Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) is partnering with MITRE in its effort to build a Living Ocean Atlas, one that can show where marine life is now and predict how it will
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) is partnering with MITRE in its effort to build a Living Ocean Atlas, one that can show where marine life is now and predict how it will change, a concept GMGI describes as “Google Maps for the ocean.”
The two organizations have signed a research agreement to jointly develop The Virtual Living Ocean. It will combine years of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling by GMGI, a nonprofit based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, that addresses challenges facing oceans, human health, and the environment through innovative scientific research and education, with MITRE’s expertise in ocean technology and large-scale data systems. MITRE is a nonprofit headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, and McLean, Virginia, which operates federally funded research centers for the U.S. government. Its BlueTech Lab in Bedford researches ocean technology, including autonomous underwater vehicles, underwater acoustics, and systems engineering and integration to enable systems to better understand the world’s oceans.
The Virtual Living Ocean’s foundation is the Living Ocean Atlas, a database combining eDNA data with physical and chemical ocean data, including temperature, pH and satellite imagery. GMGI has begun building the Atlas in an area it has sampled seasonally for years at Stellwagen National Marine Sanctuary in the North
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