How many uses does a petabyte of data have? Our stories capture how ONC uses data to deliver a wide range of services that range from Early Earthquake Warning to monitoring the impact of climate change on the ocean.
There are more than 32,000 users of ONC data around the world. Revisit this page as we reveal their stories, and update our own technology advances, education outreach and valued partnership initiatives.
A sea sponge stakeout
December 19, 2024
Four-year study shows sea sponge’s behaviour, dormancy in wild
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2023
2022
December 14, 2022
Two-eyed seeing: Embracing the power of Indigenous knowledge for a healthy and sustainable Ocean
Read moreNovember 28, 2022
An earthquake notification system for British Columbia shows its value for public safety
Read moreNovember 14, 2022
Cambridge Bay Observatory: the forerunner to community ocean monitoring nationwide
Read moreJuly 22, 2021
Discovering unexplored deep-sea worlds: highlights from the Pacific Seamounts Expedition 2021
Read moreJuly 21, 2021
Haida Nation and ONC partnership expands small vessel traffic monitoring in territorial waters
Read moreJuly 20, 2021
Community Fishers: enabling citizen scientists to collect their own ocean data
Read moreMarch 16, 2021
The Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition launches Land, Water, Ocean, Us: A Canadian Ocean Literacy Strategy
Read moreMarch 9, 2021
Ocean Networks Canada supports Canada’s participation in the International Ocean Discovery Program
Read moreFebruary 5, 2021
Building TRUST to be FAIR: data stewardship for a sustainable ocean economy
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2018
November 2, 2018
Ocean Networks Canada 2018 visiting scientist program: Marco Francescangeli of Marche Polytechnic University (Italy)
Read moreOctober 31, 2018
Building northern-led sensor technology skills to monitor the changing Arctic Ocean
Read moreOctober 18, 2018
Ocean Networks Canada partners with Canada Line operators on a simulated earthquake early warning exercise
Read moreSeptember 11, 2018
New study quantifies natural flux of methane gas in the northeast Pacific
Read moreJuly 4, 2018
Ocean Networks Canada 2018 visiting scientist program: Heidrun Kopp of GEOMAR/University of Kiel (Germany)
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Ocean Networks Canada 2018 visiting scientist program: Q&A with Christian Stranne of University of Stockholm
Read moreMay 8, 2018
Ocean Networks Canada 2018 visiting scientist program: Q&A with Warwick Vincent of Université Laval
Read moreMay 8, 2018
Ocean Networks Canada 2018 visiting scientist program: Q&A with Connie Lovejoy of Université Laval
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ONC’s Endeavour, Northern Cascadia science workshops attract international researchers
Read moreFebruary 2, 2018
A viral sensation: hungry sea urchins keep Campbell River observatory clean
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September 15, 2017
Monitoring Canada’s ocean, coasts, and killer whales through technology and data
Read moreMay 12, 2017
The Great Thaw: our melting Arctic must be monitored and Canada should lead the way
Read moreApril 27, 2017
Cool tech, hard science and daring innovation - Expedition 2017: Wiring the Abyss
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The global ocean community celebrates Innovation Canada's twentieth birthday
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December 2, 2016
Taking ocean data to the next level: custom web services for marine decision-making
Read moreNovember 7, 2016
Delivering a smart ocean for Canada: Trudeau’s historic Oceans Protection Plan
Read moreOctober 31, 2016
Monitoring Saanich Inlet and the Strait of Georgia: Fall inshore expedition (2016)
Read moreOctober 28, 2016
The extent of habitat compression and hypoxia in Saanich Inlet from the 2016 hypoxia cycle
Read moreOctober 26, 2016
Fisheries and Oceans Canada partners for a sustainable and healthy ocean future
Read moreOctober 20, 2016
Sedimentary principles: marine geology, shrimp fisheries, and the impact of deep sea trawling
Read moreOctober 3, 2016
Ocean Networks Canada and Victoria’s Capital Regional District monitor ocean conditions
Read moreJuly 27, 2016
Deployed: the first spike for British Columbia's earthquake early warning system
Read moreMay 10, 2016
A Canadian First: NOAA brings tsunami Digital Elevation Model training to Victoria, BC
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Coming to Nuu-chah-nulth Territory: exciting developments in ocean monitoring
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June 30, 2015
Young scientist maps how animals are responding to decreasing oxygen in NE Pacific Ocean
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