Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, released anew report today that finds less than 1% of the highly migratory sharks reported caught in the Atlantic Ocean are protected from overfishing by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas(ICCAT), whose 22nd Regular Meeting is currently underway in Istanbul, Turkey. According [...]
The Shetland Islands Council and Shetlands Charitable Trust have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sweden’s energy giant Vattenfall, to develop marine renewable energy in the isles. The groups hope they can drive the development of ocean energy in the area while benefitting the community. The initial focus will be on promoting the construction of [...]
NOAA’s updated Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI), which measures the direct climate influence of many greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, shows a continued steady upward trend that began with the Industrial Revolution of the 1880s. Started in 2004, the AGGI reached 1.29 in 2010. That means the combined heating effect of long-lived [...]
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The Scottish wave energy company, Aquamarine Power, has closed its office in Newport, Oregon at least for the time being. Aquamarine had established a one-person office in Oregon last year with the intent of deploying its wave energy buoy in the state’s coastal waters, but stated that a lack of certainty regarding the state’s marine [...]
The 30th annual meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) ended on Friday, with countries agreeing to prohibit fishing for deep-sea sharks but failing to agree on significant, additional measures to safeguard vulnerable deep-sea species and ecosystems. While NEAFC has made considerable progress since 2006 in closing areas on the high seas south of Iceland to bottom fishing, [...]
The South Korean government has joined the frenzy regarding offshore wind development in the Asia-Pacific region. On the heels of China’s big investment announcement in offshore wind energy capacity, the South Koreans who currently import 97% of their energy needs, will invest $9 billion U.S. dollars to develop a 2.5 gigawatt offshore wind farm by [...]
The Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper, The People’s Daily, is reporting that China plans to increase installed capacity of its offshore wind power sector to 30 gigawatts by 2020 with investments of almost $16 billion in US dollars. China is new to the offshore wind energy market with only 142,500 kilowatts of installed capacity at [...]
What could be worse than a storm that packs the punch of a category 3 hurricane coming ashore, the same storm when temperatures are low enough to make it a blizzard! The western coast of Alaska has been battered with an epic storm from the Bering Sea the likes of which has not been [...]
NOAA has announced that the high number of seal deaths that have occurred along the New England coast since September has been declared an “Unusual Mortality Event.” This will enable the agency to direct additional resources to further investigate the cause of these seal deaths. “We want to remind people to not get close to [...]
During December 4 – 8, 2011, at the Omni Galleria in Houston, Texas, hundreds of experts and leaders from academic institutions, government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector will come together at the 2nd State of the Gulf of Mexico Summit (SGM SUMMIT2011). Unprecedented cooperation has established the groundwork for this diverse conference. Leaders have [...]
The Seawater Greenhouse provides a low-cost solution by enabling year-round crop production in some of the world’s hottest and driest regions. It does this using seawater and sunlight. The technology imitates natural processes, helping to restore the environment while significantly reducing the operating costs of greenhouse horticulture. Seawater is evaporated at the front of the [...]
SS Mantola Shipwreck Cargo to be Recovered by Odyssey Under UK Government Contract Tampa, FLorida. – Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMEX), a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, announced today that it has discovered a shipwreck that was torpedoed during the World War I while carrying a shipment of silver. The SS Mantola [...]
2011 Sustainable Energy Awards Shortlist Announced Thirty six Irish companies and organisations that have introduced effective sustainable energy initiatives have been shortlisted for the 2011 Sustainable Energy Awards. The Awards, presented by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and sponsored by ESB Electric Ireland, provide an opportunity for organisations, regardless of size or sector, [...]
Scientists at the University of Maine have been awarded $201,187 for the first year of an anticipated three-year $574,028 project to investigate methods that would provide early warning detection of toxic Alexandrium blooms, also known as red tides, in the Gulf of Maine. Some species of Alexandrium algae produce a toxin that can become concentrated [...]
Hydrogenics to Provide a One MegaWatt Electrolyzer for Renewable Energy Project Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, announced that it was awarded a contract to deliver and install a 1MW HySTAT(R) electrolyzer in an industrial scale renewable energy storage project, the largest of its kind in Germany. [...]
Fortum and DCNS have recently signed a Letter of Intent on cooperation in the field of wave power research and development in France. A joint feasibility study for a wave power demonstration project located in France is planned to be starting by the end of 2011. The project is in line with Fortum’s and DCNS’s ambitions. [...]
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