Building upon data collected in 2017 by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, the Nautilus expedition marks the first partnership between the NMSAS and the Ocean Exploration Trust, and is sponsored by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Link to full article below.
New Zealand’s marine and coastal environments have significant ecological, economic, cultural and social value, but they face many threats. Disjointed legislation and considerable knowledge gaps limit our ability to effectively manage marine resources.
Before this study, researchers thought the biggest source of biomass on the seafloor was organic matter—like dead fish and plankton—that floated down. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) is pleased to announce that as part of its capacity-building programme, they will be offering a number of shipboard fellowship opportunities onboard research vessels during 2019.
Scientists aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus will explore seamounts in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument from Sept. 15 through Oct. 1, 2018. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Scientists discovered giant sea cucumbers, sponges and other life on the seafloor during a 34-day expedition in the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean...Click on the link below to read the full article.
A team of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute scientists is currently researching coral reefs in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), the Pacific Oceanscape"s foundation site. The reefs here have bleached and died for almost a century but have always recovered.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced that its Papah"naumoku"kea Research and Conservation Fund will award a $900,000 grant to a collaborative team of researchers from the Bishop Museum and the University of Hawaii to conduct a research expedition planned for
Paraparaumu College student Maha Fier has been on two trips of a lifetime in one year.
The Vatuvara Foundation's blog on their recent marine survey with the WCS is now live.