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In 2007, infrastructure associated with NEPTUNE was renamed the Regional Scale Nodes to signify integration into the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The name NEPTUNE is now used only for regionally focused science and education activities that will make use of the high-power and bandwidth of the regional cabled observatory but that are not directly supported by the OOI.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
New AUV used to map locations of OOI RSN node sites
The newest in a class of unmanned submersible robots has helped locate optimal locations for seafloor observation sites off the northwestern United States. Full Story
Friday, July 25, 2008
Website posted for OOI RSN Mapping Cruise
Follow along as scientist on the University of Washington's R/V Thompson conduct detailed mapping surveys of locations within the Ocean Observatories Initiative Regional Scale Nodes. Full Story
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
In Galileo's Wake
An article about John Delaney and his work on ocean observatories appears in the Lehigh University Alumni Bulletin, Spring 2008 issue. Delaney is Director of the Regional Scale Nodes program within the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative. Full Story
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Riding a wave of ocean research
An article in the Tillamook, Oregon, Headlight Herald discusses ocean observatory activities on the Oregon Coast. Full Story
Friday, June 20, 2008
Daily Astorian article and radio interview
Program Director John R. Delaney was interviewed by the Daily Astorian in Astoria, Oregon in June 2008. Full Story
Friday, April 18, 2008
Video: The Leading Edge of an Environmental Renaissance
John Delaney, Director of the Regional Ocean Observatory program at the University of Washington and Professor of Oceanography, presented the Provost's Distinguished Lecture on October 30, 2007. Click on "Full Story" to access the video of this lecture.
Full StoryFriday, December 7, 2007
The Economist: 20,000 gigabytes under the sea
The World in 2008: Science Full Story
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Interview on KUOW Radio
John Delaney and John Baross, both professors of Oceanography at the University of Washington, are interviewed by KUOW's Steve Scher on the Weekday program about ocean observatories and ocean science. Full Story
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Oceanography's Third Wave
Article in Science Magazine: Underwater observatories linked by thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic and power cables aim to revolutionize oceanography. Full Story
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
BBC: Oceans lined with research cable
The sea bed may already be strewn with a web of communication cables, but now marine scientists are laying hundreds of kilometres of their own. Oceanographers are building a network off the US west coast that will feed instruments at the bottom of the sea. Full Story
Thursday, August 23, 2007
OOI Coastal/Global Contract Awarded
An academic partnership led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will develop the coastal and global components of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Full Story
