SMART Subsea Cables for observing the Oceans for Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction.

The goal of JTF SMART Subsea Cables (Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications) is to have SMART cables become the world standard, leading to a global network integrating environmental sensors (temperature, pressure, seismic acceleration) into submarine telecommunications cables. SMART Subsea Cables will allow Climate change monitoring including ocean circulation and sea level; Tsunami and earthquake early warning for disaster risk reduction; Seismic monitoring for earth structure and related hazards; Quantifying risk to inform sustainable development of coastal and offshore infrastructure, and Warning of external hazards to cables, and improve routing of cable systems.

 

SMART cable systems underway include the Atlantic CAM ring system connecting the Portuguese mainland, Azores and Madeira, and Tamtam between Vanuatu and New Caledonia, both to be deployed in 2026. Additional SMART Cables are being planned to Antarctica from New Zealand and Chile, as well as systems spanning Asia to Europe via the Arctic and North Atlantic.  

These are perfect examples of the Blue Economy in action.