00:01The European Union pledged to invest tens of millions of euros into an ocean observation plan just days after the
00:09United States said it would dismantle its own.
00:12The ocean covers 70% of the Earth's surface, but only 5% has been explored.
00:18With the 92 million euro ocean initiative, the EU now hopes to become a superpower in ocean patrolling and intelligence.
00:26The ocean observation plan will help improve climate forecasting and support the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems, but it
00:35is also critical for maritime security and defense.
00:38The European Commission argues that ocean observation is critical for detecting, deterring and mitigating maritime threats, including to critical infrastructures
00:47such as undersea cables, which are under constant threat of hybrid sabotage.
00:53The EU adopted the new initiative, which is called Ocean Eye, shortly after the Trump administration announced it would dismantle
01:00its $368 million deep ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago.
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