Advancing Ocean Sustainability: Cutting-Edge Sensor Technology and Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2025 | Viewed by 35
Special Issue Editor
Interests: marine ecology; maps; marine biology; remote sensing; satellite; coastal ecology
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Dear Colleagues,
The United Nations’ Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) aims to promote sustainable ocean science. Stakeholders such as scientists, policymakers, businesses, and citizens are collaborating to achieve this goal. The journal Sensors will publish a Special Issue focusing on the development and application of sensors that support this effort. Coastal habitats, rich in biodiversity, face pressure from human activities, necessitating the urgent development of sensors and monitoring methods to assess their distribution and health. Real-time monitoring is crucial for detecting marine pollution like oil spills, red tides, and the distribution of macroplastics and microplastics. Archival tags are needed to gather biological and ecological information on marine animals. Monitoring marine life's respiration and photosynthesis, as well as CO2, pH, and nutrient levels, is essential for understanding the marine environment's health. Developing efficient and smart marine sensors and conducting research with them are vital for expanding our knowledge of the marine environment and life, as well as supporting sustainable development. This Special Issue will highlight the latest trends in marine sensing technology, including new sensors, sensor platforms such as AUV, air, and underwater drones, and research using existing sensors like satellite-mounted sensors. It aims to share cutting-edge technologies and research examples that contribute to the Decade of Ocean Science for the sustainable development of society. We call for reviews, original studies, and rapid communications to clarify the status of the sensors up to 2025, which is the halfway point of the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science.
Prof. Dr. Teruhisa Komatsu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable development
- marine sensing technologies
- monitoring
- remote sensing
- habitat mapping
- ecosystem health
- in situ measurement
- archival tags
- marine pollution
- microplastics
- sensor platforms
- submersible devices and equipment
- biological oceanography
- physical oceanography
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