An international team of researchers report that sea level rise since the industrial revolution has been fast by natural standards and – at current rates – may reach 80 centimetres above the modern level by 2100 and 2.5 metres by 2200. The team used geological evidence of the past few million years
A joint British-German team has returned from a five-week research expedition, mapping and sampling a giant submarine canyon off northwest Morocco. The expedition was on the German research vessel, Maria S Merian. Dr Russell Wynn of the National Oceanography Centre led the British contribution to th
Blade Dynamics has announced that the design phase of their ‘Very Long Blade Project’ for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has successfully concluded and that the prototyping phase will now begin. Blade Dynamics will now assemble an approximately 80-metre long blade prototype, and will begin
Recently, scientists have described what is being called the largest volcano on the planet. In an article in the journal Nature Geoscience, Dr. William Sager and his coauthors present evidence from multichannel seismic and core data indicating that the province known as the Tamu Massif is a shield v
One year ago, Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM) set up a pilot project at their cartography department with five cartographers for the implementation of the CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) suite tools. Tests were conducted for paper chart and Electronic Navig
Researchers from Plymouth University (UK) conducted a marine geoarchaeological survey off Methoni, Greece. The Kongsberg GeoAcoustics Dual Frequency Side Scan Sonar and the GeoPulse Pinger Sub-Bottom Profiler were used for visualisation of underwater antiquities over the local underwater archaeologi
International Association of Geophysical Contractors President Chip Gill today issued the following statement on the announcement by Norwegian Oil and Gas and Statoil of a joint seismic acquisition project in the Barents Sea: “On December 10th, Norwegian Oil and Gas and Statoil announced a group of
TAQA, the international energy company from Abu Dhabi, has received approval from the UK government for development of its Morrone field (block 9/23b) in the Central North Sea. The initial phase of development will consist of an extended reach well drilled from the TAQA-operated Harding platform whi
SRI International has successfully demonstrated unprecedented capabilities for conducting underwater chemical surveys with its in situ membrane introduction mass spectrometry (MIMS) device integrated into a Bluefin-12 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed and manufactured by Bluefin Robotics
Red7Marine Group Limited announces an investment in the Group by Perwyn Limited (“Perwyn”), a private equity investor. The acquisition of an interest in the Group by Perwyn is concomitant with a substantial injection of new capital to enable Red7Marine to acquire additional assets to service its cli
Kongsberg Maritime announces the release of the new EM 2040-04 dual TX model designed for mapping in shallow areas. The EM 2040-04 dual TX model consist of two TX-Transmitters and two RX-Receivers, designed for mapping at higher speed, which will deliver high resolution, accurate survey data and gre
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), in partnership with the Coastal Marine Institute at Louisiana State University, has launched an economic study of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS). The three-year cooperative project between BOEM and the LSU will enhance understa
Titan Environmental Services has launched and tested Titan Discovery, a 13m long GRP laminates catamaran designed and built by Alicat of Great Yarmouth. The new vessel will enhance and strengthen the capabilities of the Titan survey fleet increasing the number of operating coastal vessels to five. I
Titan Environmental Services has launched and tested Titan Discovery, a 13m long GRP laminates catamaran designed and built by Alicat of Great Yarmouth. The new vessel will enhance and strengthen the capabilities of the Titan survey fleet increasing the number of operating coastal vessels to five. I
