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Securing and serving data that drives global research insights
Dell AI Factory was chosen by Oregon State University to manage protect and disperse vast amounts of critical data to support vital global scientific research for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Ocean Observatories Initiative. And it’s now able to future-proof infrastructure to keep pace with AI advancements and protect itself from complex cyber threats. Read more from Dell Technologies.
Read MoreCoastal Weather Buoy Enhancement
On May 9, 2025, a research-enhanced weather buoy was deployed at 40.50°N 69.25°W for an expected observing period of one year. Working alongside a team of engineers and technicians at the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), Dr. Yolande Serra’s (UW/CICOES) project has enhanced weather buoy 44008 with additional surface and subsurface sensors. Read more from Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory.
Read MoreOceanic Biogeochemical Sensor Networks: 2025 Market Surge & Next-Gen Tech Unveiled
Scientists use salinity to trace changes in the US Northeast Coastal Ocean
Woods Hole, Mass. (May 19, 2025) — The near-bottom water on the U.S. Northeast continental shelf provides a critical cold-water habitat for the rich regional marine ecosystem. This “cold pool” preserves winter temperatures, even when waters become too warm or salty elsewhere during the summer. Read more from EurekAlert.
Read MoreMile-wide underwater volcano ready to erupt off the West Coast
Things are heating up hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon, where a large undersea volcano is showing signs of impending eruption, scientists say.
The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is located nearly 1 mile (1.4 kilometers) underwater on a geological hot spot, where searing gushes of molten rock rise from Earth’s mantle and into the crust. Hotspot volcanoes are common on the seafloor. But Axial Seamount also happens to be located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge — an area where two massive tectonic plates (the Pacific and the Juan de Fuca plates) are constantly spreading apart, causing a steady buildup of pressure beneath the planet’s surface. Read more from CNN.
Read MoreUnderwater volcano poised to erupt off OR coast, Seattle scientists say
Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and more than 4,900 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, is showing signs of an impending eruption. Read more from FOX13 Seattle.
Read MoreThe Pacific Northwest’s most active underwater volcano is getting ready to erupt
Three hundred miles off the coast of Oregon and more than 4,900 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, one of the Pacific Northwest’s least famous — but most active — volcanoes is showing signs that it will soon erupt for the first time since 2015.
Read more from the University of Washington’s College of the Environment.
Read MoreRegional Cabled Array Tracks Axial Seamount’s Impending Eruption
The Regional Cabled Array, a network of over 660 miles of undersea cables with more than 140 monitoring instruments, provides real-time data on the Axial Seamount, making it the most extensively studied undersea volcano. This system has detected magma reservoir inflation and increased seismic activity, key indicators that an eruption is likely before the end of 2025.
Read more from the Herald-Tribune.
Read MoreCyber Resiliency Summit: Craig Risien
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is at the forefront of data-driven discovery, leveraging advanced storage solutions, strategic planning, and innovative partnerships to protect and share critical oceanic research data for decades to come.
Hear from Oregon State University’s Craig Risien, CI Systems Project Manager, as he discusses OOI’s cyber resilience strategy with theCUBE at the Cyber Resiliency Summit 2025.
Read the full article by Victor Dabrinze on SiliconANGLE.
Read MoreUW Physics Lab Engineer to Speak about Science of Underwater Sound
Eric McRae’s work has taken him to the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson in the northeast Pacific Ocean, as well as the research vessel Atlantis in 2019, for the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s deployments of its Regional Cabled Array Shallow Profilers.
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