10 Years of the Casper Octopus
NOAA Ocean Exploration
Published: 27 February 2026
A decade after an ROV spotted a translucent octopod nicknamed Casper at 4,290 meters depth, the species remains unclassified as no specimen has been collected for study.
Keywords: deep-sea octopus, Casper octopus, deep-sea discovery, ROV, marine taxonomy, deep ocean, cephalopods
Scientists race to understand Greenland-North Atlantic climate tipping point
British Antarctic Survey
Published: 11 March 2026
An international team of 17 partners heads to Greenland to study how rapidly melting glaciers may push the Atlantic Ocean toward a critical climate tipping point in the 5-year GIANT project.
Keywords: Greenland, ice sheet, tipping point, AMOC, Atlantic Ocean, glaciers, climate change, ocean circulation
Oceanographic Calibration Facility achieves 10,000th instrument calibration
Integrated Marine Observing System
Published: 10 February 2026
As IMOS enters its 20th anniversary year, the CSIRO-operated Oceanographic Calibration Facility has calibrated its 10,000th oceanographic instrument at the Maria Island National Reference Station in Tasmania.
Keywords: ocean observing, calibration, oceanographic instruments, CSIRO, Tasmania, ISO 17025, IMOS
