Nobumichi Shimizu of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a fellow is an...

New Zealand is a small country located in a vast ocean. Its hydrographic responsibilities cover 18 million square kilometres reaching from the shores of Antarctica to the Tokelaus and from...

Gerhard Mercator, Flemish geographer of German extraction, during his long life (1512-1594) became the greatest cartographer of the Renaissance. The projection upon which he based his World Map of 1569...

Chartered Hydrographic Surveyor, Richard Cattermole, has recently gained Fellowship status with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). This new designation adds to his existing Chartered Marine Scientist and Fellowship...

Pleasant Meeting with Young Pupils We have previously mentioned HSR’s collaboration with the historical–geographical club ‘Boris Vilkitzki’ in Saint Petersburg, school No. 43, supervised by the geography teacher Mrs Elena...

News In St. Petersburg at the mouth of the Neva River there lies at moorage the world-famous icebreaker, Krasin. The icebreaker was built in Great Britain in 1917 and named...

Claudios Ptolemaios (to use the Greek version of his name), the greatest geographer of ancient times and the father of our geography, was a scholar who lived in Alexandria, Egypt....

Reed Business Geo has appointed Roosmarijn Haring as the new editor-in-chief for Hydro International. The transition is effective from the January issue of Hydro International.   Roosmarijn Haring graduated in...

With a background in oceanography, physical geography and electronic engineering, Aqua Vision BV, a small company with its headquarters in Utrecht (the Netherlands), is an all-round player in the fields...

The potential contribution to sea level rise from a collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) have been greatly overestimated, according to a new study published in the journal...