Seminar: NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute - Exploring the US’s Blue Frontier
Please join us Aug. 11th at 3 p.m. EDT for a one-hour seminar on the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), with Director Adam Soule and Manager Aurora Elmore. Opening remarks will be provided by NOAA acting Chief Scientist Craig McLean, Ocean Exploration Trust President Bob Ballard and NOAA Ocean Exploration acting Director Genene Fisher. This is the first in a six-part series and we invite you to attend and engage with presenters in live Q&A. Visit oeci.org/events/nsss to participate and see the full schedule.Background: The Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) is a NOAA-funded
NOAA, Ocean Infinity Form Research Partnership
Infinity partnership will play a key role in helping NOAA reach its goal of fully mapping the U.S. EEZ and characterizing ocean environments to support their conservation, management, and balanced use,” said Alan Leonardi, Ph.D., director of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.Craig McLean, assistant NOAA administrator for research, said, “Together, we’ll accelerate how we deliver important ocean information to those who need it most from ocean areas we know the least. This work will enhance our mission in science, operations and engineering.”“This new partnership
MTS Welcomes Two New Board Members
of Government and Public Affairs, Miller will oversee policy and be responsible for building productive relationships with federal agencies, state, local, tribal governments, legislatures and the media in the U.S. and internationally. He takes over the role of VP of Government and Public Affairs from Craig McLean.Taking over as Vice President of Education from Liesl Hotaling, Kohut will ensure that the Society develops and maintains positive and productive relationships with academic institutions, laboratories—both public and private—and research institutes and helps develop opportunities for
NOAA Honors Fugro
and NOAA about The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, a global initiative to map the world’s oceans by the year 2030.Given that more than 80 percent of the world’s oceans remains unexplored and unmapped, NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Craig McLean, underscored the importance of the role of the commercial sector in meeting the project’s ambitious timeline and highlighted Fugro’s involvement to that end. Over the past year, the company has contributed more than 65,000 square kilometers of high-resolution crowd sourced bathymetry
NOAA Teams up with Paul Allen for Deep Ocean Observation
Deep Argo. Allen’s research vessel R/V Petrel will deploy an array of these floats in the deep international waters east of Brazil. “This is NOAA’s first formal public-private partnership for sustained ocean observations,” said acting NOAA Chief Scientist Craig McLean. “We applaud Paul Allen for his visionary investment in long term knowledge to help answer some of Earth’s most challenging questions.” NOAA chose the western South Atlantic for the array because it provides a window into the global thermohaline circulation, called the
Exploring Protected Areas and Shipwrecks in the Pacific
broadcast live from the seafloor, allowing the public to watch in real-time. "Watching our ROV dives is exciting. Broadcasting these dives allows the public to follow along as NOAA explores these remote protected areas and the unique natural and cultural resources within them," said Craig McLean, assistant NOAA administrator for NOAA Research. "The information we collect helps resource managers make key decisions to manage and protect this vast area of the ocean." Building on data collected in 2015, the first expedition will explore unknown and poorly known areas in
McLean to Lead NOAA OAR Research
Craig McLean, deputy assistant administrator for NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), has been selected to head the office, which is responsible for NOAA’s research enterprise, including laboratories and programs across the country, NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D, announced. Prior to this position, McLean served as deputy assistant administrator for OAR’s Programs and Administration, as executive officer of the National Ocean Service, and was the founding director of NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration. McLean served in uniform for nearly 25
Liquid Robotics, NOAA Sign Forecasting Agreement
closely with Liquid Robotics on multiple applications with their innovative technology, the Wave Glider. We've used the Wave Glider to demonstrate advances in hurricane forecasting, measure CO2 levels, monitor the Arctic marine environment, detect tsunamis and collect fisheries data,” said Craig McLean, NOAA’s deputy assistant administrator of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. “I am pleased to establish this agreement to strengthen our important partnership and to improve environmental observations,” The NOAA/Liquid Robotics CRADA will focus research
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