News
News and information updates from NOAA Ocean Exploration and partners.
Ocean exploration is a dynamic and exciting field. New discoveries and explorations, advances in technology, and important findings in deep-ocean science happen all of the time. Below, you’ll find stories highlighting news and information from NOAA Ocean Exploration and partners, including recent accomplishments and announcements as well as information about upcoming events and activities.
Event
Happy World Oceans Day! This year, we’re joining our friends at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Earth Observatory, Schmidt Ocean Institute, and Ocean Exploration Trust in taking a look at the connections between our ocean on Earth as well as oceans elsewhere in our solar system.
June 8, 2019
Education
On May 10th, 2019, the Bureau of Ocean Management launched its publicly accessible Virtual Archaeology Museum. The platform showcases interactive 3D models of shipwrecks created using imagery collected during OER-led missions on the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.
May 16, 2019
Opportunity
NOAA has selected the University of Rhode Island to host NOAA’s new Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), in partnership with the University of New Hampshire, the University of Southern Mississippi, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the not-for-profit Ocean Exploration Trust.
May 6, 2019
Opportunity
As part of the Fiscal Year 2018 Federal Funding Opportunity, the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research selected 10 projects to receive financial support. The supported projects are described below.
March 28, 2019