Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the governors of 10 East Coast states signed a Memorandum of Understanding that formally establishes an Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to promote the efficient, orderly, and responsible development of wind resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. Salazar announced the agreement at Capitol Hill Oceans Week 2010, where [...]
A $4 million NOAA grant will help a university consortium evaluate the readiness of marine forecasts, such as flooding from storm surge or seasonal dead zones, along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts and improve those forecasts for use by emergency managers, scientific researchers and the general public.
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, and South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (Korean Stock Exchange: HHI) today announced that they have expanded their strategic alliance to include the joint development of a 5 megawatt (MW) full conversion wind turbine primarily for use in the burgeoning offshore wind industry. Under [...]
Actor Kevin Costner testified Wednesday before the House Committee on Science and Technology, focusing on the research and technology needs of oil spill remediation efforts
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has selected the University of Washington to continue leadership of a federal/academic research partnership that will look at tsunamis, ocean acidification, marine ecosystems and fisheries, climate change and other issues that affect millions in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Following a competitive application process, NOAA chose the University [...]
Admiral Thad Allen provided the following update via a news conference in Washington, this morning:
World Oceans Day has been unofficially observed since 1992, when the concept was initially proposed by the Canadian delegation at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations finally passed a resolution in 2008 to declare June 8th as the official date from then forward. The theme for this year’s (2nd official year) [...]
The United States government has hosted two science summits to address and coordinate the federal response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the latest of which was held last Thursday, May 28th. The Consortium for Ocean Leadership will convene a third meeting at Louisiana State University (LSU) on Thursday, June 3, 2010 in Baton Rouge, [...]
Electronic tagging and fisheries catch data have revealed pronounced differences in preferred habitat of Atlantic bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna in the Gulf of Mexico, despite their close ancestry, according to a new study published on Friday in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE. Bluefin tuna return to the same regions of the Gulf of Mexico [...]
The “topkill” operation has been officially declared “dead in the water”, pardon the pun. It is becoming more and more clear that the only way to stop the flow of oil will be with the two relief wells that are currently being drilled. BP is going to try to place a another top hat [...]
Two new reports released yesterday taken individually are cause enough for alarm, but together they are a warning of another potentially catastrophic oil spill event in the Gulf of Mexico. The first report, as you may have guessed, is the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) annual Atlantic Hurricane Forecast. The second is a study on [...]
The comedy of errors (and omissions) surrounding the Gulf Oil Spill would be funny if it were being portrayed on Saturday Night Live and not wreaking havoc upon the environment and people’s livelihoods. I cannot recall an incident of any kind where officials, both corporate and governmental, have made so many statements that were proven [...]
The devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico should be a warning and a wake up call to the world. The Deepwater Horizon drilling platform sank over a month ago and the resulting oil leak is still gushing oil into the Gulf at a rate of at least 5,000 barrels a day (this number [...]
Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has been granted an investigation license and option to lease from the Victorian government for three potential wave energy sites off Victoria at Portland, Warrnambool and Phillip Island. Tenure was awarded by the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change under section 138 of the Land Act 1958, [...]
Ushering in the next era of ocean exploration, the U.S. Office of Naval Research has selected Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the operator of a new scientific research vessel. The yet-to-be-designed and built Ocean Class ship—a new class of research vessel—will lead a range of ocean expeditions that will advance science [...]
The Permanent Representative of Palau to the United Nations, Ambassador Stuart Beck, today called upon the international community to impose a Moratorium on Shark Finning
BOEM Seeks Input on an Environmental Assessment for Ocean Current Technology Testing Offshore Florida
UK Opens a £20Million Marine Energy Grant Opportunity
U.S. DOE to Fund One Wave Energy Project for One Year
Norway’s Wello Will Deploy Wave Energy Converter at EMEC by the end of the Month
Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Fiscal Third Quarter Ended January 31, 2012
Ocean Renewable Power Company Receives Permit for Tidal Energy Project in Bay of Fundy
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