Marine Technology 2022 Articles

• • MTR100: Deep-sea Mining May Prove Pivotal in the Climate Change Discussion page: 26
  pablished in:
  Marine Technology
  on September 2022

  During the past few years, much of the world has turned its eye towards adopting more sustainable practices and transitioning to net-zero and even carbon-zero emissions. Recent examples range from double-digit year-on-year electric vehicle (EV) sales percentage increases driven by individual consume

• • Lander Lab #3: Buoyancy page: 20
  pablished in:
  Marine Technology
  on April 2022

  There is a palatable excitement when an ocean lander is released to explore the deep sea.  The checklists and endless tests all come down to this moment.  Our optimism is high because none of this is new.  Still, we realize the risks.  Davy Jones is a crafty soul, and tries to keep what he covets.  

• • Putting Power on the Seafloor is a Fuel Cell Future page: 28
  pablished in:
  Marine Technology
  on March 2022

  Two outfits, one in Germany and one in the US, are chasing a goal of supplying long-term subsea power in remote locations, via fuel cells, to users including oceanographic observatories to underwater vehicles. Elaine Maslin takes a look.Long term operation of subsea equipment or instruments in remot

• • Lander Lab: Technologies, Strategies and Use of Ocean Landers page: 42
  pablished in:
  Marine Technology
  on January 2022

  Moon landers held my attention in the 1960’s as a teenager.  Unmanned robotic vehicles like Surveyor, descend out of a dark sky onto an alien world, and took the first look around.The deep and dark ocean seemed as distant and alien.  SEALAB II, bathyscaphe Trieste, and the Scripps Institution of Oce

• • Subsea Vehicles: A Journey to the Under – and Outer – Worlds page: 34
  pablished in:
  Marine Technology
  on January 2022

  It’s often remarked upon that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do the depths of our ocean. Scientists are now shooting for both – and beyond. Work by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), developed for exploring Mars, is now being leveraged by Woods Hole Oc

• • The Arctic: Scientists Aim to Improve Sea Ice Predictions' Accuracy, Access page: 22
  pablished in:
  Marine Technology
  on January 2022

  Sea ice predictions have improved markedly since the founding of an international forecasting and monitoring network 14 years ago.“These forecasts are quite encouraging in their increasing accuracy,” said Uma Bhatt, an atmospheric sciences professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical

• • Getting to the Bottom of the Navies' Mine Warfare Challenges page: 18
  pablished in:
  Marine Technology
  on January 2022

  To find the mine warfare challenge with the highest degree of difficulty, start at the bottom.Lurking unseen below the surface, naval mines pose a serious problem.  They’re cheap, relatively easy to deploy and can inflict heavy damage against even the most sophisticated warships.  They can be hard t