News Articles with Category: Data Resources

Tethys: A Robust Source of Information on Marine Energy, Offshore Wind Projects

May 21, 2014 – via Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Web site offers a virtual gathering spot for those interested in environmental effects of offshore renewable energy

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CMRE pursues future solutions to protect the “Internet of Underwater Things”

April 11, 2013 – via CMRE National organizations convened in La Spezia to discuss security of tomorrow’s network-enabled battlespace, including in the undersea domain.

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Energy Department Launches New Database to Support Sustainable Development of Ocean Energy Resources

February 8, 2013 – via Us Department of Energy Tethys database and an accompanying report identify research on potential environmental effects and monitoring methods for ocean power.

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Robot Glider Detects Rogue Waves and Other Ocean Anomalies Missed by Satellites

December 11, 2012 – via Liquid Robotics The wave-powered sub Papa Mau not only set a record while crossing the Pacific Ocean autonomously, it also studied rogue waves and other marine phenomena invisible to eyes in the sky

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Marinexplore Raises Seed Funding to Organize the Planet’s Ocean Data

October 17, 2012 – via Marinexplore The company addresses the two biggest issues around managing marine-related big data: how to access the vast amount of data that reside in isolated silos, segregated and disconnected from each other; and how to make the time-consuming handling and processing of all this data more efficient.

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Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update

February 7, 2012 – via Ocean News and Technology Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application last week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, NOAA researchers and many other ocean mapping groups from around the world.

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