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  1. COVID 19 Impacts Cruises and Cruise Preparations

    “Can someone in quarantine walk their dog?”  “Does the whole family have to quarantine or only the person about to board the ship?”  “Is isolating in a cabin in the woods for two weeks prior to boarding a real quarantine solution? These are the type of questions the OOI teams planning upcoming operation and maintenance […]

  2. Altered Carbon: Improvement to CO2 Measurements Enhance OOI Data Quality

    Global carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations are increasing in the atmosphere, largely due to the use of fossil fuels. The oceans are absorbing about 25-30 percent of the atmospheric CO2, resulting in a shift in seawater acid-base chemistry and a decrease in ocean pH, making seawater more acidic. To help scientists assess this changing ocean chemistry, […]

  3. Assessment of OOI Endurance Array pCO2Data Quality

    Given the significant importance of understanding and modeling levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere (and its potential sources and sinks), Ocean-Atmosphere Exchange and Global Biogeochemistry and Carbon Cycling are two of the OOI’s primary science themes. We address these themes in part through measurements of the air and surface water partial pressure of carbon […]

  4. OOI Launches “Download” to Keep Community Informed

      The first issue of Download, the OOI’s new newsletter,  was released on 1 May.  It provides a short, concise look at the OOI, with clickable links for digging deeper into specific topics. It covers the latest OOI developments, scientific advances being made using OOI data, and opportunities for you to participate in the OOI, […]

  5. From Whale Songs to Volcanic Eruptions: OOI’s Cable Hears the Sounds of the Ocean

    Sound is omnipresent in the ocean. Human-induced noise has the potential to affect marine life. After the global recession in 2008, the ocean became quieter as shipping declined. Off the coast of Southern California, for example, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that noise amplitudes measured from 2007-2010 were lowered by 70 percent with […]