Schmidt's Newly Refitted Research Vessel Falkor (too) Launched
, and 900-square meters of aft deck space for interdisciplinary ocean research and exploration.“The ocean has always needed a moonshot,” said Eric Schmidt, co-founder of Schmidt Ocean Institute. “Falkor (too) embodies that ambition, bringing together breakthrough technology and the global marine science community to explore the furthest reaches of our world. This is a very big moment for us, for the oceans and for the future of science.”In addition to the scientific and technical capabilities, the vessel is also outfitted with 98 berths, allowing for even more participation in
Modeling Shows How Nuclear War Would Devastate the World’s Oceans
were shocked that our model ocean remained materially transformed for decades after a war, long after temperature and light conditions returned to their pre-war state. Sea ice would settle into to a new expanded state where it would likely remain for hundreds of years.Ten years after the conflicts, global marine productivity recovers, and even overshoots its initial state. This occurs because enduring changes to ocean circulation push nutrients up to the surface from depth. Once the soot clears and light recovers, phytoplankton can use these nutrients to grow rapidly.Phytoplankton blooms in the Barents
Zero Emission Hydrogen USV Design Wins CMDC Round 2 Funding
to marinize a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Hydrogen Fuel Cell, said the latest funding win will see the two companies continue their collaboration, implementing Round 1 outputs into a proof-of-concept USV design that meets the performance, reliability and cost saving challenges of a fast-growing, global marine autonomy market – with zero carbon emissions.The ‘Zero Emission H-Class Ocean USV’ project is scheduled to start in January 2023.Ben Simpson, SEA-KIT CEO, said, “The CMDC2 funding win supports our continued efforts to help the UK meet its emissions targets of reduction
Obituary: Dr. David Thomas Pugh (1943-2022)
National Oceanography Center Emeritus Fellow, Dr. David Pugh, OBE passed away on August 1, 2022.To celebrate his significant contributions to the global marine community, his friends and colleagues at the NOC have compiled this downloadable Synopsis of David’s life in science.David Thomas Pugh was born in wartime on July 13, 1943. Although his birthplace was Liverpool, where his father was a police officer, the family moved shortly afterwards to Trefnanney in Powys where his two parents taught at the same school. He was an undergraduate at University College London and was awarded a PhD in
OSIL Debuts New Marine Snow Catcher
Global marine systems manufacturers Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has unveiled a new addition to its Marine Snow Catcher / Microplastics Sampler family.These samplers can facilitate a greater understanding of the export processes of the oceanic organic carbon and nutrient cycles, and can help to predict how these processes may change in the future, as well as providing an insight into the extent of oceanic microplastics in the water column. OSIL said its range now includes samplers with the option of fully stainless steel settling volumes to help reduce the potential for cross contamination
XLCC to Order New Cable Laying Vessel
selection of a shipyard to build it. The design has been developed from basic design stage in 3D engineering software for best definition of steel structures and interiors arrangement, the company added. Operational aspects of the cable handling have been studied in collaboration with MAATS Tech and Global Marine.Tor Henning Vestbøstad, sales director of Salt Ship Design, said, “The design is now matured to the level ready for pricing at yards and we are glad to continue the development of the project for further maturing the details.”XLCC has appointed V.Group to support with the technical
Saildrone Closes $100 Million Series C Funding Round
;s strategy to develop growth in the next generation of industries that align innovation and value while leveraging renewable energy.”“We are delighted to have Crowley join our team as a strategic investor,” Jenkins said. “Adding high utility ship capability, and a global marine service network to Saildrone operations is going to be transformational for our business.“Likewise, there are many ML/AI technologies that we have evolved at Saildrone, that can be applied to regular vessel operations to help improve safety, such as through improved maritime domain awareness
A Seismic Shift
, including instrumentation from Sercel, its equipment division, it said.Also in April, a consortium led by CGG was picked by the European Space Agency’s Space Solutions initiative for a study aimed at developing new environmental monitoring technology and services to help combat the global marine litter crisis.CGG will collaborate with Mott MacDonald, a global engineering, management and development consultancy, and Brunel University London to develop new environmental monitoring solutions based on CGG’s analysis and processing of Earth observation data and using its artificial
Trends in Marine Services for Subsea Telecoms
The market for marine services in support of the installation and maintenance of undersea telecommunications cables has matured over a period of more than 100 years to reach its present state of development. The largest providers of marine services (companies such as the Global Marine Group, SubCom, Alcatel Submarine Networks and Orange Marine) take different approaches to operations, but provide a mature and assured set of services that play a critical role in the industry. Marine services support the suppliers of undersea cable systems (delivering 50,000 to 150,000 km per year) with various survey
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