The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is sponsoring an Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) community event on Sept. 17, 2011, at The New Bedford Whaling Museum located in New Bedford, Mass.
The public is invited to the free event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to see equipment displays, watch interactive videos and meet scientists from the program in the Museum Gallery. Ocean scientists also will give talks in the Museum Auditorium at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. for all ages to learn to more about the OOI and the components of the system that will operate off the New England Coast.
For more information on this event, see the event brochure here.