Schmidt Ocean Institute 2018 Annual Report

VISIONS COMING TRUE Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Begin toTransform Ocean Conservation and Research

At SOI, we are gearing up for the future, and the new ways oceanography will be done. We are always excited and curious to see what scientists who conduct research on board Falkor will come up with, and how, together, we can push the existing boundaries of marine research. - Wendy Schmidt

NUMBERS AND METRICS 2013-2018 1,176 Science Days 350 K Km traveled (+ Circling the Globe 9Times) 1,176 Scientists from 165 Institutions in 30 Countries 1,176 Students 1,176 CTD Casts 1,176 AUV Dives 36 UAVs Launched Totaling 31.3 Hours

324 ROV Dives 737 ROV Samples Collected 497 Hrs livestreamed onYouTube NUMBERS AND METRICS 2013-2018

128 BLOGS 2018 OUTREACH 90 LIVE SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTIONS Viewed By 8,187 People 38 DOCUMENTARIES AND EXHIBITS Using SOI footage 121 EXPEDITION VIDEOS 2,741 PEOPLE REACHED Through Community Presentations 531,460 Using SOI footage 1,716,000 MINUTES of YouTube Video Watched 1,000 PEOPLE WELCOMED onto Falkor for Tours 528,475 on YouTube, 51% Increase from 2017 VIEWS

272,160 REPORTS 2018 DATA 573,590 KM2 of Falkor Mapping Data Merged into GMRT since 2012 763 GB 203 DAYS OF DATA Sent to SAMOS 7, 326 DATA FILES Downloaded from MGDS 74 TB of Data Sent to and Quality Processed by SAMOS Falkor and SuBastian Data Downloaded from MGDS

WHERE WE HAVE BEEN Coordinated Robotics: ʻAuʻAu Channel01 Eddy Exploration and Ecosystem Dynamics02 Voyage to the White Shark Café03 Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots04 Solving Microbial Mysteries with Autonomous Technology05 The Seeping Cascadia Margin06 Adaptive Robotics at Barkley Canyon & Hydrate Ridge 07 Characterizing Venting and Seepage Along the California Coast 08 Interdisciplinary Investigation of a New Hydrothermal Vent Field 09 Interdisciplinary Investigation of a New Hydrothermal Vent Field 10 New Approaches To Autonomous Exploration At The Costa Rican Shelf Break 11

MAKING WAVES 2018 HIGHLIGHTS

MAKING WAVES 2018 HIGHLIGHTS Improved marine surveys by teaching robots to collaborate and share knowledge Achieved the longest deployment of Environmental Sampling Processors on Long Range AUVs Protected white sharks with Saildrones and shipboard eDNA

MAKING WAVES 2018 HIGHLIGHTS Located and mapped a Pacific subtropical ocean front using a coordinated fleet of robots Tested in situ microbial incubators to understand how marine life adapts to oxygen depletion in the ocean Reached non-science audiences with artistic visualization of marine data

MAKING WAVES 2018 HIGHLIGHTS Guided exploration and research of changing seafloor habitats with AI Developed new ways to understand ocean cycles via methane bubbles Revealed new sites and species in the California Borderland

MAKING WAVES 2018 HIGHLIGHTS Conducted centimeter-scale AUV survey of hydrothermal vents in Pescadero Basin Tested AI-driven robots for a possible extraterrestrial mission Broadened participation in ocean sciences

AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS SCALABLE OCEAN RESEARCH WITH

The challenge is trying to do as much as we can to help people make sensible decisions. Having more ocean observations is critical to good science and providing a comprehensive view of what is happening, and how things are changing. This will build our ability to understand the ocean, and to make wiser decisions and policies in the future. - Oscar Pizarro, Principal Investigator

Collected more than 500,000 georeferenced images along the the 'Au'Au Channel covering 77,453 m2 of seafloor LRAUVs sample to depths of 300 m LRAUVs sample to depths of 1,000 km

data stations 80 CTD casts 28 shark satellite pop-up tags recovered 10 yielding 70+ hours of midwater observations in habitat never before surveyed 9 SuBastian Dives

PLATFORM AWORKING

CLOUD DATA ANALYTICS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACCELERATE MARINE SCIENCE

It is amazing to see large areas of the seafloor mapped only days after the raw data was collected. It is not just the size of the map, but the way we used it to inform our on-site decisions. This makes a real difference as the technology allows us to visualize wide areas at high resolution, and select where we should collect data. This has not previously been possible. - Blair Thornton, Principal Investigator

TECHNICAL INNOVATION SCALING UP MARINE CONSERVATION WITH

We are taking the latest and greatest technologies and using it to understand the relationships among the geology, chemistry, and the animal life. - Peter Girguis, Principal Investigator

for acidity, nutrients, and dissolved gases 600 chemical analyses gathering 15,000 bottles of seawater for further analysis 325 shipboard experiments

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DIGITIZING MARINE LIFE AND SEAFLOOR HABITATS

We are seeing these sites right now as they are in their full glory, and that let’s us make comparisons to the past and future, with an eye on scientific decisions about conservation, management, or places for further investigation - Charlotte Seid, Scientist

INSPIRING AND SHARING

REACHED MORE THAN 100 GROUPS Scientists on Falkor LINKING OVER 8,000 students and members of the public to the research happening on board

FRONT AND CENTER

ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS

ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS 21 ARTISTS 99 Created through the Program PIECES OF ARTWORK 14 in 10 Different Cities EXHIBITS Scientists on Falkor REACHED MORE THAN 100 GROUPS students and members of the public to the research happening on board LINKING OVER 8,000

FALKOR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Main Engines, Port Main Engine Clutch, Sea Water Cooler, Emergency Generator FALKOR SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ROV Event Logger, Irradiance Sensors High PerformanceComputing, Cybersecurity & Falkor’s Network Enrollment, Ship-to-ShoreVideo Enhancements, Advanced Shipboard Monitoring, Faster Internet. FALKOR AUDIO VISUAL / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / ELECTRONICS FALKOR

REMOTE OPERATION OF ROV SUBASTIAN ROV SUBASTIAN SEAFLOOR STEREO IMAGERY CAPABILITY BETTER VEHICLE CONTROL OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES EQUIPMENT CATENARY FLOAT RACK FOR UMBILICAL

COLLABORATORS

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