2024 年太平洋拉力赛的水手使用 TorpeDNA 设备为新西兰海洋公民慈善机构收集 DNA 样本和 3D 珊瑚礁数据，以加强海洋生物多样性评估。 2024 Pacific Rally sailors, using TorpeDNA device, collect DNA samples and 3D coral reef data for New Zealand's Citizens of the Sea charity to enhance marine biodiversity assessment.

由 Cawthron 研究所和新西兰地理杂志联合创立的新西兰海洋公民慈善机构与 Illumina 合作，帮助 2024 年太平洋拉力赛的水手收集 DNA 样本和 3D 珊瑚礁数据。 New Zealand's Citizens of the Sea charity, co-founded by Cawthron Institute and New Zealand Geographic, partners with Illumina to empower sailors in the 2024 Pacific Rally to collect DNA samples and 3D coral reef data. 使用 TorpeDNA 采样装置，水手们将为环境变量数据集做出贡献，从而比传统的物理调查更全面、更快地评估海洋环境的生物多样性。 Using the TorpeDNA sampling device, sailors will contribute to a dataset of environmental variables, providing a more comprehensive and faster assessment of biodiversity in marine environments than traditional physical surveys. 该数据将于 2024 年底通过该慈善机构的网站向公众开放。 The data will be publicly accessible via the charity's website in late 2024.