Latest News from the Seabed 2030 project

Three new global initiatives for mapping the world's entire ocean floor have been announced in London at a special conference organised by The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project.

On October 22 2019, the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project will host From Vision to Action, a special symposium at the Royal Society, London, UK.

The Japan Agency For Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) have announced an exciting new research program "Mathematical Seafloor Geomorphology".

Members of the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team recently met with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo to discuss their winning entry from this international seafloor mapping challenge.

Seabed 2030 colleagues will be attending the OceanObs'19 conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA from 16-20 September 2019.

Join the world’s experts on ocean floor mapping for a special one-day event focused exclusively on bathymetry.

Following the efforts of The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, coverage of the world's ocean floor has now increased from 6 per cent to 15 per cent.

Acting Director, Dr Graham Allen, was involved in key discussions at the First Global Planning Meeting of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in Copenhagen from 13 - 15 May 2019.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed today between The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and the Five Deeps Expedition, laying the groundwork for previously unexplored areas of the seafloor to be mapped and the resulting data made available for public use.