A large blue buoy sits in the University of Alaska Fairbanks Seward Marine Center warehouse.

The Gulf of Alaska #OceanAcidification buoy has a fresh coat of paint. #GAKOA #MooringMonday 🧪🌊🦑🛟👩🏻‍🎨

An underwater observatory keeping the pulse of the Southern Ocean for nearly 30 years yields fresh results From the wave-lashed surface to the deep sea, the Southern Ocean Time Series is a crucial tool for scientists to keep the pulse of this important region of Earth.

Oh buoy! 🤩🛟🧪🌊🦑
#MooringMonday

theconversation.com/an-underwate...

Preliminary surface seawater CO₂ and temperature from the long-term mooring site, #GAKOA, in the northern Gulf of Alaska. 🧪🌊🦑 #MooringMonday #OceanAcidification

Preliminary surface seawater CO₂ and temperature from the long-term mooring site, M2, in the southeastern Bering Sea.
#MooringMonday #OceanAcidification

High school students on the University of Alaska Fairbanks research vessel Nanuq in Sunny Cove outside Qutalleq (Seward), Alaska.

Seward high school students and National Ocean Science Bowl team members visited the Gulf of Alaska #OceanAcidification mooring site #GAKOA last month aboard the RV Nanuq. 🛟🐻‍❄️

It's always sunny (with a side of snow) in Sunny Cove!
#MooringMonday 🧪🌊🦑❄️😎 @aoos-alaska.bsky.social

📸 by M.Vanbuskirk

We continue to see a relatively weak drawdown of sea surface carbon dioxide CO₂ at the M2 Bering Sea mooring site. 🧪🌊🦑🛟 #MooringMonday #DY2504

www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/M2...

An oceanographer waits for a bongo net to be deployed from the research vessel NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson.

The oceanographic mooring lead reviews a mooring design before deployment.

A scientist waits in a lab where water samples are processed aboard the research vessel NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson.

#MooringMonday #DY2504
Mike is the #NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab mooring lead. He’s also a pro at Bongo and CTDs! 🧪🌊🦑