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Legislative Affairs
September 24, 2009. MACOORA testifies before the Interagency Ocean Task force in Providence, Rhode Island.
The Task Force’s Interim Report is undergoing a 30-day public review and comment period. This report provides proposals for a comprehensive national approach to uphold our stewardship responsibilities and ensure accountability for our actions.
MACOORA Press Releases
August 22, 2009:Unmanned submarines glide across the ocean, putting Rutgers at leading edge of exploration. Another Slocum glider, as oceanographers prefer to call the robo-subs, was launched off Sandy Hook Thursday on a ground-breaking mission to patrol the shallow waters of the entire New Jersey coast, taking ocean bed samples every two seconds. Another will head to Antarctica this fall to monitor polar storms too brutal for human survival... read more
June 16, 2009: New NY Mariner Weather Buoy The Hudson Canyon will get a real-time weather buoy slated to be deployed this week...read more
June 16, 2009: Letter in response to June 7th Washington Post Article "East Coast My Feel Rise in Sea Levels the Most" read it here
June 9, 2009. CODAR helps pinpoint search and rescue at sea [...]
May 4, 2009: NOAA, US Coast Guard: New Ocean Current Data to Improve Search and Rescue Activities A new set of ocean observing data that enhances the ability to track probable paths of victims and drifting survivor craft should improve search and rescue efforts along the U.S. coast...more here
April 27, 2009. Comments on the National Weather Service Strategic Plan [...]
April 18, 2009: Yellow submarine to try again for Atlantic glide From the Associated Press - A second try is about to get under way at sending a little yellow submarine gliding across the Atlantic Ocean to collect scientific data from beneath the waves...more here
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Multimedia
Podcast: Underwater Robot Undertakes Atlantic Mission Listen
An underwater robot called RU-27 is crossing the Atlantic Ocean right now — on its way to Spain. The Rutgers University project will gather data that may help explain oceanographic trends, including the interaction between climate change and ocean temperatures. We talk with Ari Daniel Shapiro, who has been following the story for Spectrum Radio, the broadcast edition of IEEE Spectrum Magazine.
NOAA Podcast Episode 23: Ocean Observations in action- (10 min Podcast)
Undergraduate students from Rutgers University are finalizing preparations to launch an ocean glider on a journey from New Jersey to Spain. Learn about the upcoming mission and the future of ocean observing. click here
Videos
Advanced Technologies for Observing a Changing Ocean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jkGQTT14yA
The world's leaders have committed to creating a Global Earth Observing System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIchBh2ZK7g
MACOORA that aids recreational fishers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8gvTn09Os
Rutgers University Video
A day on the sea for Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab students,
releasing a glider off the New Jersey coast
Taking the Pulse of our Changing Planet
A U-Tube Video on Oceanography