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Mid-Atlantic Glider Initiative & Collaboration

MAGIC enhances and leverages BIOS’s long-standing ocean measurement programs southeast of Bermuda through the use of autonomous underwater vehicles.

Read more about MAGIC
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Access the data collected by our fleet of underwater gliders

Mid-Atlantic Glider Initiative and Collaboration

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In the water now

Read about the latest glider missions and view data in near real-time.

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Research spotlight

Gliders are being used to help answer long-standing questions about the biological carbon pump in the Sargasso Sea.

Scientist recover a glider as part of the MAGIC program at BIOS in Bermuda

Education spotlight

Learn how the MAGIC program is enhancing university-level education.

About the program

MAGIC was established at BIOS with generous support from the Grayce B. Kerr Fund, and further strengthened with funding from the US National Science Foundation, the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, Simons Foundation International, and the FIL Foundation.

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