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WorkBoat
Aug. 4, 2016
UNH marine scientists celebrated their new at-sea platform. the R/V Gulf Surveyor, on July 27 with dockside tours of the 48’x17’4’11’ aluminum catamaran. The vessel was commissioned in January by All American Marine, Bellingham, WA.
Hydro International
Jul. 28, 2016
Shin Tani, chair of GEBCO Guiding Committee and former chief hydrographer of Japan, is adamant about the need of sharing data to reach the goal of a completely mapped ocean floor.
I Would Walk 500 Miles, and I Would Walk 500 More, Just to Be the Man Who Walked 1,000 Miles Out on the Ocean Floor
Atlas Obscura
Jul. 22, 2016
Director Larry Mayer and Affiliate Assoc. Professor Vicki Ferrini help Atlas Obscura imagine what it would be like to walk across the seafloor of a dried up Atlantic Ocean.
NOAA's Coast Survey Blog
Jul. 19, 2016
Cartographers and hydrographers from twelve countries gathered in Maryland last week to participate in a three-day NOAA workshop on evaluating the adequacy of nautical charts.
Hydro International
Jul. 7, 2016
As part of their industrial partner agreement, EIVA of Denmark will implement tools developed by CCOM to advance ocean mapping and hydrography into their NaviSuite software.
Seacoast Online
Jul. 3, 2016
A local reporter spent a day with the Summer Hydro class aboard the Gulf Surveyor.
Motherboard
Jun. 18, 2016
The deep ocean remains one of the most underexplored places known to humans. Members of GEBCO met in Monaco last week to discuss this at the Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping.
BBC
Jun. 17, 2016
Larry Mayer calls for ocean mapping commitment equal to Mars mission.
BBC Science in Action
Jun. 16, 2016
Oceanographers are meeting in Monaco this week to discuss how to measure the landscape under the world’s oceans.
NOAA's Coast Survey Blog
Jun. 10, 2016
President Obama has approved the promotion CCOM alum Shep Smith from captain to rear admiral (lower half), which is a prerequisite for him to become director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. Shep will succeed Rear Adm. Gerd Glang, another graduate of our mapping program.
National Geographic Voices
Jun. 8, 2016
These eight ocean-related innovations are helping to save our oceans. CCOM researchers contributed to the development of #6, Whale Alert, as a successful application of our AIS work.
The Economist
Jun. 7, 2016
Larry Mayer and the upcoming GEBCO forum are mentioned in this article about the difficulty of mapping through all that water.
ScienceNews
Jun. 3, 2016
Jennifer Miksis-Olds weighs in on why pygmy blue whales are changing their vocalizations.
UNH Today
May. 27, 2016
President Obama has named UNH marine school director Larry Mayer to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
UNH Today
May. 24, 2016
Gulf of Mexico’s Armstrong Basin named for UNH-based hydrographer Andy Armstrong.
UNH Today
May. 17, 2016
Presidential honoree Jennifer Miksis-Olds joins Marine School.
Office of Naval Research
May. 12, 2016
Dr. Jennifer Miksis-Olds is among the six researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) who were honored with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers last week.
URI Graduate School of Oceanography
May. 5, 2016
Dr. Jennifer Miksis-Olds, an alumnus of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, is receiving a presidential award given to highly accomplished scientists in the early stages of their careers.
NOAA's Coast Survey Blog
May. 5, 2016
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names recently named a previously unknown basin in the Gulf of Mexico the Armstrong Basin.
The Guam Daily Post
Apr. 20, 2016
The Okeanos Explorer embarks on a 69-day expedition to explore the deepwater environments in and around the Northern Mariana Islands and the Mariana Trench National Monument.
Department of Marine Science Announces World Leader in Sonar Technology as Annual Wiesenburg Lecturer
Southern Miss Now
Apr. 15, 2016
CCOM professor John Hughes Clarke has been named the annual Wiesenburg lecturer in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi.
State of the Planet, Columbia University
Apr. 13, 2016
CCOM affiliate associate professor Vicki Ferrini is aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor, exploring life around hydrothermal vent systems 2,400 meters beneath the surface of the South Pacific Ocean.
UNH Cooperative Extension
Apr. 5, 2016
The SeaPerch competition reaches kids that setbacks are opportunities for learning.
UNH Today
Apr. 3, 2016
Andy Armstrong and John Kelley receive the highest honor award granted by the NOAA undersecretary.
Foster's Daily Democrat
Mar. 31, 2016
UNH will host the 2016 Seacoast SeaPerch Regional Competition on Saturday, April 2, at the Swasey Indoor Pool in the UNH Field House.
