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The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project is aiming to map the global ocean floor by 2030. To do this we need a lot of data! To help with this task we are encouraging the global community to join in. Through crowdsourcing initiatives, i.e. working with people who are already collecting data we

The GEBCO Symposium is a one day event that brings together international experts to discuss innovative technologies and approaches that are pushing the boundaries of ocean floor mapping. This year, the GEBCO Symposium will be held on 14th November in Canberra, Australia. We are interested in having

Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire, USA (2018-2019) 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

Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire, USA (2012-2013) 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

Desmond Scott passed away in May 2015 at the age of 92. The GEBCO community would like to express its sadness at this news and also to celebrate and record Desmond’s contribution to GEBCO. After a 30-year career in the Hydrographic Surveying Service of the British Royal Navy, Desmond was appointed

Knowing the depth and shape of the seafloor (bathymetry) is a fundamental parameter for understanding ocean circulation, tides, tsunami forecasting, fishing resources, environmental change, underwater geo-hazards, cable and pipeline routing, mineral extraction, oil and gas exploration and much more

London, UK, 7 March, 2018 : The GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team has progressed to the final round of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a global competition challenging teams to advance deep-sea technologies for ocean floor exploration. Of the 19 teams that competed in the November 2017 semi

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project is teaming up with Fugro, one of the world’s leading private sector off-shore survey companies, to help map the entire ocean floor by 2030. David Millar, Fugro Government Accounts Director, Americas, speaking on the importance of sharing data to create

At a press conference, held on 20 February in Tokyo, the Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, has announced that The Nippon Foundation – GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project is now operational. The Project will realise Mr Sasakawa's vision to map the entirety of the world's ocean floor by

The oceans cover over two thirds of our planet and it is often said that we know more about the shape of the surface of Mars than we do about that of our global seafloor. Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between GEBCO and the Nippon Foundation with the aim of facilitating the complete mapping