Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles afloat in the world’s oceans. This highlights how urgently we need to develop strategies to mitigate this environmental crisis…
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Coastal seas form a complex transition zone between the two largest CO2 sinks in the global carbon cycle: land and ocean. Ocean researchers have now succeeded for the first time in investigating the role of the coastal ocean in a seamless model representation…
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Over the past few years, countries that lack the land mass required for solar plants are turning their attention to the water-based alternative, floating solar islands. By placing solar panels on floating platforms in water bodies, valuable land is freed. As the cooling properties of water allow the panels to perform well even in high…
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Libin Zhang aims to restore sea-cucumber populations to rebalance ocean ecosystems and so that people can use their beneficial compounds.
I study sea cucumbers, an economically important species in China that is valued for its nutritional and medicinal properties, and is important for the health of the ocean. It cleans the sea floor by feeding on detritus. Thanks to climate change and overfishing, sea-cucumber numbers are falling…
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Although aquaculture is one of the world’s fastest-growing food industries, concerns remain that it’s being spurred on at the expense of the environment. But the tide is changing: an increasing number of scientists, farms and non-profit organizations now see the industry as an opportunity to provide food and create jobs…
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An audacious new effort to pull carbon dioxide out of the Pacific Ocean as a way to fight climate change is being backed by fossil fuel giants and Big Tech. But the nascent technology, called “direct ocean capture” (DOC), still has a long way to go to prove that it works — and that it won’t cause any new problems…
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Dutch engineering company OOS International, through its OOS SMF division, has partnered with local research non-profit Deltares on the development of a new type of semi-submersible mussel farm for deployment in the North Sea and other offshore areas…
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Attendees of this week’s Sea Asia exhibition in Singapore are able to get a glimpse of the Unit One, a container made out of composite developed by Swiss firm AELER…
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The German electric luxury yacht builder Alva Yachts has added a new 27.5-metre to its fleet: the Ocean Eco 90 H2, which is in-build and scheduled for delivery next year.
Based on the same platform as the Ocean Eco 90 – two of which are currently in build –, the latest iteration incorporates Ayro’s Oceanwings© wind propulsion system and an optional hydrogen fuel cell…
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Last the United Nations’ World Oceans Day, kicking off a global initiative to call on world leaders to protect 30% of oceans by 2030. Innovation for sustainable oceans is a key theme this year, which is why it is so timely to be talking about cleantech in this arena. