Articles about Oceans

UW receives $23.5M grant to build and deploy fleet of robotic ocean-monitoring floats

The University of Washington is receiving a large chunk of a massive new grant from the National Science Foundation to… Read More

NOAA selects Univ. of Washington to host regional institute for climate and ocean research

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected the University of Washington to host a Pacific Northwest research institute focusing… Read More

NOAA makes a pact with Vulcan to deepen collaboration on ocean science

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it has forged a new agreement with Vulcan Inc., the Seattle-based holding company… Read More

Researchers watch Titanic wreck crumble, one year before OceanGate’s planned dives

Scientists and enthusiasts are due to visit the wreck of the Titanic next summer in a submersible built by Everett,… Read More

Paul Allen’s Petrel project wins spotlight in TV show about Pacific War shipwrecks

The voyages of the R/V Petrel, funded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen, are the focus of a National… Read More

Norway and Washington state sign innovation pact in Seattle, connecting tech and maritime industries

Norway and Washington state will cooperate on next-generation maritime technologies and clean energy innovations in both regions of the world,… Read More

OceanGate’s Titan submersible carries four aquanauts on a record-setting dive

OceanGate set a deep-diving record last week when a crew of four rode inside the Everett, Wash.-based company’s Titan submersible… Read More

Paul Allen’s Petrel research ship finds out where USS Wasp’s WWII odyssey ended

The USS Wasp, an aircraft carrier that saw service during World War II from Iceland to Guadalcanal, has been located… Read More

Lost in 1943, the USS Strong is found again by Paul Allen’s Petrel research vessel

The USS Strong put in less than a year of service at sea, but the destroyer and its crew nevertheless… Read More

Paul Allen’s deepest legacy: Expedition surveys wreck of Japanese battleship Hiei

A wide-ranging shipwreck survey funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is continuing after his death, and the latest discovery focuses… Read More

Falling starfish: Study says disease and warming seas are wiping out sea stars

Warming oceans and an infectious wasting disease have combined to devastate what was once an abundant type of sea stars… Read More

Underwater robots survive a year probing climate change’s effects on Antarctic ice

It’s been a year since a squadron of underwater robots was sent out to monitor the underside of Antarctica’s Dotson… Read More

How climate change choked ancient life to death — and why it could happen again

Scientists say rapidly warming oceans played a key role in the world’s biggest mass extinction, 252 million years ago, and… Read More

New tool to curb illegal trade of shark fins built with $322K in support from Paul Allen Philanthropies

Customs agents have been relying on their ability to visually match disembodied and sometimes dried and bleached shark fins with… Read More

Allen Coral Atlas tracks changes in the world’s reefs from space via satellite

Even after death, the philanthropic initiatives from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen just keep on coming. Today the Paul G. Allen… Read More

Ships set sail from Seattle on a NASA mission to trace sea creatures’ carbon trail

After seven years of preparation, two research vessels are heading out of Seattle to begin a 40-day voyage to track… Read More

Meteorite-hunting ship picks up two promising bits from Pacific Ocean seafloor

A research ship has recovered at least two bits of molten rock from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that… Read More

What caused 2014’s bird die-off on the Pacific coast? Scientists blame the Blob

Researchers have untangled the mystery behind a die-off that felled hundreds of thousands of tough seabirds known as Cassin’s auklets… Read More

Paul Allen’s shipwreck sleuths help Aussies document World War I submarine’s remains

Score another undersea revelation for the crew of the Petrel, a research vessel backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. This… Read More

OceanGate’s Titan sub passes initial tests, gets set for Bahamas – then the Titanic

OceanGate has finished putting its Titan submersible through its first round of shallow-water tests in Puget Sound, and is packing it… Read More

Scientists dig the wild jazz music that bowhead whales are singing in the Arctic

A research team led by an University of Washington oceanographer has published the largest known set of songs from bowhead… Read More

Scientists report successful start to undersea drones’ Antarctic ice shelf study

A scientific team supported by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is reporting the successful deployment of a trio of undersea drones… Read More

Deep-sea video captures the sexual hookup of live anglerfish for the first time

Scientists studying deep-sea anglerfish have long known about the bizarre mismatch between the species’ whiskered females and teeny-tiny males. But… Read More

With Paul Allen’s backing, explorers find wreckage of USS Juneau, famous for the Sullivan Brothers

The latest chapter of an Irish-American family tragedy played out on St. Patrick’s Day when an expedition team backed by… Read More

Titan unleashed: OceanGate’s Titanic sub takes to the water with a new name

Don’t call it Cyclops 2: The five-person submersible built by Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate has been renamed Titan, befitting its role… Read More

University of Washington’s top research ship returns to duty after midlife makeover

The University of Washington’s biggest research ship is getting loaded up with scientists, supplies and an underwater robot after an… Read More

Wild winds and waves wow watchers in Pacific Northwest, with more to come

Thirty-foot waves swept over seas off the Pacific Northwest coast on Thursday, producing deadly awesomeness for onshore videos and presaging… Read More

OceanGate and Everest Marine complete construction of Titanic sub’s launch pad

Construction work is complete for an essential part of the dive system that’s due to carry scientists and amateur adventurers… Read More

Wave Broadband partners with UW to boost ocean observatory’s fiber connections

Wave Broadband is coming out in the open about its partnership with the University of Washington to provide broadband connectivity… Read More

Meet the deepest fish in the sea: The Mariana snailfish, identified with UW’s help

They look like ghosts of the abyss, but the wispy, pinkish-white, smooth-skinned creatures at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s… Read More