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The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and Ocean Exploration Trust announce partnership in pursuit of a complete map of the world’s ocean floor

13 July 2021
Seabed 2030 and Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) have established a Memorandum of Understanding in recognition that both organisations will continue working together to advance our understanding of the global ocean through collaborative contributions towards the completion of a definitive map of the seafloor. The effort complements the goals of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
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Seabed 2030 announces new partnership with the UK Hydrographic Office and Teledyne CARIS on the occasion of World Hydrography Day

18 June 2021
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered a technical cooperation agreement with the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), a world-leading centre for hydrography specialising in marine geospatial data, and Teledyne CARIS, the leading developer of marine mapping software. The Memorandum of Understanding – announced on the first World Hydrography Day to fall within the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – will see the parties work together to advance the effort associated with producing the definitive map of the seafloor by the year 2030.
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Scientists aim to build a detailed seafloor map by 2030 to reveal the ocean's unknowns
July 2021 | The Conversation
Mapping quest edges past 20% of global ocean floor
June 2021 | BBC News
Can Scientists Map the Entire Seafloor by 2030?
June 2021 | Smithsonian Magazine
Mapping the Secrets of the Earth's Seabed
June 2021 | Bloomberg
Mapping the World's Ocean
June 2021 | IES Environmental Scientist
Inspiring a Transparent and Accessible Ocean for All
May 2021 | ECO Magazine
Mapping The Seafloor: Time To Hit The Accelerator
May 2021 | Forbes Technology Council
Oceans' extreme depths measured in precise detail
May 2021 | BBC News
Filling in the gaps in the offshore map: Seabed 2030
March 2021 | Offshore Technology
Preparing for the Unimaginable
March 2021 | Ocean News & Technology
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Brochures, documents and publications

 

Seabed 2030 Project Event: From Vision to Action

Presentations from the Seabed 2030 Project Event: From Vision to Action, held at the Royal Society, London, UK, October 22 2019.

Concept paper on Seabed 2030

Access a paper detailing the background to and need for Seabed 2030.

Mayer, L.; Jakobsson, M.; Allen, G.; Dorschel, B.; Falconer, R.; Ferrini, V.; Lamarche, G.; Snaith, H.; Weatherall, P. The Nippon Foundation—GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project: The Quest to See the World’s Oceans Completely Mapped by 2030. Geosciences 2018, 8, 63.

Seabed 2030 brochure

September 2017

Seabed 2030 Brochure

Seabed 2030 Roadmap

June 2017,updated October 2020 - Please note that this is an updated version of the original document that includes an addendum on mapping target resolutions (section 8).

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Seabed 2030 'In-Depth' Newsletter

 

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In-Depth April 2021
In-Depth September 2020
In-Depth December 2020
In-Depth July 2020