OECI Participants of the 2026 AGU Conference

The AGU 2026 Conference is held in San Francisco, CA, from December 7-11 this year, and many participants are sharing their work, including research related to data collected on OET expeditions and other OECI-funded ocean efforts. Take a look at some of the science presented this year below:

Oral Presentations

Community-based ocean mapping and exploration at the technological edge: E/V Nautilus expeditions in the Central and Western Pacific by Daniel Wagner and Derek Sowers

The Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute: public-private partnerships in support of deep-sea critical mineral priorities by Adam Soule and Heather Coleman 

Bridge to Ocean Exploration (B2OE): Powering the Blue Economy by Bridging the Experiential Learning Gap by Holly Morin

Poster Presentations

The GO-BGC Program Helped Build an Array of Biogeochemical Argo Floats: What’s Next? by Melissa Miller

Contemporaneous formation of the Mid-Pacific Mountains and Hess Rise by Paige Crawford 

The 2022-26 eruption of Ahyi Seamount: Insight into Arc-Front Magmatic Systems in the Northern Marianas by Jacob Tomer 

ROV observations of polymetallic Nodule Density and Distributions in the Cook Islands by Kiera Block

54,000 Nautical Miles and Counting: A Geospatial Approach to Visualizing a Decade of STEMSEAS' Impact by Jennifer Valenzuela 

Expanded Mapping and Exploration Efforts in U.S. Waters in Support of Marine Critical Minerals Priorities by Aurora Elmore 

Large Depth Changes Due to Recent Eruptions Documented by Repeat Bathymetric Mapping at Three Submarine Volcanoes in the Mariana Arc, Western Pacific by Jeremy Powell