#AI economy’s massive vulnerability - #subsea #cables channel data and power, but they face escalating risk, chart @foreignpolicy.com
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/20/ai-economy-undersea-cables-international-data-infrastructure/
#subsea
Putin’s secret weapon: The threat to the UK lurking on our sea beds.
After incidents of vital underwater cables in the Baltic Sea being damaged, is British subsea infrastructure exposed to sabotage?
#Subsea #SubseaInfrastructure #Russia #Infrastructure #Security #Defence #Putin #UK
Putin’s secret weapon: The threat to the UK lurking on our sea beds.
After incidents of vital underwater cables in the Baltic Sea being damaged, is British subsea infrastructure exposed to sabotage?
#Subsea #SubseaInfrastructure #Russia #Infrastructure #Security #Defence #Putin #UK
Putin’s secret weapon: The threat to the UK lurking on our sea beds.
After incidents of vital underwater cables in the Baltic Sea being damaged, is British subsea infrastructure exposed to sabotage?
#Subsea #SubseaInfrastructure #Russia #Infrastructure #Security #Defence #Putin #UK
Parliament has launched an inquiry into the UK’s preparedness to defend the internet cables linking it to the rest of the world. Comes as Sweden seizes a suspicious ship in the Baltic.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/cloud/parliament-risk-inquiry-subsea-cables
Taiwan seeks South Korean help to probe cable sabotage incident
Authorities suspect that Chinese-owned cargo ship intentionally damaged the cable by dragging its anchor
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/security/taiwan-seeks-south-korean-help-probe-cable-sabotage
#technews #china #taiwan #subsea #cable #finland #russia #southkorea
A day after the C-Lion1 and BCS #subsea #data #cables in the Baltic Sea, connecting Finland and Germany as well as Sweden and Lithuania, were damaged, specifics of the incident remain unconfirmed.
The incident is reminiscent of a similar event in 2023 when the Balticonnector between Finland and Estonia was damaged.
Hong Kong-registered container vessel NewNew Polar Bear was later found to have dragged its anchor across the pipeline.
Danish authorities appear to have narrowed down a possible culprit to Chinese bulker Yi Peng 3,
which traveled over the reported incident site at the time of the failure.
Its AIS track shows the vessel drifting back and forth for around an hour the morning of November 18.
By the time Yi Peng 3 reached Danish waters the country’s Navy had dispatched several vessels shadowing the vessel.
Online reports suggest that a Danish pilot was placed onboard the vessel during the afternoon of November 19 as it continued passing through Danish Straits.
AIS data show several Danish patrol vessels in the vicinity of Yi Peng 3 and shorebased webcams confirm Navy vessels loosely following in its wake.
The foreign ministers of Germany and Finland issued a joint statement expressing concern about the incident.
“The fact that such an incident immediately raises suspicions of intentional damage speaks volumes about the volatility of our times,” the statement reads.
“A thorough investigation is underway. Our European security is not only under threat from Russia‘s war of aggression against Ukraine,
but also from hybrid warfare by malicious actors.
Safeguarding our shared critical infrastructure is vital to our security and the resilience of our societies,”
the statement continued.
Incidents with damage to subsea cables and pipelines across Europe have increased in recent years,
including in the Arctic.
In 2022 Norway reported that an undersea fiber optic cable connecting a satellite ground station on Svalbard to the Norwegian mainland was severed.
Norwegian media reported a Russian vessel traveling back and forth several times over the damaged section.
The Finnish investigation of the NewNew Polar Bear incident concluded that the vessel dropped its anchor during a storm
dragging it over the Balticonnector pipeline.
The vessel had been spotted with a missing anchor during its first port call following the incident.
After initial stonewalling by Chinese authorities
Finnish counterparts launched their own investigation and eventually admitted that the pipeline’s damage was caused by NewNew Polar Bear.
Like Yi Peng 3, NewNew Polar Bear had departed from a Russian port prior to the incident.
https://gcaptain.com/details-of-baltic-sea-cable-incident-remain-murky-as-danish-coast-guard-shadows-chinese-vessel/
Underwater energy storage system deploys water pressure to save wind power
#energy #energystorage #windenergy #windpower #renewables #renewableenergy #cleanenergy #greenenergy #cleanpower #grid #electricity #zeroemission #decarbonization #battery #batteries #oceans #sea #subsea #underwater #water #waterpressure
Underwater energy storage system deploys water pressure to save wind power
#energy #energystorage #windenergy #windpower #renewables #renewableenergy #cleanenergy #greenenergy #cleanpower #grid #electricity #zeroemission #decarbonization #battery #batteries #oceans #sea #subsea #underwater #water #waterpressure
Mapping the Monstrous Underwater Avalanche That Carved a 1250-Mile Path of Ruin
https://scitechdaily.com/mapping-the-monstrous-underwater-avalanche-that-carved-a-1250-mile-path-of-ruin/ #geomorphology #oceanography #subsea #avalanche
Electric 'superhighway' approved between #Scotland and #England
"The project will be the first of four #subsea electricity links planned along the east coast with the eventual capacity capable of powering 7.5 million homes."
