Railcars abandoned by tidal developers could be removed from ocean floor this summer
The Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy is looking for a company to remove and dispose of four cement-filled boxcars that have been sitting on the seabed for years.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/railcars-abandoned-tidal-developers-removal-9.7133742?cmp=rss

Interested in building an international synthesis team or already discussing ideas? 🚀 Call for Synthesis Working Groups (SWG) of the #ClusterofExcellence #OceanFloor now open ➡️ https://www.marum.de/en/The-Ocean-Floor/Synthesis-Working-Groups.html
@unibremen @UniOldenburg #icbm

Compendium Of Seabed Mapping Use Cases | HE Nippon Foundation - Gebco #Seabed2030 Project
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https://seabed2030.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SEABED-2030-Compendium-of-Seabed-Mapping-Use-Cases-031024.pdf <-- shared presentation
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #oceanfloor #seafloor #marine #ocean #global #usecase #cable #subsubseacable #planning #design #engineering #routing #risk #hazard #infrastructure #trench #slope #seamount #cost #costsavings #benefit #economics #usecase #seabed #opendata #platforms #sensors #survey #dataprocessing #management #publication #bigdata #acquisition #coverage #hydrospatial #hydrographic #coast #coastal #development #spatialplanning #maritime #socioeconomic #sovereignty #navigation #nauticial #charting #charts #marinecharts #depth #crowdsourcing #3D #basemap #tsunami #stormsurge #extremeweather #model #modeling #landfall #impact #humanimpact #propagation #climatechange #ocean #biodiversity #ecosystems #reef #bathymetry #government #policy #pollution #blueeconomy #industry #NGO #academia #research
@Seabed2030

A Stunning Map Of The Atlantic Ocean Seafloor — And One Woman’s Pioneering Quest To Publish It
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The geology of the ocean floor is truly spectacular — perhaps even more than land geology. Unfortunately, it's really hard to study.
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https://www.zmescience.com/other/geopicture/atlantic-ridge-marie-tharp-geology-rep/ <-- shared technical article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Tharp <-- shared Wikipedia page, Marie Tharp
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https://marietharp.ldeo.columbia.edu/about-marie-tharp <-- shared page about Marie Tharp, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
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https://youtu.be/gsQGOJtwdv0?si=PQsVzv98gutL3hpX <-- shared video, “… Why We Celebrate Marie Tharp”
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#spatial mapping #mapmaker #cartographer #MarieTharp #remotesensing #sonar #earthobservation #history #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #geology #seafloor #ocean #marine #oceanfloor #AtlanticOcean #geologist #pioneering #paleoceanographer #marinegeology #OceanSpeaks
@Women+ in Geospatial | #WomenInGeoscience

A Study Debunks [sic] Decades Of Scientific Research - Underwater Canyons Are NOT Created By Rivers… And The Explanation Is Brutal
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https://www.ecoticias.com/en/a-study-debunks-decades-of-scientific-research-underwater-canyons-are-not-created-by-rivers-and-the-explanation-is-brutal/24721/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv3942 <-- shared paper #GetNZOnTheMap
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https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2018/02/05/twenty-or-more-leagues-under-the-sea-a-journey-to-understand-submarine-canyons/ <-- shared interview transcript, “A journey to understand submarine canyons [and their related geohazards]”, European Geosciences Union (EGU.)
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https://www.sustainableseaschallenge.co.nz/our-research/submarine-canyons-connecting-coastal-and-deep-sea-ecosystems <-- shared technical article, “Submarine Canyons - Connecting Coastal And Deep-Sea Ecosystems”
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#spatial #mapping #model #modeling #moprhology #spatialanalysis #tectonics #continentalmargins #submarinecanyons #formation #river #hydrology #massmovement #processes #global #oceanfloor #geology #slumps #currents #seafloor #steepness #debrisflow #geohazard #ecosystems #sediment #movement #infrastructure #damage #valley #marine #underwater #geomorphology #geomorphometry #deepocean # #geostatistics #earthquake #gravity #erosion #continentalslope #biogeochemical #coast #coastal

Surprising good news: Seafloor species are creating new habitats out of unexploded World War 2 munitions in the Baltic Sea. Article links to open access paper. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-scientists-marine-life-world-war.html #ocean #environment #pollution #ecology #science #sciencenews #benthic #openaccess #oceanfloor

A good start! The Ocean Floor Symposium, happening now at MARUM, brings together international experts in this field with members of the #ClusterofExcellence #OceanFloor
More ➡️https://www.marum.de/en/From-the-ocean-surface-to-the-ocean-floor-Experts-exchange-ideas-at-the-Ocean-Floor-Symposium.html

Researchers Dive Over 30,000 Feet into Ocean Trench and Film Life https://petapixel.com/2025/07/31/researchers-dive-over-30000-feet-into-ocean-trench-and-film-life/ #oceanictrench #marinelife #oceanfloor #ocean #News