In the context of increased industrial activity in the Arctic, much attention is given to the potential effects on ecosystems considered sensitive by authorities and the community. Among these areas we find the Lofoten-Vesterålen islands on the Norwegian continental shelf, known for their highly productive...
Collecting data and mapping fish stocks can be very challenging especially if you’re trying to accomplish this in the turbulent North Sea. With strong currents, crowded with hazards, such as sandbanks, merchant shipping and fishing vessels, collecting high quality data is daunting. This is especially...
The Kilauea volcano eruption has presented a rare scientific opportunity to study the impact of the lava flow on the ocean. Last month we sent two Wave Gliders around Hawai’i’s Big Island to monitor the water conditions, air quality, and underwater acoustics, and data collection...
Liquid Robotics announces the deployment of two Wave Gliders, autonomous ocean robots, to capture live ocean data close to where lava is flowing into the ocean from Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano. By using this unmanned technology,
We’ve all seen the devastating images and videos of lava flowing from the Kilauea volcano. Neighborhoods have been destroyed, the Kapoho Bay is now filled with lava, and the shape of the Hawaii Island has changed permanently. As a company with roots on the Island,...
Top oceanographers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) and the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington (APL-UW) have selected Wave Gliders, the most experienced, long duration ocean robots, as their sensor platform to
We’ve conducted Wave Glider missions around the world – from the Arctic to the Southern Ocean (Antarctica), from Indonesia to the North Sea, and in all five of the world’s oceans. Regularly, we receive “postcards” from our mission specialists while they’re traveling the globe. We...
Our Mission Operations Field Engineers have traveled the world over to send Wave Gliders on voyages from small villages north of the Arctic Circle, to islands infamous for crew mutiny, to the white shark patrolled waters off South Africa. Here, we share three missions that...
Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on August 25, 2017. Following the devastating storm, an estimated 13 trillion gallons of floodwater flowed into the Gulf of Mexico. Researchers from Texas A&M’s Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG) realized that this freshwater plume was potentially headed...
With 85% of the population living in coastal areas, and a marine economy contributing $73B annually, Australia’s well-being is inextricably tied to the ocean. Since 1972, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia’s tropical marine science agency, has been committed to the protection and...
The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) announced the expansion of their unmanned ocean observation fleet of Wave Gliders to the 9th Regional District, headquartered in Niigata, Japan. This growth is part of JCG’s multi-year, ocean monitoring
In the summer of 2016, a fleet of Wave Gliders arrived in Japan, ready to provide autonomous observation and situational awareness of ocean currents, wave activity, and weather along Japan’s coastlines. It was the first unmanned ocean observation network in Japan’s history. Last week, the...