Team Returns from a Successful 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting
OOI is back from a successful 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the conference, OOI team members held a variety of sessions, posters and information sharing opportunities.
Read MoreOcean Observatories Initiative Team Kicks Off Events at 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting
The OOI program this week is participating in the 2012 Ocean Sciences conference at Salt Lake City, Utah, with a variety of sessions, posters and information sharing opportunities.
Read MoreSatlantic, LP., Selected to Deliver Dissolved Nitrates Instruments for OOI
The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, with funding from the National Science Foundation, has selected Satlantic, Inc., of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to provide Dissolved Nitrates (NUTNR) Instruments for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI).
Read MoreDesign and Build: Temperature-Resistivity Probe
Work began in January 2012 on the design and build of the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Regional Scale Nodes’ first Core Non-Commercial instrument: a temperature-resistivity probe that will collect data from fluids emerging from seafloor hotsprings in the caldera at Axial Seamount, located at a water depth of ~1500 m (4921 ft).
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