17.05.2012
Senator the Hon. Chris Evans opens the new SIMS Research Facilities
International and Australian scientists can now access first class marine research facilities right on the edge of Sydne... read more
27.04.2012
Warming altering ocean salinity and water cycle
A clear change in salinity has been detected in the world’s oceans, signalling shifts and an acceleration in the global ... read more
27.04.2012
Understanding sea level rise: observations provide the evidence base
IMOS Director Tim Moltmann, and Neville Exon, the program scientist in charge of Australia and New Zealand's involvement... read more
18.04.2012
New EAC mooring array completes the IMOS bluewater observing system
This final mooring deployment means IMOS is observing Australia's deep oceans from the tropics to Antarctica.
Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) was established in 2007 under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), with initial funding of $50M and co-investment of $44M from partners. It has successfully deployed a range of observing equipment in the oceans around Australia, and is making all of the data freely and openly available through the IMOS Ocean Portal – http://imos.aodn.org.au/webportal/ - for the benefit of Australian marine and climate science as a whole.
With the injection of an additional $52M from the Education Investment Fund (EIF) in 2009, and up to $66M in further co-investment, IMOS will be extended out to mid-2013 and enhance its monitoring in the Southern Ocean and northern Australian waters.
IMOS is designed to be a fully-integrated, national system, observing at ocean-basin and regional scales, and covering physical, chemical and biological variables.
