RUCOOL advances the understanding and predictability of our ocean planet, marine and coastal ecosystems, and fisheries, for a safer, more resilient, prosperous, and equitable world. Our team is leading transformative interdisciplinary research, innovating and deploying novel observing technologies, co-developing blue economy solutions, and inspiring and educating future generations.

The Sentinel Mission: A global mission of community and exploration

The Sentinel Mission will try to circumnavigate the global ocean following nautical rules by an underwater robot. The goal is to demonstrate new technology developed by Teledyne Marine Inc and promote curiosity of the ocean planet. The mission will use the newly developed Teledyne Marine’s Sentinel autonomous underwater vehicle. Our our goal is to build global unity, contribute scientific discoveries, and inspire a sustainable relationship with our world’s oceans.

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From HF Radar to GNSS-R: Expanding Our View of the Ocean

The ocean is constantly changing, and observing those changes across large areas requires increasingly diverse technologies. That challenge was the focus of a recent Rutgers University visit by Weimin Huang, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Huang’s research spans high-frequency (HF) radar, marine radar, synthetic...

Why ‘salt finger mixing’ draws Rutgers scientists to warming ocean

“Joanna Gagis, Greg Shillinglaw | August 24, 2026 | Energy & Environment” Studying how phytoplanktons are affected when two types of water meet, and what may happen to the marine food chain. A thousand miles east of Barbados, in the tropical North Atlantic, two Rutgers University oceanographers are leading a 25-day...

Elusive Motion in the Ocean and its Role in Regulating the Planet

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Join a virtual tour with Rutgers University faculty, students, and their international partners, as they explore the waters of the western tropical Atlantic onboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too). The Rutgers-led research team will spend 25 days at sea exploring how salt finger mixing, an...