2024 Annual Report
Report Highlights GCOOS Activities in 2024 In a variable climate, we know that the data gathered by the ocean-observing community will only grow in importance [...]
Category Archives: News of Note
Storm Forecasting and Uncrewed Systems
Uncrewed systems continued to prove their worth for storm prediction as Hurricanes Helene and Milton made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast in September and October. [...]
Initiative Emphasizes Connectivity
New Intra-American Seas (IAS) Pan-Regional Initiative Emphasizes Connectivity in Support of Filling Ocean Data Gaps Three regional ocean observing systems are developing a new initiative [...]
Hurricane Season Webinar
“Hurricanes, NWS and GCOOS” *recorded June 25, 2024 GCOOS and the National Weather Service (NWS) joined forces to talk about the 2024 hurricane season outlook [...]
Glider Operations Preview
Mission Critical: Readying Gliders for Hurricane Season 2024 Forecasters are calling for an extremely active hurricane season this year and glider operators in the Gulf [...]
NEW: Decision-Support Tool for Offshore Wind Development
Assessing Offshore Locations for Wind Development GCOOS and ESRI (www.esri.com) have teamed up to create a tool to designed to help assess suitable offshore areas [...]
GCOOS 2024 Fellows
GCOOS Awards Two Fellowships Through the Howard Scholarship Fund The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) has awarded two fellowships through the Howard [...]
Exploring Our Changing Ocean
The ocean has absorbed approximately 90% of excess heat and 25% of the carbon dioxide emissions released into the atmosphere by humans. This increased carbon [...]
