Jul 16, 2026 | Autonomous Ships, Oceanography, Robots
A US mining technology company has announced plans to open an Advanced Marine Robotics Hub in Pennsylvania to develop the next generation of autonomous marine systems for deep-sea collection of critical minerals. The new facility by Impossible Metals will bring...
Jun 18, 2026 | Oceanography, Robots
A snailfish filmed alive at 8,336 meters in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench. A ram’s horn squid caught on video for the first time in its natural habitat at roughly 850 meters. A juvenile colossal squid, about 30 centimeters long, recorded near the South Sandwich Islands at...
May 7, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Oceanography, Shipping
Simon Fraser University researchers have received nearly $1 million in special funding from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada to develop an artificial intelligence–powered system that forecasts whale movements in busy shipping corridors. The Humans and...
Jul 31, 2025 | Batteries, Oceanography, Pollution, Robots
A 13mm-long black fish silently patrols the ocean, not to feed or predate, but to clean. Soft and squishy to touch, the flesh of this fish is made of the same material as pearls are made of. As it propels through the ocean, it magnetizes the plastic particles...
Jul 24, 2025 | Climate, Oceanography
Did you know 32% of the 78 million tons of plastic packaging produced annually is left to flow into our oceans?! That’s the equivalent of pouring one rubbish truck of plastic into the ocean every minute. It sounds overwhelming, but a group called The Ocean...
Jul 10, 2025 | Autonomous Ships, Autonomous Vehicles, Oceanography
A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near the Mariana Trench. Operationalizing this technology for the first time was part of a mission led by the Ocean Exploration Cooperative...
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