Tracking sea-level rise: IMOS delivers critical satellite validation
Integrated Marine Observing System
Published: 15 April 2026
Australia's IMOS satellite altimetry facility has validated sea-level measurements to sub-centimetre precision, providing essential data for tracking global sea-level rise over three decades.
Keywords: sea-level rise, satellite altimetry, ocean observing, calibration and validation, Bass Strait, Southern Hemisphere oceanography
Choreographing robots: Coordinating a suite of technologies for studying ocean carbon transport
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Published: 13 April 2026
MBARI deployed coordinated autonomous underwater vehicles and research tools to study how carbon-rich marine snow sinks from the ocean surface to the deep sea off Monterey Bay.
Keywords: ocean carbon transport, autonomous underwater vehicles, marine snow, biological carbon pump, deep-sea technology, coastal upwelling
Healthy coral reefs recycle nutrients while degraded reefs release them
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Published: 16 April 2026
NIOZ research in Curaçao reveals healthy coral-dominated reefs efficiently recycle nutrients, while degraded reefs release them into surrounding waters, informing reef conservation strategies.
Keywords: coral reefs, nutrient cycling, water quality, Caribbean, reef degradation, biogeochemistry, conservation
