Environmental Monitoring News & Articles

AI-Integrated Multispectral Sensor Aids Whale Detection in Canada

In a collaborative effort, Overwatch Imaging’s TK-7 sensor is being tested to detect endangered North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters, helping marine authorities to reduce the risk of vessel strikes

Oct 07, 2024
Partnership to Accelerate Marine Scientific Innovation & Discovery

Greensea IQ and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have partnered to develop future vehicles and technologies supporting scientific research across ocean environments

Oct 03, 2024
Vital Ocean Current Data from the Gulf of Mexico Gathered Remotely

SeaTrac and Sonardyne collaborate to remotely collect Loop Current System information from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Sep 30, 2024
Advanced ADCP Launched for Wave & Current Data Collection

Teledyne has introduced the Workhorse Proteus, an advanced acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) for collecting detailed current and wave data in oceans, estuaries, and rivers

Sep 25, 2024
Profile Spotlight: SatLab Geosolutions’ Surveying, Positioning, & Sensing Technology

OST has been aiding SatLab Geosolutions in showcasing its advanced and innovative products, based on cutting-edge GNSS, sonar and USV technologies with a focus on R&D

Sep 25, 2024
UUVs Delivered for High-Resolution Ocean Floor Mapping

HII has delivered two customized UUVs to NOAA for enhanced high-resolution ocean floor mapping, featuring a synthetic aperture sonar module, additional energy module, and more

Sep 17, 2024
Subsea Robotics Company to Showcase at Marine Science & Tech Conference

Boxfish Robotics is attending AMSA-NZMSS 2024 with its advanced ROVs and new class of hovering AUV, designed to enhance marine science research and environmental monitoring

Sep 16, 2024
BIIGLE Compatibility Added to Subsea Cameras and DVRs

SubC Imaging’s Rayfin and DVR+ Overlay technology now integrate with BIIGLE (Benthic Image Indexing and Graphical Labelling Environment), improving annotation and analysis of underwater imagery

Sep 04, 2024
Autonomous Subsea Robots to Determine Melt-Rate of Ice Shelves

NASA JPL has tested a prototype robot for the IceNode project, aiming to send a fleet of autonomous robots below polar ice sheets to help determine the melt rate of ice shelves

Sep 04, 2024
Handheld Fluorometer Used to Monitor Harmful Algal Blooms

Hand-held fluorometer from Turner Designs deployed to detect and quantify potentially life-threatening Harmful Algal Blooms at the sources for drinking water treatment plants

Sep 03, 2024
New Remote Sensing Model Developed to Support Reef Recovery

AIMS has unveiled an advanced remote sensing model to identify and protect coral reef habitats, using a rugosity metric to accurately predict subsea habitats at tens to hundreds of meters

Sep 03, 2024
AUV Sensors Aid in Oil-Damaged Subsea Community Restoration

NOAA has used Voyis underwater laser scanning and imaging technology in their work to restore Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Aug 30, 2024
Grant Awarded to Advance Ropeless Fishing Technology

Teledyne Benthos has been awarded a grant from the NFWF to advance on-demand, or ropeless, fishing technology, reducing or removing the need for ropes, lines, & surface buoys

Aug 27, 2024
Funding Granted for Autonomous Antarctic Ice Shelf Monitoring System

WHOI’s Self-deploying Autonomous Mooring System will conduct long-term missions autonomously in hostile, difficult-to-reach locations that are Ground Zero for global sea-level rise

Aug 20, 2024
Gathering of Female Sharks Spotted in Bass Strait

Using video from a subsea remotely operated vehicle, scientists have spotted thousands of Port Jackson sharks blanketing the seafloor in Bass Strait’s Beagle Marine Park

Aug 19, 2024
Uncrewed Surface Vessel Fleet to Research Hurricanes

The NOAA, predicting an 85% chance of an above-normal hurricane season, has partnered with Saildrone to send a USV fleet to aid understanding of how the storms form and intensify

Aug 13, 2024
Water Quality Monitoring Initiative for British Beaches

Working with OSIL and UnifAI Technology, Iknaia is deploying two water quality monitoring buoys to detect pollutants at Bournemouth and Boscombe beaches

Aug 07, 2024
New Lab Launched to Study Offshore Wind Turbine Impacts

Launched by Saitec and RWE, the DemoSATH Lab will monitor bird interactions, ecosystem biodiversity, and underwater noise emissions around the DemoSATH floating offshore wind turbine

Aug 06, 2024
AI for Hyper-Localized Weather Forecasting Unveiled

MarineLabs’ Forecast AI delivers accurate and hyper-localized coastal weather forecasts through machine learning models and extensive data from their fleet of real-time sensor nodes

Aug 05, 2024