August 13, 2024
by Kevin Keane
"A multi-billion pound subsea cable that can shift vast amounts of #renewable electricity between Scotland and England has been given the go-ahead by regulators.
"#SSENTransmission says the #EnergyTransferProject is needed to move energy around the grid on days when the wind doesn’t blow or demand is high.
"The two 315-mile (507km) cables will run from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire and will initially work alongside a similar link down the west coast.
"It is part of wider moves to modernise and increase capacity on the energy transmission network for the shift away from #Fossilfuels to tackle #ClimateChange.
En relevant les défis de la gestion des données, de l'interprétation des signaux et de la fragmentation technologique, nous pouvons garantir le fonctionnement et la longévité des connexions sous-marines critiques #france #strategic #subsea #surveillance #technologies #smart #ai #data #energies #submarine #critical #cables #innovative #technologies #solutions #management #underwater #monitoring [ https://www.nexans.com/fr/perspectives/la-surveillance-avancee-au-service-de-la-fluidite-du-reseau-de-cables-sous-marins/ ]
Solar Storm Detected In Deep Sea Observatories [Canada]
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https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2024+onc-solar-storm-in-deep-sea-observatories+media-release <-- shared technical article
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https://data.oceannetworks.ca/home <-- Ocean v3.0 Data Portal
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #OCN #undersea #Canada #spaceweather #solarstorm #monitoring #detection #ocean #marine #NorthernLights #auroraborealis #sun #solaractivity #geomagnetism #geomagnetic #subsea #observatory #research #magneticfield #distortion #risk #hazard #impacts #solarflare
@OceanNetworksCanada
Excelent #maps of #subsea #cables can be found at https://submarine-cable-map-2024.telegeography.com . Major hubs #marseilles #egypt #singapore #japan, but also note #guam .
Anyone with valuable marine biodiversity data? Perhaps you have an observatory network for #edna , #citizenscience observations, or #subsea images. Here you can apply for funds to make these data available through EMODNnet. https://lnkd.in/dQ8ME74j
The innovative #SUBMERSE project will leverage existing #subsea #infrastructure for exciting new fields of #research.
Using existing #submarine cables already used by the research & education networking community, SUBMERSE and its partners can monitor the Earth and its systems.
Join us as we dive into the future of ocean exploration and research. Read more at 👉 https://submerse.eu
#earthscience #oceanography #seismology #volcanology #earlywarningsystems #SubmarineCables #network @nordunet
Great to be at #IGF2023 in Kyoto today, working with WIDE Project & @nordunet to promote the value of submarine cable systems for #Research & #Education and bring awareness of the work done by #NRENs & RENs in this field.
Global cooperation in the field of #SubmarineCables is an essential element of both #InternetGovernance and #diplomacy.
#DigitalGovernance #Cooperation #IC1 #SubmarineCables #Subsea #Intercontinental #Connectivity #Infrastructure #Network
interesting overview article on subsea cables from @CNET https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/the-secret-life-of-the-500-cables-that-run-the-internet/
There is whole book written about an impact of subsea communication cables on communities around the world - if you are interested in the topic I would recommend to read "The Undersea Network" by Nicole Starosielski: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-undersea-network
#telecom #subsea #cables #internet #fiber #fiberoptic #subseacable
The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet
cables, only about as thick as a garden hose, are high-tech marvels. The fastest can carry 400 terabits of data per second. That's 400,000 times faster than your home broadband
"The whole network of undersea cables is the lifeblood of the economy"
#internet #connectivity #submarine #subsea #economy #technology #tech
https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/features/the-secret-life-of-the-500-cables-that-run-the-internet/
I had a lot of fun on this podcast — much more time to dig into the details, like climate change, how to repair a severed cable, and some of the geopolitics of subsea cables.
https://igalia.com/chats/undersea
#subsea #InternetInfrastructure #CloudComputing #Google #Meta #Amazon #Microsoft
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