Environmental Monitoring News & Articles

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
USV Completes Test Mission for Hypoxia Level Analysis

USM’s partnership with SeaTrac Systems aims to create a sustainable U.S. Gulf Coast, with SeaTrac’s SP-48 USV completing a 14-day mission to analyze potential hypoxia levels

Jul 30, 2024
Software Launched for Enhanced Tuna Detection

Dawn Sounding Detail is a new MSB+ software functionality from Marine Instruments, increasing the sounding capacity of sonar buoys at dawn for more accurate tuna identification

Jul 18, 2024
Large-Scale Oyster Reef Restoration Project Launched

Partners from science and industry are building the BELREEFS project, reportedly the first offshore pilot project for large-scale oyster reef restoration in the Belgian North Sea

Jul 16, 2024
Subsea Ultrasound Technology Used for Whale Shark Health Check

Underwater ultrasounds are being used by an international research team, including AIMS, to monitor and research the health of free-swimming whale sharks

Jul 15, 2024
Micro-AUV Fleet to be Mobilized in SEAMAP Project

SEABER and CNRS-LEMAR et MARBEC are taking part in the France 2030 plan with the SEAMAP Project, and are set to deliver micro-AUV swarming technology for subsea expeditions

Jul 15, 2024
Smart Buoys Aim to Improve Fishing Selectivity

More than 1,500 Satlink smart buoys are being deployed as part of project SelecTuna, an initiative that aims to increase selectivity and improve sustainable fishing of target species

Jul 11, 2024
Research Induces “Out-of-Season” Coral Spawning

AIMS researchers from its SeaSim aquaria complex are manipulating seasonal patterns in temperature, daylength, and moonlight to induce coral reproduction for vital research advancements

Jul 10, 2024
New Aquaculture Load Monitoring Sensors Unveiled

RS Aqua’s new smartlink®EE range of sensors are engineered to provide accurate load monitoring in unique aquaculture operations, increasing both efficiency and safety

Jul 08, 2024
Radar for Offshore Wind Energy Research Deployed

DeTect’s MERLIN True3D radar system for offshore vessel and buoy deployments is part of an initiative to gather weather, ocean, and wildlife data near the sites of active offshore wind farms

Jul 01, 2024
Hydrogen Power Modules Set for Zero Emissions Vessel

Genevos will supply its Complete H2-Pack and two HPM-40 units for a Lithuanian hydrogen-electric waste collector vessel, adding an additional 40% of motoring range and a speed of 8 knots

Jun 28, 2024