The HUB Ocean Blog
Turning the Tide
HUB Ocean on the Mapscaping Podcast
Our Product and Data Science Lead Tara Zeynep Baris was a guest on Daniel O'Donohue’s “Mapscaping Podcast”, one of the best podcasts in the geospatial genre. Tara talked through what we at HUB Ocean are doing and what challenges our Ocean Data Platform will solve. Here is the transcription of this podcast.
Digital Twins of the Ocean and Data Interoperability
Our knowledge of the ocean remains fragmented, but prospects of a more comprehensive and accurate understanding have never been more promising. Digital twins, once created to operate independently, are increasingly designed to work together, or to "interoperate".
Sharing shipping data with WIO Symphony
WIO Symphony is a web tool that supports ecosystem-based marine spatial planning in the Western Indian Ocean. It was co-developed by a team led by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) and 10 member states of the Nairobi convention. A dataset from HUB Ocean is central in this marine spatial planning tool and provides valuable shipping data.
Navigating the Ocean of Data: Harnessing the Power of Knowledge Graphs in Data Catalogs
In this blog, head of the Ocean Data Platform Jo Øvstaas invites you to imagine a world where ocean data catalogs dance with knowledge graphs and AI, revealing hidden treasures of marine life with the flick of a finger, taking us on a journey to explore and protect our oceans like never before
International Women’s Day. Tackling Gender Equality in Science and Tech: Interview with Anna Silyakova
We are proud to honour our Science Lead, Anna Silyakova, who has been named one of Norway’s Top 50 Women in Tech by Norwegian associations Oda and Abelia. Over the past two years, Anna has worked to build up HUB Ocean’s connections to the global ocean science community to achieve a healthier ocean.
Ocean Data Easily Explained
Why does ocean data matter and why should it matter to you? We’ve gathered the most common questions about ocean data and answered them for you; for example what is is, how it is collected and used. And more importantly - how it will help us make the world a better place. Welcome to our "Ocean Data Easily Explained".
Sharing industrial ocean data: use cases
We at HUB Ocean always say privately-owned industrial ocean data must be unlocked for the benefit of science, but why has this not already happened? What are the barriers? Do industries — for example, shipping, fisheries, or energy companies — know what data scientists really need? Do scientists know what data exists?
Information, uncertainty, and cognitive biases: we’re all irrational in predictable ways
Social scientist Kate Crosman is writing about cognitive biases associated with processing information, and how they might influence the fishery for Calanus finmarchicus – a tiny plankton species that became a starting point for her research
The Nord Stream gas leaks detected from cube-satellites in space
What can a methane-sniffing satellite that picked up the Nord Streams ruptures tell us about the future on managing the ocean? Our Head of Platform, Jo Øvstaas, discusses how the future scenarios are (almost) here.
Becoming an Ocean Carer
Using ocean data to create a relationship of care between us humans and with the ocean.
Home of the Northernmost magic
My first expedition to Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, was about observing, absorbing, and participating in big data collection in action.
When whales and ships must share the ocean corridors
As McKinsey says in its Insights, the shipping sector is the lifeblood of global trade, accounting for approximately 80% of all trade, with further growth expected. The industry also represents about 3 percent of total CO2 emissions—an amount that, if unchecked, could increase by as much as 50% by 2050.
Data management is the foundation!
It´s not a “hot” topic in the world where words like artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and digital twin of the ocean are flying around.
How does software trust that you are you?
Throughout my career, I’ve always found working with authentication systems to be intimidating and challenging due to the technical jargon and critical nature of such systems in modern software.
The Fear of Uncertainty
Data providers may feel that it is safer not to share due to perceived uncertainty on essential legal issues. Is that fear real, and how can we counter it?
Collecting Ocean data 4000 meters under drifting Arctic ice
Retrieving these samples started with a rush of fear and worry at the deepest place in the Arctic Ocean.
Four reasons ocean industry should embrace data sharing
Sharing industrial ocean data enables businesses to address the environmental impact of their operations.
How tiny zooplankton can help us understand trust in Big Ocean Data.
The zooplankton Calanus finmarchicus will be the starting point for the André Hoffmann Fellow Kate Crosman’s work to understand trust in Big Ocean Data
Why we, global industry leaders, need to be lighthouses in ocean data sharing
“We must change our mindset and be willing to share data. That is how you build trust in your business. We challenge all ocean industries to join us on the path to transparency, thus creating business opportunities. And a healthy ocean.” By Øyvind Eriksen and Kimberly Mathisen