Woods Hole Partners Awarded Ocean Observing Contract

The Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) has awarded a $97.7 million contract to an academic partnership led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), to support the development, installation and initial operation of the coastal and global components of the National Science Foundationus Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The WHOI partnership includes Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and Oregon State Universityus College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. This award completes the management team to construct and implement the $331.5 million OOI Network. uA…aˆ?This initiative is a major investment that will transform our understanding of the ocean,uA‚A? said JOI President Steven Bohlen. uA…aˆ?It will contribute to tremendous advances in our understanding of how Earth works.uA‚A?...