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GEBCO team enter Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

1 September 2016
A team of graduate fellows from The Nippon Foundation’s GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry (PCOB) Training Programme, will be taking part in the $7million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The GEBCO-NF team have entered this three year global competition aimed at challenging teams to

Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping in the Media

1 August 2016
The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco in June 2016 and was attended by over 150 senior representatives, scientists, scholars and business associates from major ocean related organisations from around the world. It has endorsed the objective of Seafloor 2030 – that the

Post Forum Communiqué

1 July 2016
The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco in June 2016 and was attended by over 150 senior representatives, scientists, scholars and business associates from major ocean related organisations from around the world. It has endorsed the objective of Seafloor 2030 – that the


Presentations and posters from the Forum

1 July 2016
The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco in June 2016 and was attended by over 150 senior representatives, scientists, scholars and business associates from major ocean related organisations from around the world. The aim was to develop a roadmap for future ocean floor mapping. As

Titanic wreck discoverer to speak at Ocean floor Forum

1 May 2016
Among keynote speakers at a major conference on the comprehensive mapping of the ocean floor to be held in Monaco in June is Dr Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985. Dr Ballard is Director of the Center for Ocean Exploration at the Graduate School of Oceanography

From the coast to the deepest trench

1 May 2016
For over a century GEBCO has been mapping the world’s seafloor from the coast to the deepest trench. Access an article in Hydro International magazine that outlines GEBCO's development from its early bathymetric chart production through to the development of bathymetric grids. In June this year

Atlantic seabed mapping

1 May 2016
In May 2016 an international team of ocean mapping experts from Europe, Canada and the USA will launch the 4th Transatlantic Mapping Survey under the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance. The expedition, on board the Irish research vessel, RV Celtic Explorer, will map the seafloor between St. John’s

GEBCO project and community video

1 March 2016
GEBCO is an international community of seafloor mapping experts who work toward the common goal of building a global map of the seafloor. View video clip to find out about GEBCO's work and community. Learn more about GEBCO and our data sets and products. Video credits Executive Producers: Vicki

GEBCO/Nippon Foundation Training Programme

1 February 2016
Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire, USA (2016-2017) The Nippon Foundation of Japan has provided funding for GEBCO to train a new generation of scientists and hydrographers in ocean bathymetry. The 12-month course, leading to a Postgraduate Certificate in