North Sea wrecks: Toxic legacies of war

North Sea wrecks: Toxic legacies of war

Some 290 shipwrecks lie in the Belgian part of the North Sea alone, with probably more than 1,000 in the entire North Sea, many of them silent witnesses to the two world wars. Unti...

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The search for the Montevideo Maru

The search for the Montevideo Maru

Fugro has utilized its cutting-edge hydrographic technology in Australia to locate the final resting place of the 'Montevideo Maru', which sank in 1942 with more than 1,200 people...

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There is Still Much to Be Discovered

There is Still Much to Be Discovered

More than 70% of the Earth is made up of oceans, yet the underwater domain is the least known area of our planet. Even now, in the technologically advanced 21st century, only an es...

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Shipwreck Monitoring in the North Sea

Shipwreck Monitoring in the North Sea

In order to guarantee nautical depths, the Rijkswaterstaat survey department runs an annual seabed monitoring programme. In July 2019, research vessel MS Arca left its home port of...

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Recent Developments in Airborne Lidar

Recent Developments in Airborne Lidar

The arrival of airborne Lidar, also referred to as airborne laser scanning (ALS), has revolutionized area-wide 3D data acquisition of topography, bathymetry, vegetation, buildings...

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Uncovering the Mysteries of the Oceans

Uncovering the Mysteries of the Oceans

This article will dig into the field of oceanography and the trends and methods developed over the past decades. Did you know that marine species constitute more than 80% of t...

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The Study of Mapping the Seafloor

The Study of Mapping the Seafloor

This article will immerse you in the deep water of bathymetry. It explains in detail what a bathymetric map is, what it shows, what methods we use to collect the bathymetric data a...

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