Latest News from the Seabed 2030 project

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.