The Ocean Brief

Short ocean stories and insights covering science, policy, innovation, and the ocean community

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Opportunities in the subsea industry

When João started his journey into engineering, he wasn’t thinking about the subsea (underwater) industry. First, he studied chemical engineering…

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Celebrating Geodiversity Day with five spectacular undersea features

What’s geodiversity you ask? It’s short for geological diversity - the diversity of the natural parts of our planet that aren’t alive. The rocks, soils, sediments, landforms, and hydrological features, for example, and the processes that create and change these and other non-living features. Geodiversity isn’t just the stuff we see on the land. It’s underwater too. Let’s take a peek at just five spectacular undersea features that make up some of our World’s geodiversity.

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Mapping for a renewable future

With the climate crisis continuing, nations are increasingly interested in developing clean, renewable energy. Among those energy solutions – wind.

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