Oceanography The Official Magazine of
The Oceanography Society

Volume 39 | Number 2 | June 2026

On the Cover: Acropora coral, Howland Island, central Pacific Ocean, affected by a global bleaching event in 2010. Image credit: Kevin Lino, NOAA Fisheries
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CONTENTS

COMMENTARY • Argo at a Crossroads: Achievements, Impacts, and the Imperative for Sustained Global Ocean Observations
By Lilian A. Dove, Gaël Forget, Momme Hell, Verena Hormann, Irina Marinov, Monique Messié, Anastasia Romanou, Jacob Steinberg, and Lynne D. Talley

FEATURE ARTICLE • Quantifying the Role of Climate Change in Driving Mass Coral Bleaching
By Andrew J. Pershing, John F. Bruno, Joseph Giguere, and Alexandra Khrizman

FEATURE ARTICLE • Ecological Benthic Units: A New Characterization of the Global Seafloor for Ocean Spatial Planning and Management
By Peter T. Harris, Dawn J. Wright, Kevin Butler, Keith VanGraafeiland, Mark John Costello, Kerry Howell, Gustav Kågesten, Vanessa Lucieer, Miles Macmillan-Lawler, and Roger Sayre

FEATURE ARTICLE • Toward Ocean Model-Driven Robotic Exploration
By Renato Mendes, Ana F. Duarte, Leonardo Azevedo, Lucrezia Bernacchi, João Borges de Sousa, João Pereira, Bernardo Gabriel, João Bogas, Marina Cunha, Clara F. Rodrigues, Ajit Subramaniam, Fernando Esteves, and Kanna Rajan

WORKSHOP REPORT • The PACE Data Hackweek Launches a New Wave of Open Science: How We Did It (Twice), and Why
By Anna E. Windle, Ian Carroll, Carina Poulin, Skye Caplan, and P. Jeremy Werdell

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Students Co-Creating Their Community of Inquiry
By Mirjam S. Glessmer, Anne Digranes Årvik, and Kjersti Daae