Marine plastic litter detected and quantified using deep-learning tool

Researchers at the University of Barcelona have developed an open-access web app, based on deep learning techniques, which enables the detection and quantification of floating marine litter from aerial photography.  Floating marine plastic is a serious threat to the conservation of marine ecosystems. For instance, marine plastics can cause damage to marine animals through ingestion, suffocation, restraint … Read more

Robot fleet dives for climate answers in ‘marine snow’

An Australian research voyage is under way to investigate how life in the Southern Ocean captures and stores carbon from the atmosphere.  A fleet of new-generation, deep-diving ocean robots will be deployed in the Southern Ocean in a major study of how marine life acts as a handbrake on global warming. The automated probes will … Read more