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Map the Gaps Symposium – a GEBCO event on bathymetry

1 September 2021
To be held virtually from Nairobi, Kenya Nov. 30 - Dec. 3 2021 Map the Gaps has convened a global event on bathymetry on behalf of GEBCO. Topics such as mapping and data processing technology, deep water exploration, mapping missions, policy, diversity, equity & inclusion, Seabed 2030 and alumni activities will be shared and discussed.

Saildrone Surveyor - collecting data supported by The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

1 August 2021
Saildrone’s flagship autonomous, uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) – the Saildrone Surveyor – arrived in Hawaii last month after a groundbreaking 2,250-nautical mile maiden voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu. The collection of new seafloor mapping data during the Hawaii transit was partially funded by the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE prize money, won by the GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team in 2019.

IOCAFRICA - Seabed 2030 webinar series

1 April 2021
A two-part webinar series: ‘Mapping the Seafloor around Africa’ was held in February 2021. It was organized by the IOC-UNESCO Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States ( IOCAFRICA) and the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project’s Atlantic and Indian Oceans Regional Center. The

Dr Vicki Ferrini receives Explorers Club 50 award

1 February 2021
Vicki Ferrini, Chair of the GEBCO regional mapping Sub-Committee and Head of the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regional Center, has been selected from over 400 nominees as one of the “Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World the World Needs to Know
Imagery from the Ryder 2019 research expedition to the remote Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland. Imagery: Prof. Martin Jakobsson, 2019

Contribute to the Seabed 2030 Image Stream

1 February 2021
To celebrate the work of GEBCO and the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 project we are creating a curated soon to be publicly available image archive for the press, our partners and the world! We want to champion your scientific achievements and reach more of the general public. We are interested

Welcome to our new Chair and Vice-Chair!

1 February 2021
The GEBCO community welcomes the new Chair and Vice-Chair of the GEBCO Guiding Committee During GEBCO's recent Guiding Committee meeting, Mr. Evert Flier and Dr. Marzia Rovere were elected as Chair and Vice-Chair repectively. Evert Flier, IHO appointee from Norway, started his career in the Royal
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