From Guest Editors Bethany Randell and Michaela Barnes: In the pages of this issue, you will find stories of youth from all over the world and their connection to the ocean. You will read about students crossing the Atlantic to update bathymetric charts, a grade 10 student studying the biomimicry possibilities of shark skin, a youth perspective on the future in the Blue Economy and ocean research, the student competitions that are inspiring the next generation, and much more. Some of these youths are interested in science, some in defence, some in technology, some in biology. Each one wants to improve the world. Knowing they come from a generation with unprecedented challenges, they are undaunted. They are striving to do what others before them have not – proposing new ways (or sometimes old and forgotten ways) to explore and learn.

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2026

Winter – Citizen science

2027

Spring – Floating laboratories: research at sea [research vessels]

Summer – Dual-use technologies: defence in the North Atlantic

Fall – Harsh environment technology: working in the cryosphere

Winter – Maritime transport: moving people and goods

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