Successful Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Worldwide, eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean every year, despite greater awareness of recycling and the use of disposable plastic. A Norwegian app will soon be able to identify where the... The post New technology identifies sources of ocean plastic appeared first on successful GREEN.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. C, we stand to lose ocean and coastal ecosystems we depend on to sea level rise, warming temperatures, ocean acidification and other climate impacts. We focused on the following priorities : The Ocean in the Climate Change Dialogue.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

No funding agreement by the deadline (October 1) means the government, including agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shuts down. putting undue stress on people, our economy and our ocean. A government shutdown will put a hard stop on NOAA’s ocean research.

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Photo credit: Elisabeth Horde What is your background and role at Frontiers? “I joined Frontiers in January 2022 as a project manager for our product operations team, which sits under the technology department. Basically, the bigger the challenge (the Atlantic Ocean to virtually cross!), the bigger the motivation.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. Yet the technologies needed to do this, collectively known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), remains nascent, underfunded and largely unregulated. The ocean as a carbon sink.

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Frontiers

JULY 7, 2023

As we seek to escape the heat of summer at the beach, we are highlighting the top Research Topics on the world’s oceans. Here are some research topics on the world’s oceans first appeared on Science & research news | Frontiers. With more than 1.2 With more than 1.2 Suggest your topic The post Going to the beach?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2024

While nonbinding, the unanimous advisory opinion offers important support for small island nations facing climate impacts and raises the bar for other nations to reduce their global warming emissions to protect the world’s oceans. Lays out polluting nations’ obligations. Calls for comprehensive monitoring and reporting.

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A new device successfully hauled 20,000 pounds of trash out of the Pacific Ocean last week. This technology could potentially help clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 4, 2022

A new study examined what the ocean will look like in the future if we keep burning all the fossil fuels we can lay our hands on. And if we do, the future for the ocean is grim indeed. The researchers applied powerful Earth system models that faithfully recreate the behavior of the ocean, land and atmosphere to game out the future.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 5, 2022

Using stretches of fibre optic cables as sensors could enable continuous, real-time monitoring of conditions at the bottom of oceans and seas, and below the planet’s surface, researchers say.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By Anya Blaney Ocean scientist and TNC in Washington trustee Marco Hatch creates opportunities for under-resourced students to pursue higher education while revitalizing ancestral clam gardens. His connection to the ocean and marine ecology began in early life.

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NRDC

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

An expert process will develop technology review criteria to help build offshore wind faster while protecting ocean life.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 23, 2024

in fresh funding to support the commercialisation of its ocean-based carbon capture technology, which promises to boost the ocean’s capacity to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. California-based carbon removals specialist Captura has confirmed it has secured $21.5m

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Washington Nature

JULY 11, 2023

By Anya Blaney A childhood love of sea turtles led Jennifer Lee Clinchy to her life's work protecting the oceans and their inhabitants. © Jennifer Lee Clinchy However, Jennifer’s most transformational chapter unfolded during her tenure at the White House, where she played a pivotal role in shaping international ocean policies.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 6, 2022

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch — the largest accumulation of ocean plastic on the planet — could soon be cleaned up thanks to a new device capable of collecting thousands of kilos of waste per trip. Read the full story at Planet Ark.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If you need proof that there is still plenty to discover in our ocean, look no further than the recent deep-sea expedition in South America. In January 2024, a group of scientists boarded Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) to explore underwater mountain ranges off of Chile’s coast. Sign up to receive our emails.

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Scientific American

JUNE 21, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Direct ocean carbon capture (DOC) is an emerging form of negative emissions technology that has advantages over its on-land counterpart, direct air capture, because of its ability to avoid land use. Katherine … Continue reading Using our oceans to fight climate change

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 15, 2021

Ocean Conservancy recognized this from the very beginning when we published our ground-breaking report Stemming the Tid e. We knew the problem of ocean plastics required collective action. That is why Ocean Conservancy was thrilled to join the U.S. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But plastics present a much broader threat to our ocean, climate and marginalized coastal communities. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. Direct the EPA to not include harmful chemical recycling technologies in the national recycling strategy. They can’t be separated.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 5, 2023

And no, the technology is not canvas sails. A cargo ship vessel has been outfitted with wind power technology, bringing wind propulsion to commercial shipping for the first time. Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To meet our climate goals, a massive acceleration in the global deployment of clean- energy technologies is needed now. These two key ocean-climate solutions were featured at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum (GCEAF) which brought together clean-energy leaders from around the world to accelerate the clean-energy transition.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 12, 2023

by Lilian (Lily) Dove, California Institute of Technology Looking out across the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, I can see whales and seabirds diving in and out of the water as they feed on sea life in the lower levels of the food web.

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Scientific American

JULY 28, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 3, 2022

Congress is working hard on legislation to bolster the United States’ leadership in science and technology and support a clean energy economy that is “made in America.” This is great news for our ocean because a healthy ocean is essential to our ability to thrive as a nation, grow our economy and advance climate solutions.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 16, 2023

The platform has been extensively tested and trained on a vast dataset of 8 billion underwater observations of fish behavior, utilizing 900 terabytes of operational video.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Ebb Carbon has commenced the operation of its marine carbon removal and ocean deacidification system in Sequim, Washington. The company, founded by former Google X, Tesla, and SolarCity executives, started deploying the new technology following a Series A investment round. Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2021

The significance of the ocean to humanity cannot be overstated, whether it is regulating Earth’s climate, providing food to billions or helping society transition to renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Daniel Sebastian Padilla Ochoa/Ocean Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

On June 30, Ocean Networks Canada's CEO Dr. Kate Moran was recognized for her contributions to support ocean and planet sustainability with her appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This investment into American infrastructure is a huge achievement for our ocean and represents a significant opportunity for the United States to begin to invest in solutions to mitigate and make our communities more resilient to climate change. But the IIJA will lay important groundwork and benefit our ocean and coastal communities.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 31, 2022

Explore the mysteries of the deep sea, discover creatures no one knew existed until recently and experience the technology that allows scientists to travel to the bottom of the ocean in Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss, opening Saturday, April 2 at the Academy. Oceanographers do this by searching the depths of our oceans.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

The combination of offshore wind turbines, floating solar panels and green hydrogen are some of the hybrid clean energy technologies currently under development off the Dutch coast. . The Dutch are also trialling a cluster of floating solar panels named ‘Oceans of Energy’. Photo credit: Vattenfall / Ties van der Horst.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 2, 2022

A cutting-edge new tool developed by Minderoo Foundation has identified thousands of waste sites across 25 countries for the first time using advanced satellite data technology and machine learning to measure piles of plastic waste from space.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

by Scott Shackelford, Indiana University; Christiana Ochoa, Indiana University; David Bosco, Indiana University, and Kerry Krutilla, Indiana University As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat.

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Scientific American

JULY 14, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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