Ocean Observatories Initiative

The U.S. National Science Foundation Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) will be represented at the 2026 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, taking place December 7–11 in San Francisco, California. The meeting will bring together researchers and ocean observing professionals to share scientific discoveries, explore emerging technologies, and dis...

New England scientists and fishermen are urging the Trump administration to continue funding the

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced two funding opportunities that may be of interest to researchers working with ocean observing technologies, infrastructure, and data.

NSF X-Labs: AI for Physical Systems

NSF X-Labs is inviting proposals from interdisciplinary teams developing early-stage technologies that enable new f...

Since April 2024, the OOI has collected plankton imagery with an Imaging Flow CytoBot (IFCB) on a mooring in the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB) array. The IFCB is deployed at 7 m depth on the Central Surface Mooring (CNSM; Fig. 1), which is located approximately 45 km east ...