Voyis will be provide its Insight Pro underwater laser scanner and Observer stills camera system for the Endurance22 project. The project sets out to locate and document Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, believed to be at a depth of over 3,000 m. Shackleton was a famous polar explorer whose ship sunk in the Antarctic in 1915. The deployment is set
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The carbon stored in ocean ecosystems, such as mangroves and seagrasses, can help protect from runaway global heating, yet is being largely ignored by policymakers, a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) says. The report is backed by an open letter signed by over 7,000 marine and climate scientists, human rights experts, public figures and others, that was
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The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), The Hydrographic Society in Scotland (THSIS) and the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) are jointly holding their annual online seminar in November 2021, with the theme “Smart Operations: Driving a Lower Carbon Future.” Abstracts of 150 words are invited considering the following topics of interest to members of all three societies, with the aim
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McQ Inc.’s SonoWatch is an autonomous acoustic lookout system that detects, identifies and determines the navigation meaning of acoustic signals, which provide autonomous collision avoidance to both unmanned and manned watercraft. SonoWatch provides notification of naval navigation acoustic alerts for the safe operation of surface vessels. SonoWatch is compact, sealed for operation in maritime environments, and ruggedized for the shock
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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) are jointly organizing the OCEANS 2022 Chennai conference in Chennai, India, February 21 to 24, 2022. It will be a hybrid conference, with both in-person and virtual features. The theme of the conference is: “Inspire – Innovate – Sustain” and will include a special focus on
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By Neil Gordon When the pandemic hit, we had no idea of what lay ahead. No one would have imaged that it would be at least 15 months before we emerged. We entered lockdown with what we thought was a pretty clear idea of what the future might hold. There was generally a fairly linear path ahead. Energy transition and
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