Category Archives: Latest News
Elevated Sea Levels in Hawaiʻi this Summer
Posted May 28, 2017A combination of the highest astronomical tides of the year (also known as “King Tides”), global sea level rise, delayed sea level effects from the 2014-2016 El Niño, Pacific-wide...
Higher Resolution NOAA Coral Reef Watch Products
Posted May 22, 2017Voyager now offers a higher resolution suite of NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) coral bleaching monitoring products. These global, near real-time, satellite-derived data sets are now available daily at...
Executive Committee and Stakeholder Meetings in Guam
Posted April 15, 2017The Executive Committee of the PacIOOS Governing Council met on Guam in April. Committee members, IOOS Director Carl Gouldman, and PacIOOS staff reviewed program updates and discussed the future...
Coral Reef Recovery at Palmyra Atoll
Posted March 30, 2017As part of the PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program (WQSPP), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PacIOOS to...
JIMAR PacIOOS Job Opportunity: Data Applications Specialist
Posted January 03, 2017Partnering to support science and inform decision-making in the Pacific Islands JIMAR – Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (in collaboration with NOAA PIFSC – Pacific Islands Fisheries...
2016 Governing Council Meeting
Posted November 10, 2016Members of the PacIOOS Governing Council gathered for their annual meeting at the beginning of November. Following detailed program updates, discussions focused on the draft outline of PacIOOS’ revised...
PacIOOS Sensor Informs Partners in Pohnpei, FSM
Posted October 27, 2016Effects of Environmental Parameters on Spawning Aggregation As part of the PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program (WQSPP), Dr. Kevin Rhodes of the Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) is using...
PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program
Posted October 26, 2016The PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program (WQSPP) supports scientists and natural resource managers to collect water quality data in order to inform research, conservation, planning, and resource management...
More Dolphin and Whale Tracks in Voyager
Posted September 19, 2016Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) researcher Robin Baird has provided PacIOOS with additional satellite tracking data of tagged Hawaiian dolphins and whales. Spanning 2013-2014 for the islands of Kauaʻi and...
Tropical Storm Madeline and Hurricane Lester
Posted September 01, 2016**Update: The State of Hawaiʻi is no longer under Hurricane Watch.** Tropical Storm Madeline has weakened and is projected to move away from the main Hawaiian Islands. Hurricane Lester...
