Studies offered

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Each study is built from publicly available data, with every number traced to its source data file. All the data used is provided as a supplement, and a scientist with a PhD reviews and signs every study.

Desktop study

A structured review of existing, publicly available information about a site or project area, drawing on published literature, open databases, maps, historical records and previous surveys. It brings what is already known into a single reference, identifies data gaps and potential constraints, and gives an informed starting point before any new investigation is commissioned.

Environmental characterization study

Compiles and interprets existing public data to describe the physical, chemical and biological conditions of a project area, including oceanography, seabed features, water quality, habitats and species presence. It sets a preliminary baseline of environmental conditions, shows where knowledge is strong or limited, and guides where future field measurements would add the most value.

Environmental impact assessment

A systematic evaluation of the likely environmental and social consequences of a proposed activity, carried out at a preliminary level using publicly available information about the site and comparable projects. It identifies the main potential effects, considers alternatives, and outlines measures to avoid or reduce adverse impacts, giving developers and stakeholders an early understanding of the issues a project will face.

Environmental impact statement

A structured document that presents the findings of a preliminary impact assessment: the proposed activity, the affected environment as understood from existing data, the predicted impacts, and recommended mitigation and monitoring measures. It provides a clear, organised foundation that can be refined and expanded as project-specific data become available.

Environmental scoping study

Uses existing information to define the boundaries of a future environmental assessment, identifying the key issues, sensitive receptors and potential impacts that warrant detailed study. It focuses attention and resources on the questions of greatest environmental and stakeholder concern, and sets out a roadmap for the data collection and analysis still needed.

Design criteria

The environmental and site parameters an engineered system must be designed to withstand or accommodate, such as wind, waves, currents, water depth, seabed conditions and temperature extremes. Derived at this stage from publicly available measurements, models and reanalysis datasets, they give preliminary quantitative inputs for early-stage engineering and planning, to be validated with site-specific data as the project matures.

01What's in a study

Each study can cover several disciplines at your site

Every subject comes with site-specific analysis: graphs, figures, images and tables, with interpretation and discussion.

Illustration: stacked layers for atmosphere, waves, species records, a data grid, the seabed and depth contours
Subjects included depend on the study type.
  • Regulations and standards that apply at the site
  • Approach, data sources, methods and confidence
  • Bathymetry, geology, geomorphology and sediments
  • Water masses, temperature, salinity and oxygen
  • Currents from the surface to the seabed
  • Wind climate and tropical cyclones
  • Wave climate
  • Extremes of wind, waves and currents
  • Operational and engineering metocean, including weather windows
  • Climate variability and change
  • Chemistry and biogeochemistry
  • Habitats on the seabed and in the water column
  • Plankton, fish, marine mammals, turtles and seabirds
  • Life on and in the seabed
  • Ecosystem function and services
  • Underwater sound
  • Geohazards: earthquakes, slope stability and tsunami
  • Human uses: shipping, fisheries, cables and other users
  • Environmental sensitivity and constraints mapping
  • Activities, pressures, receptors and impact pathways
  • Cumulative, transboundary and climate effects
  • Risk characterization
  • Uncertainty, data gaps and what further surveys would add
  • Monitoring, mitigation and stakeholder engagement
  • Conclusions and recommendations
Appendices can include a data source catalogue with confidence scores, the full interaction matrix, species lists, and a GIS layer catalogue with metadata.
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Annual maximum significant wave height, 1980 to 2026Highest three-hourly value in each year. Largest: 11.28 m in 2005. 2026 is a partial year.04812m19801990200011.28 m, 200520102020
Highest significant wave height in each year, 1980 to 2026 (2026 is a partial year).
Source WAVERYS, Copernicus Marine202411W5
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