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From Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras, MARACOOS powers understanding and prediction of the Mid-Atlantic ocean and coasts, enabling better decisions through better data. https://maracoos.org/
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Can sharks help forecast hurricanes? 🦈
Find out in our upcoming webinar with Dr. Aaron Carlisle and Caroline Wiernicki from @UDelaware.

📅 Nov. 17, 2025 | 1-2 p.m. Eastern
🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6hvYaabtQyK8ntvCZmufQQ#/registration
Webinar advertisement featuring a shark image. Titled "Tracking Hurricanes Through Sharks," hosted by MARACOOS and University of Delaware on November 17, 2025, from 1-2 p.m. Eastern. Invitation to register today for insights on hurricane forecasting using ocean data.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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🌊 Educators & ocean enthusiasts — don’t miss this webinar on the newly updated Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Curriculum.

🗓️ Nov. 19 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Eastern)
🔗 https://www.midacan.org/events/coastal-acidification-in-the-classroom-ngss-aligned-curriculum-for-high-school-students-and-teachers/
Coastal Acidification in the Classroom: NGSS-aligned curriculum for high school students and teachers - MACAN
MIDACAN - Advanced monitoring solutions
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November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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🌊 #CatchTheKing 2025 is complete!
Hundreds of volunteers across coastal VA mapped this year’s king tides using the @WetlandsWatch Sea Level Rise app — helping @VIMS_News validate flood forecast models.

Explore the data 👇
🔗 wetlandswatch.org/catchtheking
Catch the King -- WETLANDS WATCH
Catch the King Catch the King (CTK) is an annual tide mapping event that recruits volunteers to collect flooding data during the Perigean king tides--the highest tides of the year (view our 2025 flyer here!). Whether you're a returning mapper or a commu...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Planning a beach day or heading out to fish? 🌊
Stay safe & prepared with real-time ocean data from the IOOS Regional Associations.

Watch to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFVZSf24B6Q

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#IOOS #OceanData #CoastalSafety
Introduction to IOOS Regional Beach and Boating Data Tools
The Regional Associations with IOOS have launched websites and apps where people can go to check beach and coastal conditions. For instance, you can find information about the shores of the Pacific Ocean, in the Great Lakes, the Mid-Atlantic, and elsewh...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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#FeatureFriday: The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network (MACAN) has a new website!
Learn how they’re advancing understanding of coastal & ocean acidification across the region.

🔗 Explore: https://www.midacan.org/
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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🌊 A world first! Rutgers & Teledyne have launched Redwing—a Slocum Sentinel Glider on a mission to circle the globe, collecting ocean & climate data across 3 oceans over 2 years.

Learn more ➡️ rutgers.edu
#OceanObserving #GliderScience #IOOS
An underwater unmanned vehicle, colored green and blue with the names "LOCAN" and "Redwing" on its body, navigating through deep blue ocean water.
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🌊 Join us next Weds, Oct. 29 (1–2 p.m. ET), for a webinar on the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Forecast System (CBEFS)—a tool delivering forecasts for oxygen, salinity, HABs, pathogens & more.

🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nXyt_ykOQ8iP7EBQxJcWzA#/registration
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Can sharks help forecast hurricanes? 🦈
Find out in our upcoming webinar with Dr. Aaron Carlisle and Caroline Wiernicki from @UDelaware.

📅 Nov. 17, 2025 | 1-2 p.m. Eastern
🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6hvYaabtQyK8ntvCZmufQQ#/registration
Webinar advertisement featuring a shark image. Titled "Tracking Hurricanes Through Sharks," hosted by MARACOOS and University of Delaware on November 17, 2025, from 1-2 p.m. Eastern. Invitation to register today for insights on hurricane forecasting using ocean data.
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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MARACOOS is proud to support our partner, MARCO, for the Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit — uniting the region to tackle storm debris, derelict gear, & microplastics.

🗓️ Nov. 12-13 | Dewey Beach, DE
🔗 https://whova.com/portal/registration/i7bHxvpSuQ5gELIk0prp/
Promotional image for the Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit in Dewey Beach, DE on November 12-13, featuring a red lighthouse on the ocean at sunset. Logo of MARCO (Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean) displayed at the bottom.
October 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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#FeatureFriday: Congratulations to Captain Ray Toll, recipient of the 2025 @IOOS_Association Caraid Award! 🌊

Honored for his lifelong leadership advancing ocean observing through @ODU, @MTSociety, and the @VAAquarium.

Learn more ➡️ https://ioosassociation.org/caraid/
Three people standing in front of an "IOOS Association" banner. The person in the middle is holding a framed picture of a coastal landscape. All are smiling at the camera. Group of people posing for a photo in front of a large aquarium, with one individual holding a framed certificate. A group of five individuals smiling for a photo in front of a large aquarium tank filled with various sea creatures, including fish and a turtle. One child is holding a framed certificate.
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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🌊 It’s #OceanAcidificationWeek! Rising CO₂ is making our oceans more acidic, threatening oysters, clams, lobsters & corals. Learn more & join events hosted by @goa_on this week 👉 https://goa-on.org/webinars/OaWeek2025/webinar.php#schedule
#OceanScience #OceanAction
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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From near-real-time ocean data to webinars and workshops to coastal insights, the MARACOOS newsletter keeps you connected to what matters in the Mid-Atlantic.

