The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) was founded in 1999 by directors of oceanographic institutions around the world as a forum to promote and advance the observation of the global ocean. POGO is a UK-registered charity with member institutions from around the world, and works closely with other international and regional programmes and organisations.
POGO seeks to expand international support for ocean observing, through innovation of the ocean observing system, capacity development and outreach/advocacy.
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Coastal Observing Lab in a Box (COLaB) Overview Background and rationale Globally many countries face a significant hurdle in obtaining the necessary resources and knowledge to effectively monitor the coastal ocean. There is a common misconception that high end, expensive equipment is needed to monitor and study the coastal oceans. COLaB breaks this belief by […]
OpenMODs 3.0 (Open Access Marine Observation Devices Phase 3) The OpenMODs – Open Access Marine Observation Devices – project has been extended for a third phase, from February 2023 to March 2024. Why a project follow-on? The OpenMODs 2.0 project concluded in late 2022. In that phase of the project, three platform/probe/transmission systems were completed
OpenMODs 2.0 (Open Access Marine Observation Devices implementation) The OpenMODs – Open Access Marine Observation Devices – project was extended for a second phase, from Sept 2019 to February 2021. Due to COVID restrictions, there were some delays, but Phase 2.0 completed in late 2022. Read more about Phase 1 of OpenMods here: https://pogo-ocean.org/innovation-in-ocean-observing/activities/openmods-open-access-marine-observation-devices/ What
Trevor Platt Science Foundation (TPSF) Symposium & Training POGO provided support for the Trevor Platt Science Foundation (TPSF) Symposium, held at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (9 – 11 August 2023). It was preceded by a training course “Satellite-based tools for investigating aquatic ecosystems“. Together, these events aimed to carry forward Trevor’s legacy in ocean research and
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Action for Sustainable Ocean Acidification Research (ASOAR) Overview Scientific rationale, societal benefits and policy relevance Changes in carbonate chemistry, termed ‘Ocean Acidification’ (OA), and the biological impacts this causes, don’t occur uniformly, but instead vary regionally across a range of spatial scales. The Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) highlighted this and identified a pressing
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Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Symposium POGO provided support for the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Symposium “Southern Ocean in a changing world”, held in Hobart, Australia from the 14 to the 18 of August 2023. The funding from POGO was used to cover travel and subsistence for early-career scientists from developing countries to attend
CEODOS Chile: A consortium for surveying the coastal ocean in the eastern South Pacific Overview The CEODOS program (co-coordinated by the COPAS center) is a new chilean initiative that will follow the present and future status of the biological pump along the entire coast of Chile every 5 years. There is a global agreement in
Overview Monitoring is key to numerical modelling efforts for predicting hurricanes and frontal systems, assessing and sustaining ecosystem health and function, managing marine resources, optimising restoration efforts and assessing anthropogenic impacts from climate change, eutrophication, loss of biodiversity, deoxygenation, acidification, overfishing and sea level rise. However, when in situ monitoring efforts are examined at a basin or
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Overview The Straits of Malacca is the second busiest ocean maritime trade route in the world with a passage of over a thousand ships a day transiting its waterways. Naturally, this brings with it a lot of environmental pressure and risks to existing natural habitats. However, there are still very special pockets of marine habitats
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POGO is providing support for “An Ocean of Values: the 5th Community Workshop of the IOC-UNESCO Ocean Best Practices System, 20 – 24 September 2021 [ONLINE]”. Overview Transparent and accessible methodologies are the cornerstone of trust between science and society. The IOC-UNESCO Ocean Best Practices Workshop Series has become a venue for representatives of the
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