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The article features the Aquarius Reef Base, the world's only underwater research station, located off Florida's coast. INSET: U.S. SCIENCE SPENDING.

The article offers information on the opening of a new Laboratory for Ocean Sensors and Observing Systems (LOSOS) at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). It states that the laboratory provides, space for major efforts to create long-term ocean observatories. It mentions that laboratory will house researchers working on the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI).

The article reports that a $97.7 million grant was awarded to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to help build networks of ocean observatories that can monitor conditions in critical coastal and remote open-ocean location in the U.S. The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a $300 million project funded by the National Science Foundation will be launched with the help of the grant. Observatory systems is included in the OOI to study coastal ocean regions, a global ocean network and a cabled regional observatory extending off the Pacific Northwest coast.

The article focuses on the $350-million project designed to assist engineers better understand seismic events that take place at plate boundaries. The project will place seismic observatories in boreholes driven to depths of up to 3.8 miles below the seafloor at a major splay fault in the Nankai Trough, off the southwest coast of Japan. The first phase of the project was designed to collect information about the composition of ocean floor for use in future drilling expeditions. According to researchers, the second phase of the project is planned to begin in early 2009 once the first phase has been completed.

The article presents information on the research facility called Aquarius that is owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The research facility is operated by the National Undersea Research Center at the University of North Carolina. The research facility will be used by a team of U.S. astronauts to assess how man and machine can work together in extreme environments.

This article provides information on the function of the Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) tsunami sensing system. Scientists have made great strides in monitoring and predicting the ongoing threat of tsunamis. One center continuously monitoring seismic events and changes in the tide level is the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii. Tsunamis are detected by open-ocean buoys and coastal tide gauges, which report information to stations within the region. Tide stations measure minute changes in sea level, and seismograph stations record earthquake activity. A tsunami watch goes into effect if a center detects an earthquake at 7.5 or higher on the Richter scale. If a threatening tsunami passes through and registers to the gauge station, a tsunami warning goes out to all potentially affected areas and evacuation procedures begin. The DART uses unique pressure recorders that sit on the ocean bottom--bottom pressure recorders (BPR). These recorders detect slight changes in the overlying water pressure. The DART system is capable of detecting a tsunami as small as a centimeter high above the sea level. The tsunami BPR uses a pressure transducer that includes a very thin quartz crystal beam, electrically induced to vibrate at its lowest resonant mode. INSET: News: U.S. announces improved tsunami sensing system.

The article reports on the collaboration between the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Gulf Research Program and energy company Shell to provide funds for the Stones Metocean Observatory Project or the conversion of Shell's ocean mooring into a deep ocean observatory in the Gulf of Mexico. Topics discussed include the concept of using oil and gas infrastructure for the project, the long-term ocean data, and remarks from program officer Kelly Oskvig on the issue.

The article discusses the repair and renovation details of Germany tide station, Alte Vorhafen on the banks of the Helgolandkai and will be completed by January 2019

The article focuses on the work experiences of underwater scientist Fabien Cousteau, with details including his work environment at his habitable underwater laboratory, his passion on studying sea corals and the challenges in maintain the oceans state.

Several quizzes are presented related to the topics of articles in the issue including the famous singers of the U.S. Constitution, the underwater science laboratory and the consideration of jumping jack as the state exercise in Missouri.

The article focuses on the experiences of scientist Fabien Cousteau who spent 31 days in an underwater science laboratory called Aquarius located off the coast of the Florida Keys, Florida in July 2014. Cousteau was joined by a team of researchers and filmmakers who studied the effect of pollution on marine life. Photographs of Cousteau and the underwater laboratory are presented.

The article features scientist Fabien Cousteau, a grandson of Jacques Cousteau, one of the first ocean explorers. Topics discussed information on an underwater science laboratory called Aquarius, located 63 feet below the surface, off the coast of the Florida Keys, Fabien's experience of living for 31 days at the Aquarius, and his mission to inspire others to study and help protect life underwater.

The article reports that Bruce Cantrell and Jessica Fain, associate professor and adjunct instructor, respectively, at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tennessee will attempt to set a role record by spending 21 days in an underwater laboratory. It informs that the lab Jules Undersea Lodge is submerged near Key Largo, Florida. It informs that the pair will conduct half-hour interviews with astronaut Buzz Aldrin and other international renowned experts on all facets of marine science.

