Two innovative renewable energy projects are moving forward in Scotland: Britain's first tidal power array, and the world's first deployment of two-bladed wind offshore turbines. The experimental technologies are hoped to achieve significant cost savings and unlock a huge offshore energy resource.
… The Ecologist | 29th August 2014 News Oceans Energy Renewables Finance double-first.jpg Two innovative renewable energy projects are moving forward in … cost savings and unlock a huge offshore energy resource. The Crown Estate has …
First the UK made a mess of wind and let Denmark take the prize. And now, writes Godfrey Boyle, the government's prevarication is risking our lead in another key renewable energy sector - marine power.
… | 7th March 2014 Comment UK Renewables Oceans Energy Politics wp-tidal-turbine.png First the … is risking our lead in another key renewable energy sector - marine power. Currents of … optimism were flowing at the Wave and Tidal Energy conference in Belfast. Enthusiastic …
A new wave power generator has moved closer to reality after successful testing in simulated marine conditions. An array of the 1.5MW 'Searaser' devices could be deployed on Britain's coast within a few years.
… 2014 News Renewables UK Technology Oceans Energy searaser-cut.jpg A new wave power … hurdles in the deployment of renewable energy on a scale that fulfils Britain's … needs - cost and variable output. Green energy company Ecotricity and the Searaser …
In a blunt rebuke to Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott, US President Obama stated that 'every nation has the responsibility to do its part' on climate change, writes Michelle Grattan - in a clear reference to the G20 host's backsliding on climate promises.
… "So historically we have not been the most energy efficient of nations - which means … and companies start depending on certain energy sources, and change is uncomfortable …
Southern hemisphere oceans are warming at double the expected rate, a new study has found. This may explain why surface warming has slowed over the last decade - the oceans have absorbed the 'missing' heat.
… rate consistent with estimates of Earth's net energy imbalance" , says Steve Rintoul , a … rate consistent with estimates of Earth's net energy imbalance …
In the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 we have found oil slicks and debris everywhere - none of it connected to the missing plane, writes Paul Mobbs. The seas are littered with human trash, and it's killing the oceanic ecosystem.
… Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms , Stephanie L. …
Farming should not only sustain people with healthy food, writes Jigmi Y. Thinley. If humans are to survive on Earth, it must also revitalise nature and sustain vital planetary systems, instead of poisoning and over-exploiting them. And to do that farming must be organic.
… come to rely on this fast depleting source of energy as a consequence of dependence on its … sensitive to weather events. International Energy Agency (IEA) in its annual report … natural resources - "food, fresh water, soil, energy, and biodiversity-are being polluted, …
The Bering Sea is America's biggest fishery - but factory trawlers are ripping the guts out of the ecosystem, writes Jeffrey St.Clair, as they have already devastated fishing communities. Mix in nuclear bomb test fallout - an unlikely savior?
… "American resolve" , Nixon ordered the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of … James Schlesinger, then head of the Atomic Energy Commission, that it would take "a … documents released by the Department of Energy to the Alaska Department of …
Plastic pollution in the oceans is impacting every level of marine life, writes Kate Rawles, from micro-plankton to whales. And here is your chance to do something about it - join a research expedition to the Azores next month to study the problem and develop solutions!
… eat less, lose condition and have lower energy. Essentially, they fill up with plastic … it stays there, indigestible, its embedded energy inaccessible; a toxic, hazardous, …
Greenpeace activists are well into the second day of their occupation of an Arctic oil rig in the Barents Sea, which they say endangers the nearby Bear Island nature reserve. Statoil has conceded that drilling may have to be delayed.
… The Ecologist | 28th May 2014 News Oil Energy Oceans Climate Change …
Since 2000 global surface temperatures have risen less than expected, a fact seized on by climate change 'sceptics'. But indications are that the surplus heat has been building up all along, writes Richard Allan - in deep oceans where it does not influence observable climate. Not yet, anyway.
… buoys and observations of Earth's radiative energy budget by satellite instruments …
Fish from the high seas are too valuable to be eaten, as they lessen climate change through the carbon they carry down to the ocean depths. The carbon benefits are worth $150 billion every year - almost ten times the value of high seas fish landings.
… that more than half of these fish got their energy - their food supply - from fishes that …
A common marine worm key to the richness of many coastal ecosystems is being damaged by the increasing ocean acidification that was thought to imperil mainly shellfish and coral, writes Alex Kirby. It's an unwelcome sign of more unexpected ecological changes to come.
… acidity, which means they have to spend more energy on making their shells and spines. …
While the Arctic melts, Antarctica's ice has spread to record extents in three consecutive years, writes Edward Hanna. But is the news as good as it looks? Yes, if indications from a robot submarine that the ice is thicker than expected are supported by further evidence. It may just be that Antarctica's ice is more resilient than scientists dared to hope.
… thickness closely controls the exchange of energy between the ocean beneath and the air …
The year 2014 is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record, according to preliminary estimates by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Their latest report, issued today at the UN climate talks in Lima, shows exceptional heat and flooding in many parts of the world.
… highest recorded. Around 93% of the excess energy trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse …
Oil majors are gearing up to exploit Arctic oil, writes Mike G. But they don't want to carry the costs of all the safety equipment the US Government is demanding to protect the fragile Arctic environment from spills. And they're reluctant to give up the use of toxic chemical dispersants.
… drilling blueprint with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that would have the company …
The fracking industry has a blind spot the size of an elephant, Biff Vernon wrote in this Open Letter to Mark Abbott, the MD of Egdon Resources - climate change, and the huge rises in sea level it will cause. 'Only carrying out orders' is no excuse.
… government policy, helps the UK economy and energy security and the generated wealth can …
Ukraine's Priazovskii National Park epitomises the problems faced by the world's natural areas, writes Dimiter Kenarov, as it contends with inadequate funding, rising sea levels, dried-out rivers, industrial pollution and illegal hunting. And that's not to mention the war. But the staff battle on: 'If we don't do this, then who will?'
… jacket and hops on his chopper), he exudes energy and good cheer, but when it comes to …
In the four years since the Deepwater Horizon blowout there's been a lot of regulatory activity, writes Jacqueline Lang Weaver. Yet the regulatory framework today is weak, complex, under-funded, industry dominated - and it's uncertain that the Gulf of Mexico is really any safer than in 2010.
… tasks. Meet the just-born OESI, the Offshore Energy Safety Institute. It is a consortium of …