Latest News from the Seabed 2030 project

Members of the seafloor mapping communities for the South and West Pacific regions recently met at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club in Wellington, New Zealand.

In March 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and 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.

The Nippon Foundation of Japan has provided funding for GEBCO to train a new generation of scientists and hydrographers in ocean bathymetry.

GEBCO and The Nippon Foundation are seeking a Project Director to be the lead representative of Seabed 2030, which is now in its operational phase.

The first Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project regional mapping meeting for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans took place this month at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.

The first regional mapping meeting for The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has been held in Stockholm, covering the Arctic, Antarctic and North Pacific regions.

The first Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project regional mapping meeting for the Atlantic and Indian Ocean areas took place 30th October - 1st November 2018 at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.

Members of the seafloor mapping communities for the Arctic, Antarctic and North Pacific regions recently met at the Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University.

Please read the following press release about the latest developments in the GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team's involvment in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.