The intertidal zone, where coastal wetlands provide the first buffer to storm energy and sea level rise, has not traditionally been a focus of geodetic surveying. However, the increasing vulnerability...

The deepwater research vessel Tangaroa of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) of New Zealand undertakes regular research expeditions to the Antarctic waters. In the last eight...

ORE Offshore has developed an acoustic release that uses a “push-off” release mechanism instead of the advantage lever and hook design found on most acoustic releases. The Push-off Release Transponder...

Many coastal states are engaged in ocean mapping as part of their UNCLOS-driven programmes to project sovereign rights over the deep seabed beyond two hundred nautical miles. The resulting datasets...

Despite some rainfall at the end of the month, streamflows during May in North Carolina (USA) were at or near record low levels, particularly in the western part of the...

An international team of scientists, working over the last four years, has developed a framework for Mapping European Seabed Habitats (MESH). The project achievements far exceeded those originally planned, and...

Applied Acoustic Engineering, based in the east coast town of Great Yarmouth, UK, has been designing and manufacturing subsea acoustic products since 1989. The company initially supported North Sea oil...

Following the order of multiple licenses in 2006, the Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) purchased 4 additional licenses of Aqua Vision's VISEA Plume Detection software.   The DHI uses the Plume...

The GEMS Group was founded in 2003 by Andrew Wright and was formely known as the hydrographic department of Decloet (Dec), Silt and Medida. GEMS (Geotechnical Engineering and Marine Surveys)...

Regional Patterns and Local Variations of Sediment Distribution in the Hudson River Estuary Nitsche, F.O., Ryan, W.B.F., Carbotte, S.M., Bell, R.E., Slagle, A., Bertinado, C., Flood, R., Kenna, T. and...