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Submarine Cable Protection and the Environment

Updated Wednesday 04 October 2023

The International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) is pleased to announce the seventh issue of our bi-annual, marine-focused newsletter titled “Submarine Cable Protection and the Environment.” The publication—written by ICPC’s Marine Environmental Advisor, Dr Mike Clare—is a new and timely reference for all seabed users, the scientific community and general public who share the same vital goal as the ICPC—safeguarding submarine telecommunications and power cables worldwide.

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Submarine Cable Protection and the Environment Archive


Issue 7 - September 2023
  • How subsea cables were affected by the most volcanic eruption ever recorded:
    • The importance of submarine cables to remote island nations
    • Cable damage by natural hazards
    • The 2022 eruption of Hunga volcano and the disconnection of Tonga
    • Why were the seafloor flows so fast at Hunga volcano?
    • What can be done to enhance cable resilience?
    • What has been learned from the Hunga volcano eruption?
Issue 6 - May 2023
  • Climate Change: An Issue for Today and Not Just the Future
    • Climate Change and Subsea Cables: Impacts and Adaptations
    • Recent Impacts of Natural Hazards on Subsea Cables
    • Changes in Ocean Conditions May Create New Threats
    • Mitigation and Adaptation to Ensure Continued Resilience of the Global Telecommunications Cable Network
Issue 5 - September 2022
  • Rise of underwater robots
    • Ocean gliders making sustained measurements across the ocean
    • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles investigating the deep seafloor
    • Under the ice—the next frontier
    • Looking to the future
    • Use of marine autonomous technology for decommissioning
    • What about decommissioning of submarine cables?
    • An economic case for recycling subsea cables
Issue 4 - March 2022
  • Is it Planet Earth or Planet Ocean?
  • Rubber Ducks and a Global Ocean
  • Growing International Collaborations to Monitor the Health of the Ocean
  • A Need to Observe the Deep Sea
  • Early Warnings of Offshore Hazards
  • The Science Monitoring and Reliable Telecommunications (SMART) Cables Initiative
  • Use of Unmodified Cables for Global Monitoring
  • A Long History of Collaborations Between the Cable Industry and Ocean Scientific Research
Issue 3 - September 2021
  • Keeping the Internet Protected from Space Weather
  • Using Seafloor Cables to Measure the World Around Us
Issue 2 - March 2021
  • Warming Oceans and Changing Fishing Practices
  • Fish Aggregating Devices: An Emerging Threat for Submarine Telecommunication Cables
  • Improved Cable Design Eliminates the Threat Posed by Sharks to Submarine Cablesa
Issue 1 - September 2020
  • Climate Change and the Role of Submarine Cables in a Post-COVID World
  • Powerful Avalanches in the Deep Sea
  • Cables are Almost Pristine After Nearly Half a Century in the Deep Sea



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