Last month I had the great opportunity of traveling to Oahu, Hawaii for the decadal meeting OceanObs'19. This meeting was different from the usual scientific meetings I have been going to. This time the participants were not only scientists but also people from the industry, engineers, native people from the Pacific Ocean, outreach people.
In the meeting, we talked about the last decade of observations but also on how we, as a community of oceanographers were engaging with our stakeholders. There was a big consensus in data sharing. There is also a big need to keep on measuring the ocean, pursuing a more complete and sustained network of ocean observations. In particular the meeting conclusions were that we need to:
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