Texas Gulf Coast is virtually seaweed-free
A slight shift in ocean currents has spared the Texas Gulf Coast from a seaweed onslaught that left its beaches reeking last summer.
Environment
Aug 21, 2015
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Mapping land claimed by sea level rise
The New Jersey shoreline that sea birds wandered during the last ice age is about 90 miles east of today's beaches, tens of meters beneath the sea floor. As the ice melted, sea level gradually rose and flooded the coastal ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2015
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Experimental wave-power buoy survives winter in Monterey Bay
In early January 2015, a team of MBARI engineers, led by Andy Hamilton, set out to sea to recover an experimental buoy that creates electrical energy from ocean waves. This power buoy had been deployed six miles southwest ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 10, 2015
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Rocky platforms dissipating wave energy – a new option for coastal defence?
Communities across Wales are coming to terms with the very real threat of coastal flooding as the Welsh Government announces that as many as 48 areas have been identified where coastal defences will not be maintained in the ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2014
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The Fickle El Nino of 2014
Prospects have been fading for an El Niño event in 2014, but now there's a glimmer of hope for a very modest comeback. Scientists warn that unless these developing weak-to-modest El Niño conditions strengthen, the drought-stricken ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2014
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NASA helps harness an ocean of energy
NASA is helping the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) harness the power of the oceans by first harnessing the power of the crowd.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 4, 2014
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Climate change: meteorologists preparing for the worst
Intense aerial turbulence, ice storms and scorching heatwaves, huge ocean waves—the world's climate experts forecast apocalyptic weather over the coming decades at a conference in Montreal that ended Thursday.
Environment
Aug 21, 2014
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The technological search for MH370's black box
As the effort to find Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 moves inexorably towards the recovery stage, the challenge of finding the plane's flight recorder (called the "black box" even though it's actually bright orange) on the ...
Other
Mar 31, 2014
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Wave power technology crests economical limits
Commercial amounts of energy can be extracted from relatively small ocean waves, according to a Perth company which has developed technology that it believes is the world's most economical in harnessing wave energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 30, 2014
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New WAVE display technology rises at UC San Diego
The next phase in the evolution of high-tech displays is here, and this time, the term 'leading edge' isn't just a catchy slogan, but an evocative description of the technology's look and feel.
Computer Sciences
Dec 12, 2013
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