Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping / NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center
Urban Coast Institute Honors Mayer
Larry Mayer, professor and director of UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, received the National Champion of the Ocean Award from the Urban Coast Institute (UCI) of Monmouth University in New Jersey. The award was established in 2005 to honor individuals who have undertaken actions and... Read More
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08/11/25UNH Researchers Help Find WWII Shipwrecks in Solomon Islands
Researchers from UNH's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping helped find more than a dozen World War II shipwrecks in the Solomon Islands. -
04/22/25Could microplastics impact the ocean's carbon storage?
UNH researchers have received an NSF grant to study the impacts of microplastics on the ocean's microbial food web. -
04/07/25Mapping the Deep
In December 2023, thanks to UNH, the United States grew by one million square kilometers. The U.S. gained that seabed territory beyond 200 nautical... -
04/02/25CCOM’s Brian Calder Elected to Hydrographer Hall of Fame
CCOM's Brian Calder has been elected to the Hydrographer Hall of Fame for his remarkable contributions to seafloor mapping technologies.
Recent Stories
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01/15/20 - Mapping the SeasLess than 10 percent of the world’s oceans have been mapped to high resolution. UNH is out to change that. Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping director Larry Mayer talks about... Read More -
12/10/19 - UNH Sails into Next Generation of Ocean MappingAdd “sailboat” to the list of ways researchers are collecting data to map the ocean floor. Read More -
11/21/19 - Eyes on the XPRIZEToday, less than 10 percent of the world’s oceans have been mapped to high resolution. But efforts to map the remaining 90 percent could happen more quickly than previously... Read More -
11/15/19 - Closing the GapNine undergrads traveled from the Mid-Atlantic to take part in an intensive geoscience research program at UNH. Read More -
11/13/19 - Climate Change and Turf Seaweed Causing “Patchy” SeascapeThe effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf of Maine to more frequent and severe storms and the increase of invasive turf seaweed. UNH... Read More -
10/14/19 - Mapping a New CareerLynette Davis, a graduate student pursuing dual degrees in computer science and ocean mapping, is back at sea agai Read More -
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09/20/19 - Prime TimeMembers from the UNH team who won the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Sept. 18 to discuss their winning design from the... Read More -
08/14/19 - Searching for AmeliaResearchers from the UNH Marine School and a robot developed by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping are part of the crew searching anew for Amelia Earhart's plane. Read More -
