Our Work

Whale Safe

Preventing fatal ship collisions with endangered whales using AI-powered ocean sensors, big data models, citizen science, and ship tracking data.

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Clean Currents Coalition

Turning off the tap of plastic pollution entering the ocean through community-first, data-centric interventions in rivers around the world.

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Ghost Lobster Traps

Ghost Lobster Traps

Locating and recovering ghost lobster traps that can harm biodiversity and negatively impact future lobster catches while also returning viable and valuable traps back to fishers.

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Conducting scientific research to explore the benefits of protected areas to aid the in management of California’s MPA network and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now the largest protected area on Earth.

AI for Plastic Waste

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AI for Plastic Waste

Developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system to autonomously collect plastic pollution data from the trash wheels in Newport Beach and Baltimore Harbor.

Biodiversity in the High Seas

Emperor Seamounts BBNJ

Biodiversity in the High Seas

Providing no-cost data services to UN States proposing High Seas Marine Protected Areas under the new High Seas Treaty: the UNCLOS Agreement for the Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

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SharkEye

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SharkEye

Detecting great white sharks using drones and artificial intelligence (AI) to promote conservation and safe interactions with marine life.

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Local Plastic Pollution Solutions

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Local Plastic Pollution Solutions

Engaging in local plastic pollution solutions through data science and education in Hawai’i and California.

Spotting Giant Sea Bass

A Giant Sea Bass

Spotting Giant Sea Bass

Advancing population research of the protected giant sea bass through community scientist-driven data and machine learning.

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UN Plastic Pollution Treaty

Cumulative plastic waste if we continue business as usual, modeled on top of Manhattan.

UN Plastic Pollution Treaty

Supporting science-based decision-making in the United Nations plastic pollution treaty by developing a data-powered tool to explore the impact of different policies on reducing plastic waste and production. In collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science and the Environment.

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Deep-Sea Mining

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Deep-Sea Mining

Protecting deep-sea ecosystems from the emerging threat of mining by filling research gaps and elevating the latest science for decision-makers.

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Sharing Our Work

We believe in the importance of sharing the products of our work as resources for others to scale and replicate these ocean health solutions. Check out our Resources page for access to papers, tools, and data sets across our portfolio.