The development of unmanned and autonomous surface vehicles in recent years has triggered a new era in civilian and military maritime operations. One of the applications that is likely to...

In a second seafloor survey off the Southern California coast, researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography uncovered a staggering 350 square kilometres of discarded military munitions. The April...

Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, is responsible for managing and maintaining the main infrastructure facilities in the Netherlands. As part of its efforts to...

In this article, we examine the evolving landscape of bathymetry with insights from Anders Ekelund, vice president of airborne bathymetric Lidar at Hexagon Geosystems. Beyond mapping seagrass, Ekelund unveils Lidar’s...

Assets on the seabed, such as offshore wind turbines, natural resource extraction systems and underwater cables, serve as critical subsea infrastructure. To efficiently build, monitor, protect and maintain these assets,...

A group of companies recently came together to conduct an offshore multibeam survey of the anchorage near the entrance to Boston Harbor using an autonomous vessel. The surge in autonomous...

An understanding of the interplay between glaciers and the ocean is needed to improve sea-level rise projections. Seafloor mapping is critical in this pursuit, particularly where the ice sheets of...

Marine organisms play a critical role in capturing and storing carbon in the ocean, a factor often overlooked in climate models, which presents a challenge for predicting future ocean carbon...

As part of the Research Council of Norway-funded DeepRift project led by Rob Gawthorpe at the Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen (UiB), an international group of scientists is...

In an era of environmental challenges and economic uncertainties, nations are earnestly seeking innovative ways to stimulate economic development, improve public safety and enhance the quality of life for their...