Category Archives: Latest News
American Samoa Climate Data Workshop
Posted November 26, 2025Report and reflections by Tilali Scanlan. In February 2025, I was presented with the opportunity to attend a Backyard Buoys workshop with partners in La Push, Washington with the...
PacIOOS in Palau: Empowering Users and Steering the Future
Posted August 29, 2025Above: Elchung Hideyos (Palau Community College Cooperative Research & Extension) presented on her work to understand the impacts of salt water inundation on traditional Palauan agriculture. Credit: PacIOOS. From...
Backyard Buoys in the Pacific Islands
Posted February 16, 2024Above: Majuro buoy deployment team. Left to right: Harold Tarkwon, Juddson Nelson, Junior Mark, Albers Alik Jr., and Andrew McInnis. Credit: Marshall Islands Conservation Society. In October 2023, members...
My First Time at Sea With the Ocean Discovery League Team Aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Posted January 24, 2024Above: Ocean Discovery League (ODL) Team onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Left to right: Ami Vice; Brian Kennedy, ODL Chief Scientist; Katie Leeper, ODL Community Engagement Manager. Credit: Kasey...
Yap Marine Island Ecology Course
Posted July 28, 2023Above: Marine Island Ecology Course (MIEC) class of 2023 on the campus of Yap Catholic High School, Yap, FSM. Credit: Micronesian Conservation Coalition. The annual Yap Marine Island Ecology...
10-Year Outlook
Posted December 07, 2022The 10-Year Outlook describes the Pacific Island Ocean Observing System’s (PacIOOS) vision for advancing coastal and ocean observing throughout the Pacific Islands region in the upcoming decade. PacIOOS’ 5-Year...
New Wave Flooding Tool Provides Future Scenarios for West Maui
Posted August 10, 2022A new interactive mapping tool created by researchers at the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) provides West Maui community members, property owners, businesses, as well as state and...
Deployment of New Wave Buoy in Palau
Posted June 14, 2022A new Waverider buoy was recently deployed in Palau through an international collaboration. The data collected from the buoy—wave height, period and direction; surface current direction and speed; sea...
Improving Predictions of Ala Wai Canal Bacteria
Posted April 11, 2022Recently published research led by University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa scientists highlights the potential for using oceanographic sensors, including those maintained by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System...
Improving Ocean Data Access for Indigenous Coastal Communities
Posted November 29, 2021PacIOOS is collaborating with partners in the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska to improve access to ocean data for Indigenous coastal communities through a new project funded...
