A measuring system for wind-driven sand transport, a set-up for acidification experiments with algae and a multi-transducer parametrical echosounder are the three new research instruments that will be purchased by...

These are exciting times in the geomatics and hydrographic industry. Innovative solutions are being developed, integration is the main keyword and the big players are acquiring smaller companies that add...

The new-build RV Kronprins Haakon, the first Norwegian icebreaker built for polar research, and the first purpose-built polar research vessel since Roald Amundsen’s Maud launched in 1917, will start regular...

A quarter of a century old, with over 900,000 kilometres (488,842 nautical miles) logged and still on the cutting edge of science and technology: 8 July 2015 will mark the...

For some years now EMODnet has been creating access to marine data sources. The long-term aim of EMODnet is to unlock the wealth of marine observations and data in Europe...

Gabri S.r.l. is a company located in Genova, Italy, whose trade is in the AUV market. The company aims to set a new quality standard for the autonomous underwater vehicle...

A massive phytoplankton bloom unfolds each spring in the Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda to the Arctic. But what happens to all that organic material produced in the surface ocean? Melissa...

Using Royal Navy submarine data, researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC, UK) have investigated the nature of turbulence in the ocean beneath the Arctic sea-ice. Recent decreases in Arctic...

Marine and River Dune Dynamics Conference V (MARID V) is the fifth edition of the international conference series organised every four years and related to Marine and River Dune Dynamics....

While exploring the biology of deep-sea animals and processes of plate tectonics, the German research vessel Sonne has made an exciting accidental find on its first expedition. Marine scientists and...