This section offers news briefs relevant to environmental monitoring compiled as of September 2016. Topics covered include the U.S. Geological Survey's study of the effects of suspended sediment concentration and colored dissolved organic matter on sensor accuracy and ASL Environmental Sciences Inc.'s supply of Un-Cabled Bioacoustic Sonar Instruments for the Ocean Observatories Initiative Coastal and Global Scale Nodes.

The article discusses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Undersea Research Centre's (URC) plans to extend its echo repeater research. According to a NURC representative, the organization is testing prototypes of the Echo Repeater and the moored variant which is powered by high-efficiency lithium cells. Also, they are working on an armored utility vehicle (AUV) variant with 15 platforms to be integrated with the repeater.

The Canadian undersea observatory recovers from an outage, and its U.S. counterpart finally gets started. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article highlights the completion of two years of operation on January 3, 2012 by Lighthouse R & D Enterprises, Inc.'s Lighthouse Ocenan Initiative II (LORI II). The LORI II system is rated to 4000 meters and three deployed moorings lie along the 3000-meter contour line off the coast of Ras al Hadd, Sultanate of Oman. LORI II cabled observatory provides physical marine environmental information on a real-time basis like temperature, derived salinity and turbidity.

The article reports that in commemoration of six years of scientific collaboration between Lighthouse R & D Enterprises Inc. and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth of Oman, representatives of Lighthouse will be travelling to Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman. The partnership formed eight years ago was for the installation of one of the world's first cabled ocean observatories that provides marine environmental information on a real-time basis.

The article discusses how increasing knowledge about the world's oceans may help to protect them. Topics include an overview of the amount of scientific knowledge about the world's oceans, how the surface area and depth of the oceans makes them difficult study, and the U.S. National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), which is are observatories powered by a network of data and power cables.

The article offers information on some of the places and observatories where diverse marine species can be found in Australia including Reef HQ Aquarium in Queensland, Seahorse World at Beauty Point in Tasmania and Busselton Jetty Underwater observatory in West Australia.

The article reports on the merger of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) of Great Britain with the NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory and the NERC National Oceanography Centre to form the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). The stated aim of the merger is to tackle the fragmentation of marine science in the country with focus on the areas of climate change, marine ecosystems and sustainability. The consolidation is expected to improve prospects in the field following the economic downturn and cuts in state funding.

Several charts are presented depicting the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) in the U.S. including large global ship, ocean ship, and intermediate ship.

The article reports on the launch of the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) observatory off California's coast on April 1, 2007. The MARS observatory, at 891 meters below the Pacific, will be the first deep-sea, unmanned observatory in the continental U.S. that is connected to the mainland by cables that will provide data to scientists in real time.

The article reports on the planned voyage of scientists aboard the British ocean research vessel James Clark Ross to the Antarctic coast. The group of scientists including geologists, oceanographers and biologists will study the floor of the Southern Ocean. A remotely-operated vehicle will be used for this purpose. The discovery of the ice-driven evolution of Antarctica's coast is discussed.

Reports on the seizure of the Charles Darwin Research Station on Galapagos Islands by militant fishermen that demand the end of the regulations that protect the endangered and endemic species at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park on February 2004. Span of the protest; Reason for the demand of the group; Number of scientists and researchers hostaged by the group.

This article informs that Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has developed a coring device that can penetrate 150 ft. into the ocean bottom. Weighing nearly 25,000 pounds, it is nearly twice as long and four times as heavy as existing systems in the U.S. research fleet.

Reports on the plan to relocate the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory to the Liverpool University campus in England. Problems facing the relocation plans; Reason behind the plan to relocate the laboratory.

Provides information on two deep-sea laboratories located off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.

Reports the construction of China Yilite-Morning Arctic Scientific Expedition and Research Station in Norway's Svalbad Islands in the Arctic Circle. Number of scientists and journalists conducting a 20-day research project; Administration of weather condition.

The article focuses on the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences. It discusses the support of the agency in research initiatives in ocean technology and education in ocean sciences. An overview of projects launched is presented including launch of the RV Sikuliaq of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System, upgrade to the Alvin Submersible and the construction of the Ocean Observatories Initiatives.

Investigates plans to construct underwater observatories on the sea floor off the coasts of Oregon and Washington. Plan to study mid-ocean ridges and underwater volcanoes; Need for long-term observation; Instruments to be employed by the observatories.

Presents a letter to the editor of "Oceans," pointing out the erroneous caption that accompanies a photograph of the U.S. Palmer Station on Anvers Island, appearing in the March-April 1986 issue.