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Reducing underwater noise when installing subsea structures
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Reducing underwater noise when installing subsea structures

This metamaterial structure is made to reduce the noise pollution from undersea monopile foundation construction. Credit: Junfei Li Offshore wind farms have the...

Taiwan charges captain of China-linked ship with damaging subsea cable | Shipping News
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Taiwan charges captain of China-linked ship with damaging subsea cable | Shipping News

The case marks a first for Taiwan in prosecuting what it alleged is deliberate damage to a subsea cable. Taiwanese prosecutors have formally...

China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables
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China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Chinese researchers have unveiled a new deep-sea tool capable of cutting through the world’s most secure subsea cables—and it...

DAS it, subsea fibre optic cables to be made safer by tech that could detect sabotages or accidents that rely on a simple method
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DAS it, subsea fibre optic cables to be made safer by tech that could detect sabotages or accidents that rely on a simple method

Distributed acoustic sensing detects disturbances in fibre optic signals to identify underwater threats NATO’s ‘Baltic Sentry’ mission enhances subsea security, but surveillance remains...

Subsea internet cables can now ‘listen’ for sabotage using irregular pulses of light
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Subsea internet cables can now ‘listen’ for sabotage using irregular pulses of light

Subsea cables can detect disturbances in the light pulses they carry These can be used to locate potential sources of sabotage or damage...

Meta reveals huge new 50,000km subsea cable project
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Meta reveals huge new 50,000km subsea cable project

Meta confirms Project Waterworth subsea cable plans The cable will span 50,000km and reach around the entire world It will be the longest...

Meta wants to build a B subsea cable spanning the world
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Meta wants to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world

Meta is believed to be working on its own subsea cable plans worth $10bn+ They would link the US with South Africa, India...