Category Archives: PacIOOS Updates

Elchung Hideyos (Palau Community College Cooperative Research & Extension) presented on her work to understand the impacts of salt water inundation on traditional Palauan agriculture. July 31, 2025. Photo: PacIOOS.

PacIOOS in Palau: Empowering Users and Steering the Future

Posted August 29, 2025

Above: 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...

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Backyard Buoys in the Pacific Islands

Posted February 16, 2024

Above: 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...

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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 Cantwell, NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER).

My First Time at Sea With the Ocean Discovery League Team Aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer

Posted January 24, 2024

Above: 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...

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Marine Island Ecology Course (MIEC) Class of 2023 on the Campus of Yap Catholic High School, Yap, FSM.

Yap Marine Island Ecology Course

Posted July 28, 2023

Above: 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...

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Job Opportunity: PacIOOS Data and Product Developer

Posted April 26, 2023

****** The deadline to apply was May 23, 2023. This job posting has closed. ****** Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The...

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Job Opportunity: PacIOOS Data Management Specialist

Posted February 27, 2023

****** The deadline to apply was March 24, 2023. This job posting has closed. ****** Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The...

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Job Opportunity: PIRAT Network Graduate Assistant

Posted December 15, 2022

****** The deadline to apply was January 6, 2023. This job posting has closed. ****** Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The...

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Job Opportunity: PacIOOS Web Data/Product Developer

Posted October 19, 2022

****** The deadline to apply was November 30, 2022. This job posting has closed. ****** Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The...

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Screenshot of "West Maui Wave-Driven Flooding With Sea Level Rise" tool.

New Wave Flooding Tool Provides Future Scenarios for West Maui

Posted August 10, 2022

A 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...

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Deployment of New Wave Buoy in Palau

Posted June 14, 2022

A 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...

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Did you know?

PacIOOS is the first regional association that was certified as a Regional Information Coordination Entity (RICE) by the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Certification provides NOAA and its interagency partners a means to verify that a regional association’s organizational and operational practices, including data management, meet recognized and established standards set by NOAA.