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July 25, 2024 | NOAA
NOAA and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) have signed a formal memorandum of understanding (MOU) to share data and scientific information, and collaborate on ocean exploration work that contributes to the missions of both federal agencies.
April 17, 2024 | NOAA
NOAA and the nonprofit Ocean Discovery Leagueoffsite link (ODL) recently signed a formal agreement to work together to accelerate deep-ocean exploration through the development of low-cost tools and technologies, such as deep-sea cameras, that give greater, more equitable access to broader public and scientific communities to explore the deep ocean.
May 3, 2023 | NOAA
State-of-the-art ‘underwater habitat’ will allow governments, academia and public sector to deepen understanding of the ocean environment.
April 11, 2023 | NOAA Research
On March 9, NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D., and Vincent Pieribone, Ph.D., Ocean X co-chief executive officer and chief science officer, renewed a memorandum of understanding to continue collaborating on ocean mapping, exploration and the advancement of ocean science.
December 21, 2022 | NOAA
NOAA and two of Australia's leading science agencies announced a formal agreement Tuesday to work together to advance Pacific Ocean exploration and mapping, a major priority for NOAA and of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
March 23, 2022 | NOAA
NOAA and partners today announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The remains of the 64-foot long, two-masted wooden brig opens a window into a little known chapter of American history when descendents of African slaves and Native Americans served as essential crew in one of the nation’s oldest industries.
January 5, 2021 | The White House
The White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman Mary Neumayr and Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, as Co-chairs of the Ocean Policy Committee, released an Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Ocean Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the United States Exclusive Economic Zone.
January 9, 2020 | NOAA News
NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research and the ocean data and technology company Ocean Infinity have announced a new agreement to develop deep-water autonomous technologies that can gather ultra-high-resolution ocean information.
August 15, 2018 | NOAA News
For almost 75 years, the stern of the destroyer USS Abner Read lay somewhere below the dark surface of the Bering Sea off the Aleutian island of Kiska, where it sank after being torn off by an explosion while conducting an anti-submarine patrol.
February 14, 2017 | NOAA News
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will send a remotely operated vehicle into deepwater protected areas of the central Pacific Ocean this week – and you can follow along live online.
December 2, 2016 | NOAA News
To introduce CAPSTONE expeditions conducted by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, educators from Saipan, Guam and American Samoa participated in Why Do We Explore the Marianas Trench National Marine Monument? and Why Do We Explore the Deepwater Areas of American Samoa? professional development courses.
November 30, 2016 | NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
On December 7, 2016, 75 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, join us for a live dive on two Japanese mini submarines, the first of which was sunk by the USS Ward prior to the attack. This will be the first time the public will be able to view live underwater exploration of the submarines in real time.
August 22, 2016 | NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
NOAA and its partners will visit what remains of the two ships, documenting World War II’s “Battle of the Atlantic,” which pitted U-boats of the German navy against combined Canadian, British, and American forces defending Allied merchant ships.
May 25, 2016 | NOAA News
A sponge the size of a minivan, the largest on record, was found last summer during a deep-sea expedition in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
May 6, 2016 | NOAA News
Maybe you've seen this video clip making the rounds on the news and social media recently? If you haven't, be sure to take a few moments to view this deepsea wonder in motion.
April 21, 2016 | NOAA News
Follow along with NOAA, from April 20 to July 10, 2016, as our scientists and partners conduct the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.
March 8, 2016 | NOAA News
Tune in through March 18, 2016,for a journey aboard NOAA Ship 5 to investigate and document deep-water environments in and around the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Hawaiian Archipelago.
February 26, 2016 | NOAA News
On February 25, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer began a series of expeditions to explore America's vast marine protected areas in the central and western Pacific Ocean.
July 30, 2015 | NOAA News
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will begin two months of dives using unmanned remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, to explore marine protected areas in the central Pacific Ocean. Starting on Aug. 1, anyone with an internet connection can virtually explore the deep sea with scientists and researchers from their computer or mobile device.
April 8, 2015 | NOAA News
Beginning April 10, scientists aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will begin a series of 20 dives to investigate previously unseen depths of the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean – and the public can follow along online.
November, 13, 2014 | NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
NOAA today announced the appointment of 13 members to a new federal Ocean Exploration Advisory Board that will provide guidance to NOAA and the nation on the exploration of our ocean.
April 23, 2014 | NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Beginning April 10, scientists aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will begin a series of 20 dives to investigate previously unseen depths of the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean – and the public can follow along online.
April 10, 2014 | NOAA News
From April 12-30, members of the public are invited to join NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer as it explores deep-sea habitats in the Gulf of Mexico. “Virtual ocean explorers” will have the chance to see canyons, deep-sea coral communities, and shipwrecks dating to the early 1800s via live video transmitted from the deep seafloor.
April 8, 2014 | Texas State University
The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University will operate a 24-hour Exploration Command Center April 15, 16 and 24, where a team will help guide exploratory dives on four shipwrecks via remotely operated vehicle (ROV) underwater robot.
April 2014 | Texas A & M University - Gavelston
On April 16, 17 and 24, Texas A&M University at Galveston’s research scientists, archaeologists and students will join experts from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Texas Historical Commission and the Meadows Center at Texas State University in investigating three shipwrecks south of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
August 2, 2013 | NOAA News
Ocean explorers in July on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer discovered a wide diversity of seafloor features and communities of life in the largely unexplored deep-sea canyons off the northeast U.S. coast.
July 18, 2013 | NOAA News
'Ocean Exploration 2020: A National Forum,' will bring together more than 100 ocean explorers and representatives from federal agencies, state governments, non-governmental organizations, universities, ocean institutions and leading industries to shape a U.S. national ocean exploration program.
February 4, 2013 | NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
When Punahou School's K-12 Hawaiian studies teacher Malia Ane signed in at a September 2012 workshop on Oahu, she was the 5,000th teacher to do so since NOAA began the program nine years ago.
December 19, 2012 | NOAA News
NOAA ocean explorers used an advanced multibeam sonar mapping system on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer last month to discover and map the first deepwater gas seeps found off the U.S. Atlantic Coast north of Cape Hatteras.
September 17, 2012 | NOAA News
With just a computer or a mobile device, you can virtually join a NOAA-led team of 35 international scientists as they explore seafloor volcanoes. Watch live video from the deep sea and hear shipboard scientists describe their discoveries as they explore submarine volcanoes in the Western Pacific’s Lau Basin, centered between Samoa, Fiji and Tonga.
August 17, 2012 | National Oceanographic Partnership Program
The NOPP Office is excited to announce that the 2011 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award has been awarded to the project team of the FY 2008 NOPP-funded project Exploration and Research of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Natural and Artificial Hard Bottom Habitats with Emphasis on Coral Communities: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks (also known as Lophelia II).
August 10, 2012 | NOAA News
A team of federal and university scientists on a 10-day expedition in the Gulf of Mexico has discovered Lophelia coral growing deeper than previously seen anywhere in the Gulf. Newly available information on Lophelia’s growth rate and conditions will inform future environmental review and decision-making for the protection of deep-water coral habitats.
April 19, 2012 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
What mysteries lie in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico? The Gulf's hidden world is being revealed live and in high definition this April at Stennis Space Center, MS thanks to a long-standing partnership between Mississippi State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The new Mississippi State University Science and Technology Center at Stennis is now home to the only NOAA Exploration Command Center in the Southeast.
April 19, 2012 | NOAA News
From today through April 28, the public can watch live undersea video and listen in as ocean explorers at sea and ashore comment in real-time as they observe marine species, visit gas seeps and map poorly known areas of the northern Gulf of Mexico.