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Google Street View Marks World Oceans Day
Google’s Street View has become a household name in many parts of the world, with the popular service integrating within Google Maps in order to give users an up close and personal look at locales around the world, but the company recently turned its attention beneath the Earth’s waters in a move intended to highlight World Oceans Day. The... Read more of this article
Catlin Joins UK Museum: Coral Reef Exhibition
Bermuda-based Catlin Group has joined forces with the Natural History Museum in London to present a major exhibition, which opens today [Mar 27], that explores the importance and beauty of the world’s coral reefs. The exhibition, ‘Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea’, includes 250 specimens from the Natural History Museum’s coral, fish... Read more of this article
Students Enjoy Skype Session With Scientist
Warwick Academy’s Year 3 Jabour and Vallis recently had a live Skype lesson courtesy of the Catlin Education outreach programme, which offered the opportunity for students to speak to a member of the Catlin Seaview Survey expedition in the Southeast Asian “Coral Triangle” via Skype in the classroom. Jamie Buchanan-Dunlop and members... Read more of this article
New Initiative: $100,000 Catlin Marine Grant
[Updated with video] The Bermuda End-to-End today announced it is creating the Catlin Marine Grant, a three-year $100,000 initiative to support new charitable programmes to increase the awareness of, or promote action to preserve and protect Bermuda’s marine environment. The new initiative is linked to the Catlin Seaview Survey, a series of worldwide... Read more of this article
Take A Virtual Dive With Catlin Seaview Survey
Images taken during the Catlin Seaview Survey of Bermuda have been compiled in an online diving interface that allows anyone with an internet connection to enjoy the island’s offshore gems and jewels, providing an enjoyable and educational experience for all. The official website of the Catlin Seaview Survey will take visitors on a trip through... Read more of this article
Bermuda Coral Reefs Featured In New Scientist
Popular science magazine New Scientist has published an article detailing the exploits of an Australian researcher who recently spent time on and around the island while studying the declining state of Bermuda’s coral reefs, part of the far-reaching Catlin Seaview Survey. That scientist, Manuel González-Rivero, a research fellow at the University... Read more of this article
Catlin Establishes Coral Reef Global Database
[Updated with video] Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited, the international specialty property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, has established the Catlin Global Reef Record, a first-of-its-kind global database and online standardized research tool relating to major coral reef ecosystems. For the past two years, Catlin has sponsored the Catlin Seaview... Read more of this article
Catlin Seaview Survey To Study Bermuda Reefs
The Catlin Seaview Survey, sponsored by re/insurer Catlin Group Limited, announced a significant expansion of its study of coral reefs with a new campaign in Bermuda in September. The programme – which will significantly widen opportunities for ocean, coral and climate scientists to understand the changes occurring within the region – starts in... Read more of this article
Video: CNN Report On Catlin Seaview Survey
Late last year, a crew from CNN’s Going Green series arrived on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia to capture and report on the important work of the Catlin Seaview Survey, which is sponsored by Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited. Introduced by Philippe Cousteau, the film focuses on the pioneering technology and scientific importance of the expeditions... Read more of this article
Catlin Appoints Maran As Chief Science Officer
Catlin Group Limited announced that Michael Maran, who has led Catlin’s space insurance activities for the past decade, has been appointed as the Group’s Chief Science Officer. He will continue to be based in London. In his new role, Mike Maran will work with Catlin underwriters, risk modellers, actuaries and other employees to improve Catlin’s... Read more of this article
Catlin Seaview Survey Launches Pinterest Page
The Catlin Seaview Survey team is sharing images from the teams latest experiences on the image sharing website Pinterest, with their underwater images including turtles, fish, manta rays and more., Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited is sponsoring the major scientific expedition that is documenting the composition and health of sections of Australia’s... Read more of this article
