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ONC and Cascadia Seaweed partner to support sustainable aquaculture
Environmental monitoring of kelp forest and fish biodiversity off Vancouver Island coast
#ONCabyss Spring 2025 Expedition highlights
Inshore observatory maintenance a wrap despite weather challenges.
Out now - ONC #KnowTheOcean spring newsletter
Explore our stories & research advancements in the spring 2025 newsletter
Solid Carbon receiving $24M to advance ocean-based carbon dioxide removal
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New ONC partner observatory expands monitoring in Southern Ocean
See the live data from the upgraded Canadian and Spanish subsea observatory
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Our deep-sea, coastal and land-based observatory infrastructures capture vital continuous data about the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
We support Indigenous and coastal communities’ leadership in local ocean monitoring to meet community needs.
Our data dashboards track, analyze and display key metrics from the world’s longest coastline - Canada - attracting more than 32K users.
Our technology enables advances in multidisciplinary research in oceanography, neutrino particle physics, climate impact monitoring, and more.
Our science/industry partnerships make possible services such as early tsunami warnings, safer shipping, and pioneering the safe removal of climate warming carbon dioxide.
Serving all ages from K-12 and post-secondary, our programs, resources and courses developed with Indigenous partners bring ocean science into classrooms and communities.
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ONC’s technical capabilities enable researchers and coastal communities to access instruments remotely and receive data from anywhere on the globe. Data are collected on ocean physics, chemistry, biology and geology, supporting research on complex Earth processes in ways not previously possible. These ocean observatories generate ‘big data’ openly accessible through the Oceans 3.0 data management system.
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