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ATLAS unveils its new website on World Whale Day
Next Sunday, 15 February, marks World Whale Day and, to coincide with this occasion, the European project ATLAS (Atlantic Tracking with Lightwave Acoustic Sensing), coordinated by the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), is launching its new website. The site provides full details about this initiative, described as “a new way to listen to
ATLAS brings its European partners together at PLOCAN to plan “listening” to the Atlantic through submarine fibre-optic cables
Maritime traffic, the presence of large cetaceans and seismic risk make the Canary Islands a unique laboratory to validate ATLAS and demonstrate the potential of its technology to strengthen observation and protection of the Atlantic
The ATLAS Project Turns Submarine Cables into “Ears” to Protect the Atlantic
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is coordinating the European ATLAS project (Atlantic Tracking with Lightwave Acoustic Sensing) in the Archipelago, an initiative that strengthens Europe’s role at the forefront of ocean observation and environmental protection in the Atlantic arc. ATLAS transforms existing submarine fiber optic cables into a network of acoustic sensors