Cables submarinos SMART en América Latina: el proyecto antártico de Chile: SMART submarine cables in Latin America: The Chilean Antarctic project

Noelia Arjona Hernández

doi:10.12795/araucaria.2024.i57.19

Authors

Noelia Arjona Hernández Centro Universitario San Isidoro (Pablo de Olavide)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/araucaria.2024.i57.19

Keywords:

SMART submarine cables, Antarctic Treaty, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Chile, marine scientific research, freedom of deployment, Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the conservation and sustainable use of the marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Abstract

The SMART undersea cable initiative is a developing area of scientific research that aims to integrate and use a network of sensors within an undersea cable system to collect scientific data for better understanding, planning and reporting related to climate change, sea level rise, ocean warming, tsunamis and earthquakes. Chile, through its Humboldt Cable Project, aims to improve the communication network for tsunami sensors in Antarctica, enhancing SMART capabilities for tsunami monitoring in the Antarctic region, which will improve threat assessment for tsunami early warning in support of Antarctic bases. Monitoring of the polar regions is a key component of understanding climate change. What is the legal regime that the Antarctic cable project needs to address?

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