PREFERRED CITATION
Raineault, N.A., J. Flanders, and E. Niiler, eds. 2021. New frontiers in ocean exploration: The E/V Nautilus,
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2020 field season. Oceanography 34(1), supplement, 78 pp.,
https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.01.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Inner Space Center Media Production in the Cloud: Adapting Ocean Science Communication for the 21st Century ....................4
2020 Expedition Overview Map ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
PART 1. OCEAN EXPLORATION TRUST – E/V NAUTILUS .............................................................................................................................................8
Technology ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Microbes to Microplastics: E/V Nautilus Expedition Samples in 2020 ...................................................................................................................................18
Bringing the Ocean to a Remote Learning World: Innovating with Telepresence .....................................................................................................20
Nautilus Field Season Overview ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
• Telepresence Closes the Distance in E/V Nautilus 2020 Field Season ...............................................................................................................................26
• Expanding Seabed Mapping: Supporting the US National Ocean Exploration and Characterization Efforts
in the US West Coast Exclusive Economic Zone..................................................................................................................................................................................28
• Ocean Networks Canada: Advancing Ocean Observing Technology and Science ...............................................................................................30
• Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and Gradients of Blue Economic Seep Resources ...................................................................32
• Exploring Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary .....................................................................................................................................................................34
• California Streaming: Exploring Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Assemblages in Sunny Southern California ....................................36
• Biodiversity Baselines and Biopharmaceutical Potential for the Borderland .............................................................................................................38
• Updates from the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute ...................................................................................................................................40
PART 2. NOAA OFFICE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH ............................................................................................................44
Introduction: Looking Back and Looking Forward with the National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring,
and Characterizing the US Exclusive Economic Zone ........................................................................................................................................................................46
Harnessing the Blue Economy by Expanding Ocean Exploration ...........................................................................................................................................48
Exploring and Characterizing the Ocean ......................................................................................................................................................................................................51
Engaging Educators and the Public with Virtual Tools ......................................................................................................................................................................53
OER Partnerships Lead to New Exploration Technologies .............................................................................................................................................................55
Overcoming Challenges While Looking Ahead to 2021 ..................................................................................................................................................................57
PART 3. SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE – R/V FALKOR ....................................................................................................................................................58
Exploration Down Under: The Schmidt Ocean Institute 2020 Field Season....................................................................................................................60
WHAT’S NEXT: OVERCOMING A TUMULTUOUS YEAR .................................................................................................................................................68
Authors ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................72
References ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................77
Acronyms ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78