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Sustaining Long-Term Ocean Observations

EarthzineJanuary 20, 2021Earth Observation, Ocean Decade, Oceans

Long-term observations are critical for using ocean resources responsibly and sustainably.

First new seafloor map of the Ocean Decade collected in Australian waters

EarthzineJanuary 7, 2021Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Earth Observation, Ocean Decade, Oceans

Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor has collected the first public seafloor data of the New Year, as part of a global effort to map the entire ocean floor by 2030.

Autonomous Systems – Emerging & Future Technology Panel at OCEANS 2020

EarthzineDecember 27, 2020Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Earth Observation, Ocean Decade, Oceans

A panel session identified the challenges and opportunities in emerging technologies such as ocean sampling networks, underwater IOT, resident underwater vehicles, underwater human robot interaction, and ultra-long endurance systems.

Ocean Best Practices OBPS Success Story – GOOS-Endorsed Best Practices

EarthzineDecember 12, 2020Earth Observation, Ocean Decade, Oceans

During the last year, Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), working with the OBPS, have developed a process to enable GOOS community best practices to be identified and made available via a search function in the OBPS.

Improving Global and Regional Ocean Observing Through Best Practices and Standards

EarthzineNovember 24, 2020Earth Observation, Ocean Decade, Oceans

Why adopting and documenting Best Practices and Standards is important to understanding our Oceans better, and thereby solving problems of the coming Decade.

Inspiring young minds towards Oceanic Engineering – TryEngineering webinar

Hari VishnuOctober 1, 2020IEEE OES, Mentorship, Ocean Decade, Oceans

An Oceanic Engineering webinar was a great opportunity to reach out to young minds who were curious on Ocean-related careers.

Plastics in the Ocean – The take at OCEANS Seattle

EarthzineSeptember 13, 2020Oceans conferences, Original, Plastics

Summary of Plastic-pollution related talks delivered at the OCEANS conference held in Seattle.

AUV-related research articles in April issue of IEEE JOE

Hari VishnuAugust 27, 2020Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Earth Observation, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles are a hot topic in oceanic exploration. The April 2020 issue of JOE published 8 articles related to AUVs. A quick look at these articles.

Arctic and Northern Ocean Forum (ANOF) 2019 puts focus on Arctic research

EarthzineAugust 14, 2020climate change, IEEE OES

The Arctic and Northern Ocean Forum, held in Sep 2019 in Helsinki, covered updates from researchers across the world on Arctic research.

Ocean Decade – Regional Planning Workshop for Northern/Central Indian Ocean countries and ROPME sea area

EarthzineJuly 27, 2020climate change, Ocean Decade, Oceans, Original, Sustainability, United Nations

A Regional Planning Workshop for Northern/Central Indian Ocean countries and ROPME sea area was conducted at the National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.