After a year and a half in development with the Government of Nunavut and the community of Cambridge Bay, a new mini-observatory created by UVic's Ocean Networks Canada is now streaming continuous data from the Arctic seafloor.
The 番茄社区's Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is making its first foray into the Arctic, just as the sea ice extent is setting a new record low. The observatory has been granted a five-year research license from the Nunavut Research Insti鈥�
UVic chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen is leading the formation of a new marine radioactivity monitoring network that will engage scientists in Canada and the US, health experts, NGOs and citizen scientists along the BC coast.
UVic鈥檚 world-leading Ocean Networks Canada embarks on a bold new phase of ocean monitoring. 聽 The British Columbia coast is about to become the 鈥渟martest鈥� on the planet. Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the 番茄社区, is partnering with Western Economic Diversification Canada and IBM Canada on a three-year multimillion dollar project known as Smart Oceans BC. Smart Oceans BC builds on the know-how and proven technologies of VENUS and NEPTUNE鈥攖he world鈥檚 most advanced cabled ocean observatories鈥攖o develop and install a series of mini-observatories, high-frequency radars, and automated vessel information systems at key points along the BC coast.
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is partnering with Western Economic Diversification Canada and IBM on a three-year multimillion dollar project known as Smart Oceans BC.
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The ONC Innovation Centre at UVic has received $4.4 million to continue its work on commercializing marine technologies, products and services to benefit the marine safety, energy and transportation sectors.
The final piece of a deep-sea puzzle that has long fascinated scientists has been found, after a two-month research expedition in a part of the Pacific Ocean that resembles an underwater Grand Canyon. A team of international researchers on the ship 鈥�
Canada鈥檚 ocean science research has gaps in vision, collaboration and information at the same time that the world鈥檚 oceans are under stress from unprecedented change and increased pressure from a growing population, a national report concludes.
Having established the world鈥檚 first and largest comprehensive underwater cabled ocean observatories, Ocean Networks Canada continues to expand the scope of its activities. This summer and fall, ONC is taking part in a major cruise investigating low-oxygen zones, adding new capabilities to its Arctic node, participating in a major international trade mission and making substantial enhancements to its website.
The 番茄社区鈥檚 Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) and the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) are undertaking an expedition on board the $62-million research vessel Falkor.
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research has named an initiative proposed by Verena Tunnicliffe to a short list of seven projects from Canada and around the world selected for Phase 2 consideration in the institute鈥檚 Global Call for Ideas.鈥�
The 番茄社区鈥檚 Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is off to China to lead a 12-day ocean technology trade mission, with support provided by the government of British Columbia. 鈥淐hina is one of the world's fastest growing economies, particular鈥�
People from around the world can now listen in 鈥� and watch 鈥� as leading scientists study one of the most dynamic and visually spectacular places in the deep ocean, located 250 kilometres off the shore of southern Vancouver Island.
A 番茄社区 instructor is one of two Canadian educators on board the scientific ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution that is docked off Ogden Point in Victoria. Sarah Thornton, a senior lab instructor at UVic鈥檚 School of Earth and Oc鈥�
