Seabed 2030: The ocean-mapping adventure
Reading time: 3.5mins
The Seabed 2030 project is mapping the ocean floor to help us better understand the oceans so we can manage them sustainably.
CONTENT FROM
Though the ocean is a huge part of our planet, we know more about Mars or Jupiter. To preserve the oceans for humanity in the face of an approaching crisis, we need to learn more.
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 collaboration aims to map the whole ocean floor within the next decade, which will help us better understand the oceans so we can manage them sustainably.
Thousands of metres of water hide the seabed from the satellites we use to map the earth’s surface. To overcome this unique challenge, the Seabed 2030 project crowdsources data collection by enlisting the support of commercial boats, governments and research institutes, and supporting the development of autonomous vehicles that scan the ocean depths.
Seabed 2030 has already mapped 19% of the ocean floor. You can join the adventure of discovery as researchers fill in the remaining pieces of the puzzle.
Plastics Management
Ocean Acidification:
Time for Action
Reading time: 8mins
The future of the ocean:
Part Two
Reading time: 8mins
The future of the ocean:
The tech to tackle plastics
Reading time: 8mins
Peak plastics: bending the consumption curve
Reading time: 10mins
Plastics Management Index Whitepaper
Reading time: 16mins
Businesses and consumers' attitudes to plastics use and management
Reading time: 5mins
ENVISIONING CIRCULARITY: SOUTH-EAST ASIA’S PLASTICS MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE
Reading time: 2mins
FROM INTENTION TO ACTION: INDIA’S PLASTICS MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE
Reading time: 2mins
videos
THANK YOU
Thank you for your interest in Back to Blue, please feel free to explore our content.
CONTACT THE BACK TO BLUE TEAM
If you would like to co-design the Back to Blue roadmap or have feedback on content, events, editorial or media-related feedback, please fill out the form below. Thank you.
Sign up to the Back to Blue newsletter to receive latest news and research from the programme.
Back to Blue is an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation, two organisations that share a common understanding of the need to improve evidence-based approaches and solutions to the pressing issues faced by the ocean, and to restoring ocean health and promoting sustainability