British Researchers have published a new study indicating that an expanding pool of freshwater in the Arctic ocean may impact the Atlantic ocean currents which gives Europe a considerably milder climate than other countries at a similar latitude. Using satellites to measure sea surface height from 1995 to 2010, scientists from University College London and [...]
Italian authorities resumed their search for survivors in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship today despite concerns that the vessel could shift and plunge off a ledge into deeper waters. The Costa Concordia was carrying 4,234 passengers and crew when it hit rocks Friday evening near Giglio, a small island off the coast [...]
Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost land the size of Delaware—about 1880 square miles. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, if this trend continues, Louisiana will lose a wetland area larger than the size of Manhattan every year. These losses are a disaster not just for citizens who are seeing their land wash away, but [...]
A JAPANESE whaling ship has defied high-level Australian complaints to stay in the waters of World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island. The Australian embassy told the Japanese government on Tuesday that whaling vessels were not welcome in the country’s waters. The Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru III which undertakes whaling in the name of “research” was still [...]
What a terrible start to the new year for the world’oceans – another shipwreck leaking fuel and toxic cargo, oil and phosphate, into the water. The Panamanian-badged MV Tycoon broke from its mooring on Sunday at Christmas Island, an Australian External Territory located in the Indian Ocean on the rim of South East Asia. Rough [...]
The Japanese whaling fleet set sail last week for the southern ocean around Antarctica to kill and process 1,000 whales for the purported purpose of “research”, something that they are allowed to do under the International Whaling Commission’s ban on whaling enacted in 1986 and to which Japan is a signatory. For several years the [...]
M3 Wave Energy Systems based in Corvallis, Oregon, conducted testing on its DMP device technology at Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University last week. As a result of this developmental milestone, the company has begun a new push for funding in order to be able to proceed to an in-ocean pilot. The [...]
State and federal members of the Maine Task Force of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will meet on December 8th (Thursday) to review an unsolicited lease application that they received from the Norwegian oil company, Statoil, for a wind energy project in the waters south of Boothbay, Maine. The project is considered the first-of-its-kind [...]
Wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, has announced a capital raising via a Share Purchase Plan (“SPP”) of up to $4 million. The SPP will allow all existing and eligible Carnegie shareholders to purchase between $3,000 and $15,000 worth of shares at 5c per share. Based on the share price at close of trading on [...]
Chevron Corp has taken full responsibility for a major oil spill in Brazil’s Campos Basin as a result of drilling a well in about 4,000 feet of water 230 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro. Oil has been leaking since November 8th. Chevron has indicated that they have plugged the well, but oil continues to [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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