Latest News from the Seabed 2030 project

Area covered by the South and west Pacific Regional Center

Data Manager vacancy at the South and West Pacific Regional Center

30 October 2020

A vacancy is available, for a two-year period, to manage the bathymetry database of the Seabed 2030 South and West Pacific Regional Center, based at the at the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). The closing data for applications is 29th November 2020.

MACHC-IOCARIBE Seabed 2030 Webinar Series

28 October 2020

The IHO Meso-American and Caribbean Hydrographic Commission (MACHC) and the IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE) jointly hosted a four-part webinar series focused on how the region can contribute to the Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project.

Read the September 2020 edition of 'In-depth' - our e-newsletter

20 October 2020

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Seabed 2030 Project announces new partnership with IIC Technologies

15 September 2020

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Seabed 2030 Project and IIC Technologies Ltd. The MOU establishes a new partnership between Seabed 2030 and IIC Technologies in recognition that both parties are working to increase our understanding of the global oceans.

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with REV Ocean

New Partnership announced between The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and REV Ocean

1 September 2020

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with REV Ocean, to work together to advance understanding of the ocean floor and support the United Nation’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

SEA-KIT’s 12m Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) ‘Maxlimer’, image credit: Sea-Kit International

SEA-KIT USV successfully completes 22 days of offshore operations in the Atlantic Ocean

18 August 2020

Sea-Kit have recently been able to gather invaluable bathymetric data by kind permission of the mission sponsors. Members of the Seabed 2030 alumni team worked remotely on a 24/7 shift rota to; plan the data gathering mission, monitor the sonar, execute the data gathering and process the data.

New depth map over the Arctic Ocean

16 July 2020

Details of a new depth map of the Arctic Ocean have been published in the Nature Journal Scientific Data.

Launch of our e-newsletter "In-depth"

1 July 2020

In July 2020 we launched our bi-monthly e-newsletter In-depth - with the aim of providing updates on project developments.

Marine geospatial data: the cornerstone of the Blue Economy

30 June 2020

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Nearly a fifth of world's ocean floor now mapped

21 June 2020

On World Hydrography Day, The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, has announced the inclusion of 14.5 million square kilometres of new bathymetric data in the latest GEBCO Grid. Nearly a fifth of the world's entire ocean floor has now been mapped.

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