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From the Seafloor to the Drugstore: Inventor Amy Wright on Marine Natural Products

Chemicals in marine organisms show promise for new medicines. Inventor Amy Wright is discovering why. Those were the glory days. Amy Wright would plop down into the seat inside a
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Virtual Immersion Goes Beyond the Surface with Underwater Drones

Christine Spiten is the 27 year old co-founder and chief global strategist of Blueye Robotics, a company making underwater drones that connect with your smartphone, tablet, laptop or a pair
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How US Coastal Communities Are Building Climate Resilience

According to the Third National Climate Assessment, nearly 5 million people in the coastal U.S. live within 4 ft. of their local high-tide level, and global sea levels are predicted
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US Coast Guard Makes Progress on Funding Icebreaker Fleet

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has released a request for proposal (RFP) with matching funding to acquire a new heavy icebreaker vessel intended to be the first of a six-ship
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The U.S. Navy Tests Saab’s ASW Training System

For a three-month period in 2018, the Bahamas will play host to a demonstration of a new anti-submarine training device. According to Saab, anti-submarine warfare may be more necessary than
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China’s Arctic Ambitions: Q&A with Sherri Goodman

The Arctic has traditionally been a region where cooperation has been common between nations. Its significance on the world’s geopolitical map is changing, however, as global warming leads to
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Volvo Ocean Race Yachts are Collecting Scientific Data

Volvo Ocean Race, 2018—The toughest sailing race in the world will reach Auckland, New Zealand at the end of the month, and during this year’s event—the 13th edition of the
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Aquabotix Goes Public: Web-Based Tech and Underwater Vehicles

Aquabotix is a company that specializes in portable underwater vehicles. Its products include ROVs, hybrid AUV/ROVs and underwater camera systems. Aquabotix recently made the transition to become a public company
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Deep Dive into Engineering the World’s Most Advanced ROV System: Q&A with Carl Barrett

In August 2017 a research group led by explorer and philanthropist Paul G. Allen used ultra-high-tech underwater equipment to locate the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis, a ship that sank
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Q&A: Jeff Orlowski’s ‘Chasing Coral’

If you haven’t seen “Chasing Coral” yet, we highly recommend you watch it. (It’s streaming now on Netflix.) This engaging documentary successfully communicates the immediacy of the problem of climate
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GeoHab Brings Together Geological and Biological Mapping Experts

04/25/2018 Leave a comment

GeoHab (Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping) is an international association of marine scientists studying biophysical (i.e. geologic and oceanographic) indicators of benthic habitats and

Current Turbine to be Installed on Congo River

04/24/2018 Leave a comment

Tropical Africa is criss-crossed by powerful rivers and has a considerable amount of untapped hydrokinetic potential. It is estimated that 90% of rural populations there

Fugro Helps Update Cayman Islands Nautical Charts

04/23/2018 Leave a comment

Fugro recently completed the data acquisition phase of a hydrographic survey project that is designed to update significant portions of the nautical charts of Grand

Earth Day Founder Denis Hayes Comments on Plastic Pollution

04/20/2018 Leave a comment

An interview with Denis Hayes, the organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970 who has continued the work through the international Earth Day Network,

EarthX Opens in Dallas with Chasing Coral Screening, Sylvia Earle Talk

04/19/2018 Leave a comment

The Texas Earth Day festival, EarthX, kicks off tonight with a screening of Jeff Orlowski’s Chasing Coral, a “green carpet” event to be held at

NY Maritime College Installs Environmental Compliance Tool on Training Ship

04/18/2018 Leave a comment

State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College will install Ocean Guardian, a digital environmental compliance tool, aboard the training ship Empire State for its summer sea

Sea Technology, Vol. 59, No. 4—April 2018

04/17/2018 Leave a comment

April 2018 Offshore Technology, Alternative Energy & Ocean Engineering

MIT Releases Swimming Robotic Fish Made of Silicone Rubber

04/17/2018 Leave a comment

The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT unveiled a soft robotic fish, “SoFi”. The robot is intended to photograph rare marine organisms up close by fitting

Palau to Host the 2020 “Our Oceans” Conference

04/16/2018 Leave a comment

The Republic of Palau will host the 2020 edition of the Our Oceans conference, an event designed as a forum for ocean leaders to commit

FAU Harbor Branch Co-Founder Edwin A. Link Inducted Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

04/13/2018 Leave a comment

The late Edwin A. Link, a driving force behind bringing FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute to Fort Pierce, is being inducted into the 2018 class

Floating Screen Project to Collect Juvenile Fish in Detroit Reservoir

04/10/2018 Leave a comment

Bremerton–based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Art Anderson Associates is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Portland to provide architectural

Resource Watch Platform to Provide Data on Natural Resources

04/09/2018 Leave a comment

World Resources Institute and the National Geographic Society are hosting an event on how current trends in data, technology, media and human networks can inform