Dec 19, 2024 · A new study published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series highlights a resilient sea sponge’s response to its changing environment. The rare footage was captured by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) seafloor cameras off the BC coast for over four years, marking the longest continuous recording of these ancient but remarkably active animals in the wild. The baseball-sized sponge, nicknamed ...

Ocean Networks Canada is a University of Victoria initiative that operates the NEPTUNE and VENUS cabled ocean observatories in the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Salish Sea.

ONC monitors the east and west coasts of Canada and the Arctic, collecting real-time, open data that deliver solutions for science, society, and industry.

Underwater cameras are placed on the seafloor across large sections of Canada’s coastline. View the schedule & watch live.

ONC operates world-leading ocean observatories that collect data from the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

The interactive earthquake data dashboard allows users to explore recent earthquakes near Vancouver Island and around the world. Strong magnitude earthquakes are displayed on a world map with corresponding waveform data recorded from ONC’s offshore seismic stations.

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) ocean observing networks generate ‘big data’ in the form of high-resolution sensor measurements, video, and underwater sound recordings from the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans. These FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) open data are used by over 32,000 researchers, communities and decision-makers around the world.

Mar 6, 2024 · A peak of more than 200 earthquakes per hour were detected this week at a deep sea site within Ocean Network Canada’s northeast Pacific seafloor observatory, the highest rate of earthquakes observed in this region since 2005. On March 6, 2024, ONC’s real time monitoring network detected significant tectonic activity including an approximately 4.1 magnitude earthquake at the North-East ...

Jan 16, 2024 · This partnership between Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of Victoria initiative, and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) will advance scientific understanding of one of the most under-observed parts of the planet, the Southern Ocean, or the Antarctic Ocean. Data is now flowing from the observatory located offshore of the Spanish Antarctic Station (BAE), Juan Carlos I ...

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is one of 30 pioneers and change ambassadors who are featured in a global docuseries for charting new paths towards a healthy and sustainable ocean. The nine-minute film is now live on World Ocean Day, June 8. Ocean Titans is an official World Ocean Council series that is hosted and distributed by Reuters internationally. With a focus on the ocean dimension of the ...