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As scientists scramble to understand why the world’s oceans are in their second year of record-breaking heat, one of the most important programs to gather ocean data in the US is in danger of going ...

Beachgoers, mariners, rescue workers, and response crews now have new information available when making decisions such as whether it is safe to head out to sea or where to find mariners in distress.

In September 2013 the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) launched a study to determine the ocean observation sector's impact on the U.S. economy. This nationally-focused effort will ...

HONOLULU — The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) within the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa is embarking upon a new, five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Integrated Ocean ...

US researchers are drawing up a wish-list of requirements for an Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), which they hope will radically strengthen the tools available for studying the world's oceans ...

Officials warn that if regional Integrated Ocean Observing System readings go dark, coastal forecasts will become less precise, endangering commercial fishermen, cargo ships and coastal communities.

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