The ocean plays a crucial role in mitigating climate change, yet we lack detailed information on over 95% of the seafloor. This article explores planblue’s solution to accelerate time-to-data and...

Łukasz Janowski holds a PhD in Earth Sciences. He has been an adjunct at the Maritime Institute, Gdynia Maritime University, since 2019 and has authored several articles and conference proceedings....

Activities such as sand extraction, cable trenching and pipeline construction regularly churn up the top layer of the North Sea seabed. However, this top half metre is an important habitat for all...

Offshore wind farms have emerged as a significant source of renewable energy in the North Sea. However, concerns persist regarding their environmental effects. A recent study conducted by Ute Daewel...

A decade after completing its first shoreline mapping project, NV5 Geospatial has mapped over 10.5 million hectares of North America’s shoreline and riverine environments for more than 200 projects. These...

Offshore wind energy development, which is expanding rapidly along the East Coast of the United States, has the potential to play an important role in US efforts to combat the...

Much remains unknown about the benthic ecosystem that the blue economy depends on, and improved benthic habitat mapping is key to the sustainable development of the blue economy. While remote...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contracted NV5 Geospatial to define the shoreline in an extremely complex area of south-east Alaska as part of the NGS Coastal Mapping Program....

Terradepth is an ocean data-as-a-service company focused on scaling ocean data collection and dissemination, enabling unprecedented exploration of the underwater environment. Their unique end-to-end solutions increase maritime operational efficiency with...

Aside from being able to monitor water depths, the most recent multibeam echosounder sonar (MBES) systems can also simultaneously record the reflected intensities from different seafloor surfaces. With this capability,...