Expanded Ocean Observation For Climate Modeling | Climate

Last Update: 09/22/2026 at 11:33 PM EST

Coverage from EurekAlert!, Ucsd, and others

New funding is expanding ocean-observation infrastructure through Deep Argo floats, environmental DNA surveys, and autonomous sampling near Thwaites Glacier to improve climate and sea-level models.

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05/30/2026

The story is mostly unchanged, but the framing has broadened from a grant-backed observing expansion to a more structural, ongoing effort. The current version also newly names the RIFT-OX autonomous platform as part of the Antarctic work.

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EurekAlert! / Paul G. Allen

FFST Grants $15M To Scripps For Deep Ocean And eDNA Research

3/3/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General

Ucsd

FFST Awards $15M To Scripps Oceanography

3/3/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General

Scripps Institution of Oceanography / Alex Fox

Scripps Receives $15M To Expand Deep Ocean Monitoring

3/3/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General