The IMarEST has launched a new hydrography descriptor for its Chartered Marine Scientist register to allow hydrographers to distinguish themselves by using the letters “CMarSci (Hydrography)” after their name. No...

France and Ifremer have long been involved in the discovery and study of deep-sea mineral resources and their associated ecosystems. With a rather unique position in the marine research landscape,...

The navigation channels in the Dutch Wadden Sea require continuous maintenance due to unceasing sedimentation of sand and mud. This article describes the data management workflow and adopted technologies for...

International seabed sampling specialist Ocean Scientific International (OSIL) has shipped a uniquely modified version of the industry-standard multiple corer to Australia for use in a project in a remote location...

Hydro17 (from 14-16 November 2017 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands) was opened by the chief hydrographer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Keynote speakers on the opening day of this annual conference...

For three years researchers from 11 countries have been working intensively on questions about the consequences of deep-sea mining on ecosystems and environmental aspects in the 'MiningImpact' project coordinated by the...

The release at the end of July 2017 of bathymetry data by Geoscience Australia has revealed seafloor maps with a resolution 15 times higher than those previously produced using satellite data....

The environment of the Sabella D10 tidal turbine, including underwater sounds, currents, wave, etc., is analysed using a sensor system developed by RTsys (France). Having been tested over the course...

French satellite-services specialist CLS - subsidiary of the French Space Agency (CNES), ARDIAN (an independent investment company) and IFREMER (the French research institute for exploitation of the sea) - has acquired...

A research cruise this summer, led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC, UK), will address the massive technical challenges in exploring for sea-floor mineral deposits. The expedition will take place...