Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research & Technology

CIOERT News

CIOERT partners with Cooperative Institute at Univ. of Miami on new five year program to study connectivity of deep and shallow coral reefs in the Gulf-- UM press release

News Archive

Oct 2011- Universities are idea factories, but most ideas do not end in factories; NSF's new I-Corps program awarded its first round of grants to academic innovators to help them become entrepeneurs
Oct 2011-- Don't dive? Anyone can visit 3-D depictions of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary wrecks at http://www.thunderbaywrecks.com/thunder-bay-wrecks.php; based partly on dives and images from CIOERT missions.
Oct 2011-- NOAA's ship of exploration, Okeanos Explorer, christened upon arriving to its home port in Rhode Island
Oct 2011-- FLOSEE II Expedition comes home from exploring deep reefs around Florida! Site includes daily blog from sea and image gallery

Managing Partners

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Quick Look

The Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research and Technology (CIOERT) explores and studies the nation’s ocean frontiers using innovation and cutting edge technologies. CIOERT is sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean Exploration (NOAA) and Research, and headquartered at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University in Fort Pierce, Fla. CIOERT explorers and technologists address NOAA priorities within the following research themes:

Develop advanced underwater technologies

Expand the scope and efficiency of exploration and research by developing, testing, and applying new and innovative uses of existing technologies to ocean exploration and research activities.

Explore and research the frontier regions of the eastern U.S. Continental Shelf and Slope

Focus on the exploration and research of ecosystems and habitats of economic, hazardous, scientific or cultural importance within and beyond the eastern U.S. Continental Shelf.

Explore and research vulnerable deep and shallow coral ecosystems

Ocean exploration and research using advanced underwater technologies and techniques to improve the understanding of coral and sponge ecosystems, especially ecosystems under stress from human and climate change impacts, such as ocean acidification.

Promote ocean literacy and next generation workforce

Support education and outreach activities that engage students in hands-on science and technology development, and convey the excitement and value of exploration discoveries.