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Synchro article in the Economist Impact

Synchro article in the Economist Impact

“The ocean and its ecosystems are facing unprecedented challenges from climate change which is heating both land and sea to record levels. According to NOAA research forecasts, 40% of the global ocean is experiencing marine heatwave conditions and that figure is expected to remain high through the end of 2023. These anomalously warm ocean temperatures […]

Synchro's Next Show and Tell Series for Emerging Tech- August 7th

Synchro’s Next Show and Tell Series for Emerging Tech- August 7th

Register for our next webinar on August 7th at 11am (PST)! Just 30 minutes of your time to hear from one of testing applicants and have the opportunity to ask questions about their technology. This next one is for anyone that works in soundscape monitoring, such as marine mammal or defense experts, marine protected areas, […]

Synchro's Inaugural Show and Tell Series for Emerging Tech- June 12th

Synchro’s Inaugural Show and Tell Series for Emerging Tech- June 12th

Register for our first webinar! Just 30 minutes of your time to hear from our testing applicants and have a chance to ask questions about their technology. It’s for anyone that works in marine monitoring, such as marine mammal experts, port facilities, fishing authorities, and marine protected areas, or if you are curious about how […]

Synchro made the cover of Marine Technology Reporter!

Synchro made the cover of Marine Technology Reporter!

Should you have missed the last issue of 2023 of Marine Technology Reporter, Synchro’s shot made the cover with our interview inside. We are also a news feature as an editorial: That excerpt is based on the longer video interview with MTR’s editor, Greg Trauthwein. So take some time to catch up on Synchro’s spotlight! […]

SYNCHRO WANTS YOUR LOW-COST OCEAN TECH!

SYNCHRO WANTS YOUR LOW-COST OCEAN TECH!

Deadline is January 31, 2024 to submit information on your low-cost technology, which will help guide Synchro’s decisions on what to purchase for their tech procurement program. The aim is to boost manufacturing and disseminate the tech further to more users. Visit our low cost tech page for FAQs and a direct link to the […]

Synchro is a UN Ocean Decade Project. And it’s all about Co-Design!

The Ocean Decade of the United Nations (2021-2030) has 271 projects that fall within its highlighted challenges. Of those 17 challenges, one is Ocean Observing C0-Design: Evolving Ocean Observing for a Sustainable Future, sponsored by The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Beneath that umbrella are a dozen projects, of which Synchro is one: Co-design for [...]

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Have you heard of SEER? They synthesize useful information on offshore wind

Offshore wind is coming to the west coast, and as with many topics on the internet, the rabbit hole of information can feel endless. But if you want one source of information to call on for offshore wind questions, we highly recommend the SEER website: Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research. It is a joint collaboration [...]

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Synchro’s sister organization: CeNCOOS

If you are in the observing community, then you know about CeNCOOS, the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System. The director of CeNCOOS, Henry Ruhl, leads Synchro, benefiting Synchro greatly in its coming years from the spiderweb of projects and folks and technology involved. They Recently the groups, including Synchro staff, all met in […]

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Introducing Synchro: A Co-Designed Ocean Testbed for Technology Deployment

A collaboration to help meet growing demands for monitoring the ocean In marine labs and technology start-ups around the world, innovative solutions are being developed that may never make it to the marketplace even if they offer a cost effective and high-quality alternative to present ocean observing tools. The reason? It’s often beyond the capacity [...]

Past Newsletters

Initial Newsletter– July 2023

Holiday 2023 Dispatch– Dec 2023

Summer Dispatch 2025– July 2025

Summer Dispatch 2026– May 2026