From oil spills to new species: how tech reveals the ocean The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas.

In the early hours of Dec. 22, 2024, fishermen working in the Talara Sea in northern Peru hauled in their nets. But instead ...

Satellite imagery means large oil spills in the ocean are relatively easily detected. When a tanker crashes or a pipe bursts, scientists know where to look. But smaller pollution events can appear ...

Show more Show less Machine learning is helping scientists track down hidden oil spills and pollution Vast swathes of ocean – an area ten times the size of Britain – are affected by light ...

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas. But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing ...

Uncovering hidden oil spills Satellite imagery means large oil spills in the ocean are relatively easily detected. When a tanker crashes or a pipe bursts, scientists know where to look.

oil pollution incident," explained Mitchelle De Leon of US-based NGO SkyTruth. The group harnesses machine learning to comb through large datasets of satellite imagery and find spills that might ...

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our ... But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing hidden oil spills, speeding up the discovery of new species and uncovering how light ...