Author Archives for CARICOOS

Well received CARICOOS mobile application “Pa La Playa”

The Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CARICOOS) released the application Pa ‘La Playa. This app was developed to provide information on weather conditions, waves, water quality, among other data, from over 100 beaches in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. This app had over two thousand downloads during the summer months of 2018 plus… Read More

Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)

News from US IOOS Background Biological diversity, or biodiversity, represents the variety of life on Earth, encompassing variation at all levels, from genes to species to ecosystems. A growing body of research demonstrates that maintaining coastal and marine biodiversity is critical for sustained human and ecosystem health in a globally changing environment. Biodiversity is critical… Read More

North Carolina Members are Collecting Data Prior to Hurricane Florence

News from SECOORA.org   As Florence is projected to make landfall near the Carolinas, SECOORA Members in North Carolina and their partners are collecting critical data ahead of the storm. The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) deployed 9 pressure sensors on Masonboro Island, an uninhabited barrier island near Wilmington, NC. The sensors sample every… Read More

US Caribbean region receives $2.7 million for Coastal Ocean Observing

The NOAA U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) awarded CARICOOS $2.7 million to maintain and enhance ocean and coastal observations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. CARICOOS is one of eleven coastal ocean observation systems and regional associations that together with federal agencies constitute the national coastal component of the Integrated Oceanic Observing… Read More

Ocean Gliders: Improving Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecasts

  A fleet of 14 torpedo-shaped ocean gliders, remotely-operated powered autonomous underwater vehicles which can measure subsurface ocean properties, were recently deployed in the CARICOOS region to collect important data in the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean that could prove useful to improve hurricane forecasting. Researchers and technical personnel from NOAA-Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological… Read More

Misterios del Sargazo

¿Qué es el Sargazo? Existen varias especies del algas pardas o marrones que se catalogan como Sargazo. Dos estas (Sargassum natans o Sargassum fluitans) tienen vesículas llenas de gas, viven flotando en el mar y son arrastradas por las corrientes y el viento. ¿De dónde viene el sargazo? Hace más de 500 años ya Cristobal… Read More

Asamblea General 2018

CARICOOS: 11 años optimizando la experiencia marítima By Mariam Ludim Rosa Vélez (mariamludim@uprm.edu) Prensa RUM Friday, June 8, 2018 Por 11 años, el Sistema Caribeño de Observación Costera Oceánica (CARICOOS) del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM), ha mantenido su norte de optimizar la experiencia marítima de los ciudadanos con datos relevantes que les permitan tomar decisiones…. Read More

Outlook of Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea for 2018

According to past experience, a winter bloom in the central West Atlantic often evolved into a major bloom in the Caribbean Sea in spring and summer. The past month of January to March 2018 showed the largest bloom in the central West Atlantic, as compared to the same months in history. The eastern Caribbean islands… Read More

MAPCO2 Buoy at La Parguera Marine Reserve

CARICOOS refurbishing the PMEL MAPCO2 Buoy at La Parguera Marine Reserve earlier this year. Sponsored by Sea Grant, this project seeks to develop a temporal and spatial characterization of carbonate chemistry in the area in order to assess the vulnerability of local reef barriers.