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Philippine Marine Protected Area (MPA) Database The database contains MPAs with vital information for coastal resource management, particularly MPA size, location, management effectiveness, and contact information. The database will be the source of up-to-date information on MPAs in the Philippines. The MPA database is seen to be the start of dev...

The 2020 Ocean Observing System Report Card has been released, providing an update on the status of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on ocean observations.

Motivated by the increasing importance of ocean knowledge for sustainable development as well as addressing climate-related trends, the Report Card highlights the value and need for sustained and integrated met-ocean observations. These are essential to predict the consequences of ocean and climate change, to design mitigation strategies and guide adaptation.

Download the report card http://www.ocean-ops.org/reportcard/

Press release is here https://bit.ly/37nj0Tx

In late June, the PMOO Program Development Team opened an interest and needs assessment survey to evaluate the interest and training needs of potential students. We sent survey invitations to national government agencies and higher education institutions. We also posted the survey announcement via Facebook and Twitter.

We emailed the results of the survey to all the respondents in August. We'd also like to share the infographic/summary of the survey results with you.

We've begun to hold small-group discussions/workshops with the respondents or with their unit heads.

Communication has been quite challenging but we hope to hold all these discussions before the year ends! :)

If you want to take part in these small-group discussions, let us know! Email us at [email protected].

PMOO Survey Results Summary Infographic.pdf

Curious about how technology and AI is used to help us study the ocean?

Check out this ongoing summer course on Marine Robotics.

SUMMER@LSTS 2020 – INTRODUCTION TO MARINE ROBOTICS WITH APPLICATIONS TO OCEAN OBSERVATION, UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEMS MAPPING

Summer@LSTS 2020 | AIR Centre SUMMER@LSTS 2020 - Introduction to Marine Robotics with applications to ocean observation, underwater archeology and ecosystems mapping

What happens when ocean observations stop?

Global Ocean Observing System - Covid-19 and Ocean Observations News and information for the GOOS community

Thank you to all those who shared and/or answered the PMOO interest and needs assessment survey. :)

We are now going through your responses to guide us in developing a program that works. Program development will go through several phases- the first of which was to get your input. To those who asked, we hope to get the program rolling in 2021, upon the approval of the University.

In the meantime, we'll continue to share relevant information here, including events by the oceanography community that may prove useful to you.

Since many of you expressed interest in science communication, how about joining the Blue-Action Science Communication Webinars? This series of webinars targets climate researchers who wish to improve how they engage with different audiences.

The second webinar in the series is about designing infographics.

It's happening tonight at 7PM (Philippine Time) and you may register for the webinar series here:

https://tinyurl.com/blueactionscicomm

Sea you!

Blue-Action Science Communication webinars Blue-Action presents a series of webinars on science communication specifically aimed at climate researchers. Delivered by a range of experts in the field, these talks are designed as introductions to the topics for those who want to engage different audiences with their work. Each webinar begins at...

Global observing systems have come a long way from being a mere idea — with various stakeholder groups doing their share to keep it going.

With continuous observations, we now have global datasets that allow us to examine past, present, and future conditions of our earth system.

WEkEO is a tool that allows users to check out available Copernicus Environmental Data.

Learn more about Copernicus Environmental Data and WEkEO in this afternoon's (PH time) webinar/tutorial.

Register here:
https://tinyurl.com/WEkEOdemo

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Global datasets are produced by collecting and making sense of available observations and/or models from around the world.

Some areas have more observations compared to others and the accuracy of a resulting dataset is expected to be better there compared to areas with very few observations. Likewise, because models are only as good as the data we initially input, models perform better when there are more observations.

"The more the merrier!"

WEkEO in one minute WEkEO, a cloud computing platform for Earth Observation data, gives you access to original Copernicus Programme data as well as access to the Sentinel satell...

Bleaching alert updates, based on sea surface temperature (SST) data, are provided by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and helps us keep an eye out for what's happening locally.

If you've been out at sea, please report what you've seen to the Philippine Coral Bleaching Watch. Was there coral bleaching or not? The YES and NO reports are both important information.

Read more on their post.

01 July 2020 Bleaching Alert Update ❗️❗️

Coral MORTALITY is LIKELY (Alert Level 2, Maroon) in parts of Batangas, including Tayabas Bay, parts of Mindoro in Tablas Strait, Guimaras Strait in Western Visayas, and parts of Northern Palawan.

Coral Bleaching is still LIKELY HAPPENING in other parts of Western and Central Philippines— under Alert Level 1 (Red)

Alert level ‘Watch’ - Yellow (possible bleaching is likely to progress)
Alert level ‘Warning’ - Orange(possible bleaching)
Alert level 1 - Red (bleaching likely happening)
Alert level 2 - Dark Red (coral mortality likely)

What can we do?

Be part of the watch. Help us look for healthy, non-bleaching reefs or
If you do manage to be in the water, please be on the look out if your reef areas are bleaching or not bleaching. We need to monitor reefs that are resilient to heat stress, and reefs that are able to recover!!

Please report and send photos for validation, and documentation at tinyurl.com/phbleachingreport. You may also download our mobile app if you are an android user here: tinyurl.com/phbleachingapp
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What is CORAL BLEACHING?

Coral bleaching is a response to an environmental stress including changes in ocean temperature, coral predation, coral diseases, pollution, among others. During a bleaching event, corals expel zooxanthellae (their source of nutrients) to relieve itself from the stress, and as a result, the corals will lose their color and appear to be white or pale. Massive coral bleaching occurs where there are unusually high sea surface temperature (SST) called SST anomalies.



Screengrab from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
https://bit.ly/2H9yZW8

How can remote sensing help solve our problem with plastic trash in the ocean?

Join the next AIR CENTRE NETWORKING FRIDAYS as Paolo Corradi talks about marine plastic pollution and how we can use remote sensing technology to address the problem.

Click here for more info: https://bit.ly/3eNKHFR

www.aircentre.org

If you've already answered the survey, you'd have already seen this framework.

Get to know each box in the framework from this comprehensive review by an impressive team of scientists who've been at it for years.

Gusto mo ba ng ganito para sa Pilipinas?

High-five!

Synergies in Operational Oceanography: The Intrinsic Need for Sustained Ocean Observations Operational oceanography can be described as the provision of routine oceanographic information needed for decision-making purposes. It is dependent upon sustained research and development through the end-to-end framework of an operational service, from observation collection to delivery mechanisms....