Rob’s Blog
Recent ocean mapping events within Australia’s marine region.
Collaboration with Caladan Oceanic in the Coral Sea
Fantastic to be collaborating with Caladan Oceanic to acquire new Kongsberg EM124 multibeam map data in the Coral Sea Marine Park during the ‘Ring of Fire Expedition Part II - South Pacific Trenches’ with the DSSV Pressure Drop and submersible Limiting Factor. DSV...
Crowdsourced bathymetry data improves 3D depth models
Crowdsourced bathymetry (CSB) data improve 3D depth models for Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Before and after 3D depth modelHere, fishing vessel MV Sharp Shooter's CSB data reveals the deeper channel between shallow reefs previously surveyed with airborne LiDAR...
Year of Falkor in the Great Barrier Reef
The RV Falkor has finally left Queensland waters after a full year working within the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea marine parks. With the ship now transiting across northern Australia towards Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory and the launchpad for the next...
New 3D depth model of Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
A new 3D bathymetry (depth) model of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea at ~100 m resolution, called ‘gbr100’, is now available at the gbr100 download page. New 3D depth model for the GBRThis revised 3D depth model (V6 – 10 Nov 2020) is a significant improvement on...
Scientists discover a 500-metre-tall coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef
Australian scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef just off Cape York on the Great Barrier Reef that’s taller than the Empire State Building or the Sydney Tower. Newly discovered 500m tall reef. Credit Schmidt Ocean InstituteThe scientists found the...
2020 World Hydrography Day
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and its international members celebrate World Hydrography Day every year on June 21. This year, we mark nearly a fifth of the world's entire ocean floor has been mapped, with new seafloor mapping data equating to an...
RV Falkor – Visioning the Coral Sea Marine Park
The Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) research vessel Falkor conducted the "Visioning the Coral Sea Marine Park" expedition form 29 April to 12 June 2020 over the Queensland Plateau, within the Coral Sea Marine Park. See the cruise page at:...
Welcome to NQ Hire Boats crowdsourced bathy data
NQ Hire Boats have become the latest volunteer vessel to contribute valuable citizen science bathymetry (depth) data for the 'Crowdsourced bathymetry on the Great Barrier Reef' project. 3D view of bathy data collected by NQ Hire BoatsThey certainly have been busy...
RV Falkor is coming to Australia
Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) research vessel Falkor is coming to Australia for most of 2020, with a series of exciting projects that range from studying deepsea canyons, mesophotic coral ecosystems, undersea landslides and microplastics. See the list of cruises at:...