Category Archive

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.

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.