A National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Project
GO-BGC
The Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array is a global robotic network of profiling floats carrying chemical and biological sensors that will revolutionize our understanding of ocean biogeochemical cycles, carbon uptake, acidification, deoxygenation, and ecosystem health.
Data
Data from floats and ships, and tutorials on using the data
Array Status
Array map and status table, current and future deployments
Adopt-A-Float
Partnering teachers with scientists to bring research into the classroom
Events
Upcoming events related to the GO-BGC project
Latest News
GO-BGC-relevant sessions at AGU25 and OSM26
Abstract deadlines for the AGU Fall Meeting and Ocean Sciences meeting are fast approaching – click below for lists of SOCCOM/GO-BGC relevant sessions: AGU25 sessions – abstract deadline Wednesday, July 30OSM26 sessions – abstract deadline Wednesday, August 20
How are Scientists Keeping an Eye on Earth’s Oceans?
A new book written by oceanographers explores how scientists conduct research below the surface of the ocean.
Robots monitor the deep sea
GO-BGC's sister program Deep Argo in the spotlight. In a recent NBC Bay Area news report "Underwater robots tracking climate change", GO-BGC and Argo's Sarah Purkey from Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) talks about Deep Argo robots that track climate change in...
Revolutionizing our understanding of the ocean
Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, the University of Washington, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Princeton University will use this grant to build and deploy 500 robotic ocean-monitoring floats around the globe as part of NSF’s Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 program
