Milestone events for OOI in 2011, 2012 – Ocean Observatories Initiative

2012 will be an exciting year for the Ocean Observatories Initiative, with continued construction of the cabled ocean observatories network and multiple other facets of the project.  John Delaney is mentioned.  Read more here.
 

Plumbing the depths of Earth’s life support – Irish Times

In this article, Oceanography’s John Delaney discusses the planetary ocean, how the Ocean Observatories Initiative will allow for collaborative science on giant data sets, and the importance of such scale in dealing with current threats to our planet’s life support.

Axial: Undersea volcano star of sound installation at UW – Seattle Times

Mexican sound artist Hugo Solis, a graduate of the University of Washington’s Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media’s Ph.D. program, looks to an underwater volcano for data and inspiration in his new installation, “Axial.” John Delaney, leader of the National Science Foundation’s Regional Scale Nodes program, collaborated on the project.  Read more here.

Largest ocean science project launches off of Oregon coast very soon – OregonLive

The OOI project, involving OSU, UW, Scripps, Woods Hole, UCSD and Rutgers, is discussed.

Largest ocean science project in U.S. history launches soon off Oregon coast – Oregonian

Scientists from the country’s leading oceanography institutions are at work on a five-year construction project. UW involvement is noted.

Undersea cables could revolutionize oceanography – VOA news

“This is a big deal. Suddenly the ocean is going to be accessible to people. We can’t take them all out there deep in the ocean, but we can bring the ocean to them,” says University of Washington oceanography John Delaney of  his very expensive and ambitious high-tech baby.

Expedition helps build network of ocean sensors – Wired.com

R/V Thompson crew and cruise