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UN Decade Tropical Americas Transparent and Accessible Ocean Co-Design Workshop

EarthzineSeptember 19, 2021Earth Observation, Ocean Decade, Oceans

There is a strong regional need to improve marine ocean observation and prediction systems to progress management, decision-making, and governance in the Tropical American region. The workshop explored this theme.

Bridging Ocean Engineering and Science at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022

Hari VishnuSeptember 4, 2021Earth Observation, Ocean Decade

This is OES’s first year as technical co-sponsors to this event, and we are very excited to be a part of this. In line with the theme, we hope to strengthen the engineering dimension at this conference.

New Website Brings Deep Ocean Exploration Imagery and Lessons to Educators and Public

Hari VishnuJuly 10, 2021Education, Oceans

Kilometers beneath the surface, can the deep sea give us clues regarding medicine and human immunity? Turns out, it can.

Understanding the Ocean through sound – JOE October 20 issue

Hari VishnuApril 5, 2021Earth Observation, Oceans

Sound is widely used to sense and understand the oceans. Here’s a look at the latest research on understanding and interpreting sound signals in the ocean.

Standards and Best practices – the toolboxes for ensuring high quality of ocean data

EarthzineMarch 24, 2021Oceans, Standards, Sustainability

With the introduction of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is obvious that we have a clear need for standards to allow for the comparability of ocean observations.

Swarm AUVs: Cooperative awareness inspired by African Wild Dogs

EarthzineMarch 7, 2021Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Oceans

How swarm intelligence can extend the potential of research in maritime environments.

Technical conferences in the age of Covid – OCEANS 2020, a success story

EarthzineFebruary 18, 2021Covid-19, Oceans, Oceans 2020, Singapore

The first ever virtual OCEANS conference, Global OCEANS 2020: Singapore-U.S. Gulf Coast, was held during 5-31 Oct. This virtual conference was also unique as it combined two regional OCEANS into a single Global OCEANS.

Exploring Worlds beyond the coastline – OCEANS 2020 plenary

Hari VishnuFebruary 5, 2021Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Earth Observation, Ocean Decade, Oceans

Jyotika Virmani from Schmidt Ocean Institute spoke about how technology will be key to powering our exploration of the oceans in the coming years, and how SOI’s philanthropic model has contributed to powering this science in the past by allowing scientists to use facilities on board their ship and ROV.

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.