More than 1,000 metres below the ocean’s surface where seawater meets magma, underwater volcanoes erupt producing hot springs known as hydrothermal vents. Here exists a world that survives and thrives ...

A peak of more than 200 earthquakes per hour were detected this week at a deep sea site within Ocean Network Canada’s northeast Pacific seafloor observatory, the highest rate of earthquakes observed ...

One of the richest sources of information that Indigenous People bring to knowledge-pairing partnerships are the direct, year-round observations made by people out on the land and on the sea, over ...

It’s not just a new look, it’s a new experience. Explore the new tools and features of the revamped Ocean Networks Canada website – now available in English and French sections. Visit Oceans 3.0 to ...

Ocean Networks Canada’s deep sea observatory is the research monitoring site for a new type of ocean-based carbon dioxide removal technology; the first of its kind to be trialed in Canadian waters.

Newly published research by scientists with the Solid Carbon project shows that carbon dioxide (CO 2) taken from the atmosphere and injected into the deep subseafloor off Vancouver Island may turn ...

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is developing a coastal hazard assessment framework that utilises a two-eyed seeing approach, interweaving Indigenous knowledge with its tsunami and flood hazard modelling ...

It was fitting, in a way, that one of the world’s leading oceanographers, Kim Juniper, passed away on 7 June 2024 during Ocean Week Canada: a time in our annual calendar when we raise awareness about ...

The powerful solar storm driving the aurora borealis over global skies last weekend was also triggering the movement of compasses deep in the ocean, as revealed in new scientific findings shared today ...

Graphic rendering of the new subsea observatory at the Spanish Antarctic Station, a partnership between Ocean Networks Canada and the Spanish National Research Council. Credit: Ocean Networks Canada.

On March 13, 2025 the Government of Canada announced a $24M investment over six years to fund the ‘Solid Carbon: The Ocean’s Rock-solid Sociotechnical Climate Solution’ project through the New ...

Message from ONC President and CEO, Kate Moran, O.C. I am exceptionally proud of our dedicated staff who have worked tirelessly this year to continue expanding our research frontiers and our valued ...