Paul R. Cooper has joined the Caris USA executive team and will be responsible for directing all aspects of the company's US operations. Mr. Cooper has more than 30 years...

A new event bundling conference (Offshore Survey,OS) and exhibition (Ocean Business Forum, OB) has appeared on our industry agenda. Modest in size compared, for example, to OI-London, the inaugural OS-OB...

On geological time scales, the floor of the ocean is young compared to the continents, as it is continuously recycled by internal convective forces. Oceanic lithosphere forms by ascending magma...

The seas are being monitored, from satellite observations of the ocean surface to the growing number of in-situ measurement networks. The amount of information being generated is huge and should...

The seas are being monitored, from satellite observations of the ocean surface to the growing number of in-situ measurement networks. The amount of information being generated is huge and should...

The Venice Lagoon has been inhabited for over 1,300 years and the art and architecture of its city has been the subject of countless books and academic studies. Yet, despite...

The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), the archetype of Ocean Mapping at a world-ocean scale, celebrated its centenary last year with the release of an updated and greatly...

A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Vice-Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr. has masters and doctoral degrees in applied mathematics from Harvard University. Before joining NOAA he was president and...

Continental Shelf survey and the submission of claims to the United Nations for sovereignty over the waters of marine states are a topic of hot discussion in the marine world....

The coastal zone of Nigeria has in recent years been subjected to increasing economic activities, primarily driven by seaport activities and oil exploration and exploitation. These activities have reportedly resulted...