Satellite technology has been used to chart shallow areas of the Cook Islands’ seafloor in never-before-seen detail by scientists in New Zealand working with the satellite data analytics company EOMAP GmbH.
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As part of a European cooperative project, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is developing a robotic system that uses machine learning methods to locate and collect waste underwater. The seas and oceans currently contain somewhere between 26 million and 66 million tonnes of plastic waste, most of which is lying on the seafloor. This represents an enormous threat to marine plants and animals and to the ecological balance of the seas.
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The WOC Seabed 2030 Online Seabed Data Workshop will take place virtually on December 8.
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Seabed mapping surveys will unlock vital new information about the waters around the Cayman Islands and enable safe navigation and the continued development of the islands’ sustainable blue economy.
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TCarta Marine, a global provider of hydrospatial solutions, has introduced a global satellite-derived bathymetry (G-SDB) product line developed with a new seafloor depth measurement technique that leverages machine learning and NASA ICESat-2 laser data. The first G-SDB offering covers the entire Red Sea–available now–with additional data sets to be rolled out through the end of this year. The commercial TCarta
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Fugro is participating in an EU co-funded research and innovation project to develop a remote solution for global satellite-derived seafloor mapping. The three-year project, named “4S” (Satellite Seafloor Survey Suite), will develop an online cloud-based solution that will use highly automated Earth-observation algorithms and workflows to remotely map and monitor seafloor habitats, morphology and shallow-water bathymetry. Fugro will lead the
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