AAM Delivers R/V Osprey to UNCW
missions along the Mid-Atlantic, U.S. East Coast, and offshore waters.Designed by Teknicraft Design in Auckland, New Zealand, the 73’ x 26.7’ twin-engine catamaran was built and inspected to USCG Subchapter T standards. The vessel is equipped to conduct a broad range of missions, from oceanographic surveys and biological studies to hands-on educational programs for students and charters of outside agencies.The vessel’s hydrofoil-assisted Teknicraft hull reduces drag, improves fuel efficiency, and delivers passenger comfort across a range of sea conditions. Twin Scania Di16-082M
Caribbean-Led Expedition Explores Deep Sea Offshore Trinidad and Tobago
Marine scientists from Trinidad and Tobago recently conducted the first locally led and most comprehensive deep-sea survey of the islands’ surrounding ocean during an expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too). During the month-long expedition in July, the team located over 25 active cold seeps, discovered 20 suspected new species, and mapped approximately 13% of the country’s marine territory.The potential new species include an octopus first discovered during a 2014 expedition, in which the expedition’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Diva Amon, participated. The
UNOLS Seeks Nominations for Chair-Elect
The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Council is seeking nominations for Chair-Elect. The Chair-Elect begins a leadership progression, serving two years in each of three successive roles: Chair-Elect, Chair, and Immediate-Past-Chair.As Chair-Elect, the individual will support the Chair in representing UNOLS and, when needed, assume the Chair’s responsibilities for meetings and Council activities. The Chair-Elect will work closely with the Chair and UNOLS Council while preparing to assume the role of Chair.As Chair, the individual will represent UNOLS throughout the
Unique Group Provides Subsea Engineering for Open-Ocean Human Habitat
Unique Group, providers of subsea technologies and engineering, has successfully delivered the engineering, survey and infrastructure systems supporting Vanguard, the first open-ocean subsea human habitat deployed in United States waters in more than 40 years. Developed by ocean engineering firm DEEP and installed on the seabed at Tennessee Reef within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Vanguard is designed to enable crews of up to four aquanauts to live and work underwater during extended scientific and operational missions.The project presented a subsea engineering challenge, creating
Saitec Tests Nature Inclusive Design Installations at Floating Wind Platform
Saitec Offshore Technologies, through DemoSATH Lab, is using its operating floating wind demonstrator as a real-scale testing ground to study environmental interactions, improve monitoring methods, and explore solutions that support coexistence with marine biodiversity.Following the successful deployment of biomimetic reef solutions on the submerged section of the platform, the company is now testing new methods to co-locate floating wind and aquaculture.The recent offshore operation marks a new step in DemoSATH Lab's biodiversity program and forms part of the AQUASATH Project, with the installation
Multidisciplinary Scientific Expedition Sets Sail July 10 Aboard the CCGS Amundsen
ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere. Their work will help improve understanding of how glaciers melt affects Arctic marine ecosystems and productivity, northern communities and global sea levels. These teams will return aboard the Amundsen in November to study how Arctic sea ice forms and evolves during ocean freeze-up, a critical but understudied period that influences heat and gas exchanges across the air-sea interface, ecological cycles at the onset of the polar night, and the predictability of changing ice conditions.Three major research programs will join forces in September to investigate how glacier
Subsea Hydrothermal Vents Discovered in the Doldrums Region
Scientists on a 35-day research expedition onboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too) discovered two new hydrothermal vent fields in a region of the middle of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone, which lies just north of the equator about 800 miles off the northeast coast of Brazil. This large, tectonically active system cuts across the world’s longest mountain chain, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. While many hydrothermal vents have been found along the ridge, these are the first known vent fields to be discovered in and around the Doldrums system.
KONGSBERG Supplies Technology Suite for NIOZ RV Anna Weber-van Bosse
KONGSBERG has supplied a comprehensive package of advanced ocean science and navigation technologies for RV Anna Weber-van Bosse, the new ocean research vessel owned and operated by Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).Christened on the island of Texel in early March, the 80-meter newbuild has been outfitted with a range of innovations including HiPAP acoustic positioning systems, EM304 and EM2040 multibeam echosounders, TOPAS sub-bottom profiling technology, advanced echosounders for water column observation, and Seapath inertial navigation systems.The solutions will deliver a vast
Explorer to Attempt Solo Unassisted Nonstop Circumnavigation of the Arctic Ocean
On June 25, solo sailor, explorer, researcher, and founder of the nonprofit Ocean Research Project, Matt Rutherford, will depart from Aasiaat, Greenland, where he will attempt the first-ever solo, nonstop, unassisted circumnavigation of the Arctic Ocean. His target finish is early October.The route covers more than 10,000 miles through three of the most hostile ocean environments on Earth: the North Atlantic, the Russian Arctic coast via the Northern Sea Route, and the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. No one has completed this passage solo and nonstop. Until recently, no one
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