Category Archives: Latest News
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...
Advancing Coastal and Ocean Observing to Empower Stakeholders
Posted September 14, 2021PacIOOS is embarking upon a new five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) through NOAA. PacIOOS is receiving $3.08 million in competitive funding for the...
Watershed Monitoring in Pohnpei
Posted June 25, 2021In Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, the Conservation Society of Pohnpei (CSP) has been collecting sediment data at Dausokole Bay for over ten years and continues to monitor the...
