{"id":2366,"date":"2022-03-07T19:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sensorik.bayern\/?page_id=2366"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:47:02","slug":"deepsea-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sensorik.bayern\/en\/deepsea-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"DeepSea Protection | Autonomous monitoring system for environmentally friendly development of the deep sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

The industrial mining of valuable raw materials on the seabed can represent a considerable encroachment on the deep-sea ecosystem. New technologies should help to plan and control mining activities in such a way that they remain ecologically acceptable.<\/p>\n

In the DeepSea Protection project, a multi-sensory monitoring system for production-related environmental protection in deep-sea mining is therefore being developed, set up and tested. It enables the operational collection and fine-scale verification of geological and topographical data, detailed analyses of raw material distribution and, at the same time, a closer, up-to-date examination of the deep-sea ecology in the upcoming exploitation area. The observation area will cover an area of 10 square kilometres each at a depth of 3000 - 6000 m and will record both large-scale formations and hydrophysical observables such as turbidity of the water body as well as local details with a resolution in the range of a few millimetres.<\/p>\n

The Sensorik-Bayern GmbH is developing a sensor data aggregation module that can be used to combine sensor and telemetric data from the multiparameter probes. It includes the connection to the respective components of the so-called \"deep-sea squid\" - i.e. the intelligent ground network in the form of small water vehicles - the raw data processing and result data transfer to the Sensor Cloud<\/a> of Sensorik-Bayern GmbH, which has already proven itself in other deployment scenarios.<\/p>\n

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