News
Axial RSN Science Workshop Talks
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
As part of the planning process for the NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) cabled observatory network at Axial Seamount, a science workshop was held in Seattle, Washington, October 5-7, 2011. A complete list of talks, many with PPT files, is posted here. A handful of the talks were re-enacted and videotaped at a later date at the University of Washington; others were re-created with audio annotation of the speaker's PPT presentation. These re-enacted versions of the talks are posted as they become available.
Butterfield, David: Overview of Axial Seamount Hydrothermal Systems
Fornari, Dan: Event Detection and Response with the RSN
Wilcock, William: Earthquake Studies at Axial Volcano
Undersea Network Opens up the Ocean to All
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
"On land, scientists can continually monitor almost anything, from ecosystems and volcanoes to characteristics of the atmosphere. Under the sea, things are much more limited." New Scientist Magazine story on the OOI. Full article here.
Plastics in the Oceans
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Prior to joining the UW OOI team as a project scientist, Giora Proskurowski worked with the Sea Education Association and studied plastics in the Pacific. Proskurowski discusses the results of a paper he co-authored: Data collected from just the surface of the water commonly underestimates the total amount of plastic in the water by an average factor of 2.5. Full story (and video) here.
Marine Board Forum highlights innovation hotspots for the European marine sector.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
OOI Regional Scale Nodes Director, John Delaney, was the keynote speaker at the Marine Board Forum meeting on April 18, 2012, in Brussels, Belgium. Full story about meeting here.
Science on Commercial Telecoms Cables
Monday, February 27, 2012
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and engineers at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) are in the initial discussion stages with Morristown, N.J.-based TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, to integrate scientific instruments onto thousands of miles of seafloor communication cables across the Pacific Ocean. The data collected will be open and available to the global scientific community.
“This is the first time a commercial telecommunications company’s cable installations will be deployed with embedded science sensors,” said John Orcutt, a distinguished professor of geophysics at Scripps and one of the leaders of the project. “It provides us with a whole new world of capability.” Full article here.
Ocean research protects our economy - and us
Thursday, February 16, 2012
From earthquakes to global warming, studies build resilience to disaster. Editorial by Dr. Kate Moran, Director NEPTUNE Canada. Full story here.
OOI Selects Satlantic
Monday, February 13, 2012
The OOI has selected Satlantic, LP., to deliver dissolved-nitrates instruments. Full story here.
Community Group Brainstorms
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The Nestucca Valley Community Alliance met in Pacific City, Oregon, to brainstorm local activities related to the OOI. Two representatives from the University of Washington participated. Full story here.
Cascadia Fault Earthquake Observatory
Friday, February 03, 2012
Woods Hole Oceanographic has received Keck Foundation funding for real-time seismic observatory on the Cascadia Fault. More info here.
NEPTUNE Canada Survives Setback
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Since going live in December 2009, Neptune Canada has weathered several insults, including a dangerous encounter with a trawler, but it has still produced a near-continuous stream of live data from over 125 instruments at depths of nearly 2400 meters, including deep-sea video cameras, sonars, seismometers, and robotic crawlers. Full story by Peter Fairley in IEEE Spectrum is here.
Upcoming Public Class: Understanding the Planetary Life Support System
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
John R. Delaney, OOI RSN Director and Principal Investigator and Professor of Oceanography at the University of Washington, will teach a session titled Understanding the Planetary Life Support System: Next Generation Science in the Ocean Basins as part of the Sound Waters conference on February 4, 2012 in Langley, Washington. This conference is open to the public. More information here.
Jobs with NEPTUNE Canada
Monday, December 19, 2011
The following jobs are now open with NEPTUNE Canada:
Instrument Scientist (closes 4 Jan, 4:30 pm PST)
Marine Equipment Technologist (closes 4 Jan, 4:30 pm PST)
Plumbing Depths of Earth's Life Support
Saturday, December 17, 2011
IrishTimes.com article posted December 16 about a recent lecture presented in Dublin by OOI RSN Director John R. Delaney: Getting a handle on the planetary ocean and its vast complexity is something that needs broader co-operation, according to Delaney, who recently spoke at a symposium on Our Environmental Economy hosted in Dublin City University by the Marine and Environmental Sensing Technology Hub (Mestech). Full article here.
Singing Whales Steal Spotlight From Earthquakes
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Story in Science NOW: Singing Whales Steal Spotlight From Earthquakes
Underwater earthquake recordings could help track the endangered and poorly understood fin whale, according to research presented here last week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Most quake researchers cull the whale's booming calls from their seafloor recordings. But one group of seismologists has flipped things around to harvest an extensive repertoire of fin whale songs. Full article here.
Axial: Undersea volcano star of sound installation at UW
Friday, December 09, 2011
The Seattle Times reports: Mexican sound artist Hugo Solis, a graduate of the University of Washington's Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media's Ph.D. program, looks to an underwater volcano for data and inspiration in his new installation, "Axial." Full article here.
Axial: An Art Installation
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
AXIAL A Sound Installation
by Hugo Solis
December 8th, 9th & 10th, 2011 (open 4:18 PM to 11:00 PM)
Artist Talk Friday 9th at 7:00 PM
Axial is a sound installation where a cargo container is employed as a resonant object. Resonant in its acoustic sense because the container is used as sound generator but also resonant in its metaphorical connotation because the container and the generated sounds translate and represent the geological properties of Axial, an active submarine volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge located about 250 miles off the coast of Oregon. The container is also the space/instrument for interpreting the scientific data obtained during the oceanographic expedition Enlighten’10 where the artist recorded the sounds of the hydrothermal vents located in the area at depth of over 4500 feet.
Center for Urban Horticulture | UW Botanic Gardens | 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle, 98195
More info at http://hugosolis.net
This work has been supported by DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle Arts & Cultural Affairs, and 4 Culture
OOI at AGU
Saturday, November 19, 2011
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program will participate in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in December with a variety of sessions, posters and information sharing opportunities throughout the show. For more info...
Delaney TEDx Public Lecture in Dublin
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
On Tuesday, 22 November, in Dublin, Ireland, OOI Regional Scale Nodes Director, John R. Delaney, will present a TEDx public lecture. This talk is part of a three-day event hosted by Dublin City University, Our Environmental Economy. More info and event flyer here.
OOI Video Game Named Finalist
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) XBOX game has made the finals of the Top 10 in interactive video games for the 2011 National Science Foundation (NSF) International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. Full article here.
OOI October 2011 Update
Friday, October 28, 2011
This month, the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program awarded two important contracts for air-sea instrument packages and wire following profiler capabilities for the Coastal Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) component of the OOI. Full article here.
Largest Ocean Science Project in History
Thursday, October 20, 2011
An article in The Oregonian focuses on Oregon State University's role in the OOI. Full article here.
Ocean Observatories in Forbes
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
The Ocean Network: Oceanographers Enable a High Speed Connection to the Mysteries of the Deep Sea. Article by Captain Patrick Donovan, R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Full story here.
Successful East Coast At-Sea Test
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program this weekend successfully deployed moorings off the New England Coast, marking the first comprehensive test of an OOI system on the East Coast. Full story here.
VISIONS '11 In Wired
Friday, September 09, 2011
Wired Science reports on VISIONS '11: Expedition Helps Build Network of Ocean Sensors. Full story here.
