Schmidt Ocean Institute researchers used sonar mapping, bathymetric surveys and methane concentration data to map four submarine canyons and 20 methane seeps off the coast of Chile.
Full article at: Discover Wildlife 17jan25

Schmidt Ocean Institute researchers used sonar mapping, bathymetric surveys and methane concentration data to map four submarine canyons and 20 methane seeps off the coast of Chile.
Full article at: Discover Wildlife 17jan25
Finland has finished repairing two undersea telecommunications cables that were damaged in the Baltic Sea on 25 December 2024. The Eagle S tanker carrying Russian oil has been seized on suspicion that it damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power line and four telecoms cables on Christmas Day by dragging its anchor dozens of kilometers along the seabed floor.
Full article at: Khaleej Times 06jan25
Defence technology company, BlueHalo, recently announced its acquisition of VideoRay, developer and manufacturer of ROVs. The new VideoRay unit gives BlueHalo a presence in the unmanned maritime market.
Press Release at: VideoRay.com
How fun when you find your name-sake!
University of Australia researchers captured rare footage of a bigfin squid using a ROV deployed ~11,000 feet deep in the Tonga Trench