Marine artificial structures (MAS), such as oil and gas platforms and offshore wind farms, have a finite operational period and will eventually need to be decommissioned.
Environment
Mar 12, 2024
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Emergency planners in Shanghai and New York City face increasing pressure to protect elderly citizens from the devastating impact of coastal flooding caused by storms and cyclones, a new study reveals.
Environment
Mar 11, 2024
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The Great Southern Australian Coastal Upwelling System is an upward current of water over vast distances along Australia's southern coast. It brings nutrients from deeper waters to the surface. This nutrient-rich water supports ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 8, 2024
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Offshore wind farms can be an energy boon, but does their noisy construction bother marine animals? UMD's Arthur N. Popper, who studies underwater sounds and their ecological impacts, weighs in.
Ecology
Jan 9, 2024
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A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of previously unmapped industrial use of the ocean and how it is changing.
Environment
Jan 3, 2024
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Not all new underwater residents are polite. Some overshadow other species or gorge themselves on food sources at the expense of the species already living there. There is little data on invasive species in the Danish waters, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2023
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Just six months after DTU Aqua and local organizations established new reefs at Bredgrund near Sønderborg, researchers recorded 100 times as many cod as usual. That was good news.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2023
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Australia's national environment protection law ignores the big picture. Like a racehorse wearing blinkers, decision-makers focus on a single project in isolation. If they dropped the blinkers and considered the combined ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2023
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Identifying the underlying cause of extreme events such as floods, heavy downpours or tornados is immensely difficult and can take a concerted effort by scientists over several decades to arrive at feasible physical explanations.
General Physics
Oct 2, 2023
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A University of Liverpool researcher has contributed to a study which examines how noise from marine energy converters (MECs)—such as tidal turbines and wave energy converters—might affect fish and aquatic invertebrates. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2023
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