{"id":1928,"date":"2023-02-22T18:51:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T18:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/?page_id=1928"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:11:24","slug":"ocean-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/our-focus\/ocean-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1928\" class=\"elementor elementor-1928\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c19655 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c19655\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2737349 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2737349\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf4782 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"acf4782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-jet-breadcrumbs jet-blocks\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__wrap\"><div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/\" class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__item-link is-home\" rel=\"home\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e15a62d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e15a62d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ocean Technology<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aceeae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3aceeae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><div class=\"top-section-whoweare\"><div class=\"text-resource-section\"><div class=\"container text-resource\"><p>The marine environment is harsh for man-made materials &#8211; ocean waves, tidal currents, salinity, temperature gradients, extreme environments, among others. To best manage the ocean, new marine technologies and new applications are needed not only for data collection, monitoring as well as to sustainably explore the ocean&#8217;s resources, including renewable energies.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"resource-item-container fiximgcontainer\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4faba3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c4faba3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bbb0f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5bbb0f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AAO-10.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2057\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AAO-10.png 668w, https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AAO-10-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AAO-10-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b52c6fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b52c6fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3a9407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3a9407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fabio-nascimento-7a59839\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F\u00e1bio Nascimento\n<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00f630 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f00f630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Oceanographic Instrumentation Laboratory (LIOc)\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd985bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd985bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7424f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7424f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Humankind left its footprint on the moon but has not stepped on the ocean floor (Please check\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Y2tm40uMhDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/LKXvdyNz6L8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>). He broke the sound barrier, both in the air and on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2018\/10\/meet-the-fastest-cars-in-the-world-20-years-after-thrust-sscs-land-speed-record-544103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">land<\/a><\/strong>, but is far from that on the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/water-speed-record-(fastest-boat)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water<\/a><\/strong>. The marine environment is a challenge for existing technologies, due to the action of waves, winds, currents, salinity, high pressure on deep waters, among others.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/William_Thomson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lord Kelvin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(1824\u20131907) made an important contribution to the knowledge proclaiming the importance of measurement and the numerical expression of results. The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/scientific-method\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientific Method<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0highlights the relevance of the association of theoretical knowledge with experimental techniques for the construction and testing of hypotheses, and the search for answers to scientific questions. This may lead to a vision of advanced and innovative technologies, but, for example, you can measure the sea temperature with a few dollars instrument or use another thousand time more expensive, which one to use? The answer will depend on what you want to achieve with the measure.<\/p><p>The Society is connected to the ocean, whether due to studies involving several areas of knowledge: oceanography, meteorology, engineering, social sciences, biology, among others, or due to its use by the fishing, aquaculture, oil &amp; gas, mining or tourism industry, or due to leisure and others. In addition, the cultural, social, economic and environmental plurality and diversity around the Atlantic Ocean will be reflected in the technologies that must meet\u00a0the needs of the artisanal fishermen of coastal areas\u00a0(Please check\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/KnReSutQVRo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/p05DZXiknYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/2N03UHy0_c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>), the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocean-ops.org\/reportcard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scientific community<\/a><\/strong>, up to the big exploitation companies.<\/p><p>In the last 30 years, supported by the improvement of electronics, computing, underwater acoustics, nanotechnology,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/rih4YwaRIlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oceanographic satellites<\/a><\/strong>, among other technologies, Man has been refining the knowledge about the Ocean, mapping its bottom\u00a0(Please check\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-fAAxEIFeLU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_ww2PflbWD8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>)\u00a0and monitoring more and better the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goosocean.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=14&amp;Itemid=114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EOVs-Essential Ocean Variables<\/a><\/strong>. These allowed it to start to share the ocean resources in a more sustainable way, dealing with issues such as marine litter, a worldwide pressure, especially plastics\u00a0(Please check\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/bQCReet5oyA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ZHCgA-n5wRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p><p>The Atlantic Ocean basin is a colossal\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/T4xKThjcKaE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renewable energy<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0supplier, either by direct sources as waves\u00a0(Please check\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/KehkHkV7nL4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/EMztRq4rTdg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>),\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VkTRcTyDSyk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tidal<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0currents and tidal amplitudes, and thermal\u00a0(Please check\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/FHBVgRWAt3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zjzgcHngQFM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/fQ4DmZFxYVY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>)\u00a0gradients, or by non-direct sources as winds and solar energy (Please check\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/floating-solar-gears-up-for-the-high-seas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/qKpYH5SYUeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a><\/strong>). Thinking in a sustainable planet, the ocean energy generation must be integrated in the grid.<\/p><p>The electricity production by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/hQwgXrb3XPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wind farms<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in shallow water and by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/2U4_p3AjoKo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tidal dams<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are mature technologies, but all the others still require additional R&amp;D and innovation to become competitive concerning the other sources of the energy grid, mainly because of the challenges imposed by the harsh marine environment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99b1b12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"99b1b12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce2a87 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ce2a87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d5825f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d5825f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45fc1c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45fc1c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Initiatives\n<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be16c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be16c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"slider_head\" class=\"publications_container\"><p>No initiatives to show.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df24da4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df24da4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2477d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2477d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications\n<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf2c546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf2c546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"slider_headb\" class=\"publications_container\"><p>No publications to show.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home The marine environment is harsh for man-made materials &#8211; ocean waves, tidal currents, salinity, temperature gradients, extreme environments, among others. To best manage the ocean, new marine technologies and new applications are needed not only for data collection, monitoring as well as to sustainably explore the ocean&#8217;s resources, including renewable energies. \u00a0 F\u00e1bio Nascimento [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1922,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1928\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allatlanticocean.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}