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Keeping Buoys Safe During Storms
Posted October 02, 2026Above: Water Quality Buoy Technicians Cassandra Koby and Ethan Ward with “Dewey the Buoy” in Hilo Bay. Credit: Cassandra Koby. Reflections by Cassandra Koby, PacIOOS Water Quality Buoy Technician,...
The Majuro Buoy Adventure
Posted September 21, 2026Above: The team prepares the boat to re-deploy the Majuro wave buoy. Credit: PacIOOS. How Teamwork and Persistence Kept one Challenging Deployment on Course Wave buoy deployments often come...
Making Waves: Yapese Students Join Community-led Backyard Buoy Deployment
Posted July 23, 2026Above: The entire MIEC class and community members, including Chief James Limar of the Gilman community (top center), with their Backyard Buoy. Credit: Yap Divers. The Micronesian Conservation Coalition...
AOOS & PacIOOS Partner to Share Backyard Buoys with Students in Alaska
Posted June 18, 2026Above: 7th graders at Blatchley Middle School with a Backyard Buoy in Sitka, Alaska. On April 27-28, 2026, Alice Bailey (AOOS: Alaska Ocean Observing System) and Ali Chene (PacIOOS:...
Deep Ocean Research and Imaging System (DORIS) Workshop 2026
Posted May 04, 2026Above: Group Photo of the DORIS workshop participants. Credit: Ocean Discovery League. Reflections by Vincent Maverick Jagon. From April 11–15, I was fortunate to be part of the first-ever...
Tommy Remengesau Environmental Award 2026
Posted January 26, 2026Above (left to right): Roxanne Siual Blesam (CEO of Palau International Coral Reef Center), Gerda Ucharm (Recipient of 2026 Tommy Remengesau Environmental Award), Surangel Whipps Jr. (President of the...
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...
