Welcome to OpenOceans Global!
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Welcome to OpenOceans Global! We are a non-profit organization dedicated to "Linking People to the World's Oceans™" through sharing information that will result in more informed decisions.
From various ocean communities, to jobs, to ocean information, to the best in ocean culture, events and news, OpenOceans Global will link viewers to the ocean in all of its facets.
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Our Goal
Our goal is to build an international ocean community focused on aggregating the world's ocean data and creatively presenting that data online using advanced visualization technologies. Learn more in the Our Work tab under "About Us." ________________________
Founding Partners
OpenOceans Globals thanks our founding partners for their initial and continuing support of our efforts. These three organizations are world-class in each of their areas of operation and their initial support helps to underscore the importance of OpenOceans Global's mission. Please see this area in the future for additional founding partners.
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Aquarium of the Pacific
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the U.S. Geological Survey's Science Impact Collaborative (MUSIC)
6/16/2012 OpenOceans Global presentation at United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) as part of Oceans Day..
3/4/2012Consortium for Ocean Leadership added to jobs page
2/20/2012 Febrary 20, 2012, edition of OpenOceans Global's E-Newsletter published.
2/13/2012 Check out the new web cam links from Aquarium of the Pacific and the New England Aquarium.
2/8/2012 San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board honors OpenOceans Global for three years of work resulting in a Recovery Strategy for the watershed.
12/13/2011 Keep checking back as we cover the Eye on Earth Summit. Tweets are on this page or on Twitter.
12/13/2011 Bill Clinton Keynote Speech at Eye on Earth Summit.
Ocean Jobs Tab is Live. With the launch of the web site, the Ocean Jobs tab is live ... and with a form allowing viewers to suggest additional job boards to add to the page.
Privacy Statement:we will never forward your information to third parties and you'll only receive important updates related to OpenOceans Global.
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Bringing the Ocean World to You
At OpenOceans Global, we intend to build an international ocean community that cuts across all sectors of ocean use, protection, management, and research. The globe below provides an ever-growing measure of that community. Each dot represents the origination of site visitors. We invite you to explore our web site, utilize the tools available to provide additional information to help us better link you and other visitors to the ocean world.
Marine Education Pick of the Month Guy Harvey Research Institute. The Guy Harvey Research Institute has conducted fascinating tagging studies of tiger sharks and oceanic whitetip sharks, complete with animations. These animations join other tracking visualizations from around the world in OpenOceans Global's Tracking Marine Life section. Links to these great animations of marine life data can be found under the Educational Resources tab.