📩 Subscribe today: https://lnkd.in/eFh9YcCd

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#OceanObserving | #IOOS | #MARACOOSUpdates
October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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🚨 Severe weather alert for the Mid-Atlantic: Expect damaging winds, large hail & possible tornadoes. Stay safe, check weather.gov or NOAA weather radio for updates.

#MidAtlantic #CoastalHazards #WeatherSafety #MARACOOS #OceansMap
Satellite image of a storm approaching the eastern coast of the United States, covering a large portion of the Atlantic Ocean near the coastline.
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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🚨 Severe weather alert for the Mid-Atlantic: Expect damaging winds, large hail & possible tornadoes. Review safety plans & check regional conditions in our East Coast Storm Tracker Insight:

#MidAtlantic #CoastalHazards #WeatherSafety #MARACOOS #OceansMap
Satellite image of a storm approaching the eastern coast of the United States, covering a large portion of the Atlantic Ocean near the coastline.
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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#FeatureFriday: MARACOOS06 has joined MARACOOS01 in the Atlantic for nearly a month, flying a W-shaped pattern to monitor the end of hurricane season & the fall transition in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.

🐋 Whale data: robots4whales.whoi.edu

#GliderSeason #OceanObserving
Close-up view of a glider on the back of a ship. An glider placed on the deck of a boat, ready for deployment in open sea waters. Image showing a glider being deployed from the rear deck of a boat into the ocean.
October 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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🌊 Join us Oct. 29 (1–2 p.m. ET) for a webinar on the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Forecast System (CBEFS)—a tool delivering forecasts for oxygen, salinity, HABs, pathogens & more.

🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nXyt_ykOQ8iP7EBQxJcWzA#/registration
October 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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National HAB Observing & Forecasting Networks deliver real-time data + predictions to protect health, seafood & coastal economies. 🌐 Learn more:https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/page-attachments/habs/noaa-operational-hab-services.pdf
Infographic by NOAA about harmful algal bloom observing and forecasting, highlighting affected areas in the U.S. on a map, including Alaska, Hawaii, and the Great Lakes. Indicators on the map show different types of algal impacts like fishery closures and toxin productions. Key points discuss the economic and health impacts caused by these blooms.
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit:
📅 Nov 12–13 | Dewey Beach, DE
⏰ Register by Oct 7

Details + registration 👉 https://www.midatlanticocean.org/ocean-planning/work-groups-collaborative-efforts/marine-debris-work-group/2025-marine-debris-summit/
2025 Marine Debris Summit - Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO)
REGISTER NOW SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE The Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit is a biennial two-day event convened by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO), a regional partnership representing the five Mid-Atlantic states: Virginia, Maryland,...
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September 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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#FeatureFriday: Discover MARACOOS’s new OceansMap Insights for Virginia!

Check out the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGIXgb8yHaI

Explore all our regional dashboards here: https://maracoos.org/insights/

Ideas for more data layers? Email us at info@maracoos.org
OceansMap Insights Demo: Virginia
YouTube video by MARACOOS
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September 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Sharing for our ocean observation community 🌊:

Dialogues with Industry returns Oct 8 to explore the future of ocean observing—AI/ML, emerging tech & more.

📍 Zoom | 10:30–1:00 EDT
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LhZBcVVSR_Ony-Pz_EKMSA
You are invited to join the Ocean Enterprise Initiative's Dialogues with Industry Series! Dialogue 1: Ocean Observing of the Future: Enablers, Infrastructure, Emerging Technologies.
You are invited to join the Ocean Enterprise Initiative's Dialogues with Industry Series! Dialogue 1: Ocean Observing of the Future: Enablers, Infrastructure, Emerging Technologies.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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#FeatureFriday 🌊 No time for a full webinar? Catch this clip on Sofar Spotter wave buoys in Delaware Bay—bringing stronger coastal flood monitoring to Delaware communities.

https://youtu.be/70Bar5ORmP4
Wave Buoys: New Tools for Smarter Decision-Making During Coastal Flooding
YouTube video by MARACOOS
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September 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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🌊 Didn’t catch our webinar? Watch the recording to see how Sofar Spotter Wave buoys + OceansMap are powering the new WWW Network & helping Delaware communities monitor flood risks: https://youtu.be/Jy-4cuYm2C8

#OceanObserving #CoastalResilience #FloodRisk #DecisionSupport #OceanData
OceansMap in Action: Visualizing New Sensor Data for Smarter Planning and Response in Delaware
YouTube video by MARACOOS
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September 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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🌊 Big news from Cape Cod: We have restored the Nauset HF radar station! The northernmost site in our network is back online, delivering real-time ocean current data for navigation, safety, fisheries & more.

Details: https://maracoos.shorthandstories.com/maracoos-nauset-hf-radar-upgrade/
Restoration of HF Radar Station at Nauset Expands Ocean Monitoring off Cape Cod
The restored HF radar station at Nauset, Cape Cod, strengthens the MARACOOS CODAR network, delivering real-time ocean surface current data. As the northernmost site, it supports navigation, Coast Guar...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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#FeatureFriday: Our field agents have names. Come meet them all on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN3xwAe3oeh/

@Sofar Ocean
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September 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The Atlantic Sturgeon Risk of Encounter Product helps fishers harvest responsibly while protecting endangered sturgeon in Delaware Bay.

👉 https://maracoos.org/2025/05/22/protecting-atlantic-sturgeon-how-ocean-observing-systems-are-helping-an-endangered-species/
September 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM