Latest News from the Seabed 2030 project

On 1st December 2019, The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project officially welcomed new Project Director Jamie McMichael-Phillips, former UK Deputy National Hydrographer and naval officer.

Seabed 2030 colleages are attending the AGU Fall Meeting 2019 this week from 9th - 13th December in San Fransisco, getting involved in seabed mapping sessions 'Beyond Hydrography: Seafloor Mapping as Critical Data for Understanding our Oceans'.

From 2020, all vessels in the PGS fleet will share bathymetry information collected using echo sounders with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO 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.