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Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of Victoria initiative and leader in ocean monitoring and data delivery, has been officially recognized as a Decade Implementing Partner of the United Nations ...
Ocean data from ONC observatories is helping to unlock the secrets of the deep and bring them to the surface. Uncover mysteries from the most unexplored part of our planet, the ocean, through the ...
Get inspired by our big blue backyard with a 10-day ocean celebration kicking off next week. Ocean Week Victoria (OWVic) offers 20+ ocean-inspired events and activities for ocean enthusiasts of all ...
More than 1,000 metres below the ocean’s surface where seawater meets magma, underwater volcanoes erupt producing hot springs known as hydrothermal vents. Here exists a world that survives and thrives ...
A peak of more than 200 earthquakes per hour were detected this week at a deep sea site within Ocean Network Canada’s northeast Pacific seafloor observatory, the highest rate of earthquakes observed ...
Progress towards creating the first neutrino telescope in the Pacific Ocean took another step forward with the project’s instrumentation being shipped to Germany for pre-launch checks. Research has ...
Header image: In a global sea of Argo floats, ONC’s five deep floats are the first to explore the NE Pacific Ocean below two-kilometre depths, to a maximum depth of 4 km, while equipped with a ...
Northern elephant seals were repeatedly captured on camera in the deep Pacific Ocean using sonar from an Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) observatory as a dinner bell to forage for their next fish feast, ...
One of the richest sources of information that Indigenous People bring to knowledge-pairing partnerships are the direct, year-round observations made by people out on the land and on the sea, over ...
Canada’s advancement of ocean science and innovation continues to go from strength-to-strength with the expansion of Ocean Networks Canada’s world-leading deep sea and coastal ocean observatories and ...
New research has uncovered a change in behaviour of deep-sea fragile pink sea urchins off the south coast of Vancouver Island that is linked to climate change impacts including the “Blob”, a marine ...