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Members of the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team, winners of the four million dollar Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE in May this year, recently met with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo to discuss their winning entry from this international seafloor mapping challenge. Team member, Karolina Zwolak

Hosted by: University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping / Joint Hydrographic Center CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | FREE REGISTRATION Closes Sept. 30, 2019 Join the world’s experts on ocean floor mapping for a special one-day event focused exclusively on bathymetry. Read the latest news about

The GEBCO community is pleased to welcome the students just beginning the 2019/2020 class of the Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Program at the University of New Hampshire. The Year 16 class adds three new countries to the global network of young ocean mappers with 96 students representing 43

The GEBCO Ocean Map 2019. Credit: GEBCO From the press release: London, 13 June 2019 – The data available to produce the definitive map of the world’s ocean floor has more than doubled, just two years after the launch of an international effort to produce a complete map by the year 2030. Following

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 6th November in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. We are interested

Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire, USA (2019-2020) 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

Applications are sought for the role of Project Director for the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project The closing date for applications is 8th February 2019 About Seabed 2030 Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between the Nippon Foundation and GEBCO, launched at the United Nations Ocean

International Symposium on a Historical Approach for Measuring and Protecting of World Oceans and Waters Call for papers Monaco, 20 and 21 June, 2019 The Monaco International Symposium on "A historical approach for measuring and protecting of World Oceans and Waters" will be held at the

Please read the following press release about the latest developments in the GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team's involvment in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The GEBCO-NF Alumni team concept sets sail from Horten, Norway, on the first of three 24-hour sea-trials. The team observed the