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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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...

Small Organisms, Big Impact: Adam Kos, SEBS’26, Explores the World of Microscopic Marine Animals in the Lab and at Sea

Adam Kos, a 2026 graduate of Rutgers University School of Environmental Biological Science, joins the Schmidt Ocean Institute research expedition in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean When Adam Kos started working in Dr. Grace Saba’s laboratory of in 2024, he didn’t realize his experiential learning would culminate with a month...

Rutgers Research Vessel Supports U.S. Coast Guard Response Training

TUCKERTON, N.J. — Rutgers University recently partnered with U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay to support a day of realistic maritime search-and-rescue training aboard the university’s research vessel R/V Arabella, providing Coast Guard crews with valuable opportunities to practice lifesaving operations while giving undergraduate students a firsthand look at emergency response...