The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today announced it has contracted with the National Research Council’s Marine Board to conduct a study on regulating worker safety in connection with the development of offshore renewable energy on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The project will be important in establishing worker safety requirements [...]
AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) of Sydney, British Columbia in Canada have announced the launch of their Ocean Renewables brand.
According to Richard Branson, the last great challenge for humans is to reach and explore the depths of our planet’s oceans. On Tuesday Braonson unveiled Virgin Oceanic, the newest branch of the multifaceted Virgin Group, Virgin Oceanic. It aims to set some 30 Guinness World Records as it make five dives in five oceans over [...]
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Six artists with a shared passion for protecting the earth and ocean– Raymond Pettibon, Pam Longobardi, Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang, Dianna Cohen and Lila Roo – have generously donated five works, with proceeds to benefit the work of the Plastic Pollution Coalition.
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power today announced its next-generation Oyster wave energy device is to be built in Scotland by leading fabrication contractor Burntisland Fabrications Ltd (“BiFab”). The news follows last week’s announcement of £11 million new investment in Aquamarine Power by multi-national power company ABB and existing shareholders including SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy).
The Smithsonian Ocean Portal is a newly launched website bursting with dynamic, multimedia content designed to engage young adults, ocean enthusiasts and middle school teachers and their students in ocean science, education, and conservation.
For the first time, a science based blueprint for managing Australia’s oceans has been developed to safeguard marine life and protect economic and social interests as well.
Raising global awareness for shark conservation, Aquarium of the Bay collected and is sending more than 3,600 individualized letters to the National Marine Fisheries Service, urging international bans on shark finning, which kills an estimated 100 million sharks each year. The letters, many embellished with hand-drawn artwork, were gathered in the Aquarium’s special Sherman’s Lagoon: [...]
The pioneering Wave Hub marine energy project has been ‘plugged in’ for the first time since its installation over the summer and is officially open for business. Wave Hub has created the world’s largest test site for wave energy technology
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has suspended its WaveConnect project off the Humboldt County coast.
High school students throughout the United States and from as far away as Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Germany, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Uganda, the United Kingdom, Tanzania, and Zambia are answering Algalita Marine Research Foundation’s invitation to participate in the “2011 Plastics Are Forever International Youth Summit” by busily formulating their proposals outlining action-oriented solutions to [...]
In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists reported the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland has continued warming since wintertime ocean temperatures were last effectively measured there in the early 2000s.
announced eight joint research awards totaling nearly $5 million to support the responsible siting and permitting of offshore wind energy facilities and ocean energy generated from waves, tides, currents and thermal gradients. This critical research will address key information gaps regarding the potential environmental effects of renewable ocean energy.
The study will be released via a conference call on Monday, October 18th. Kirk Fordham, CEO of the Everglades Foundation, along with the economic study’s principal investigator, Robert McCormick from Mather Economics, is joined by Tamara Pigott, Executive Director, Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau; Barry Johnson, President/CEO, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and Michele [...]
James Cook University researchers in Australia are working on a project to determine how to balance the economically important industry of shark fishing while sustaining their populations.
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has proposed that five populations of Atlantic sturgeon along the U.S. East Coast receive protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. The Gulf of Maine population is proposed for listing as threatened, and endangered status is proposed for the Chesapeake Bay, New York Bight, Carolina, and South Atlantic populations.
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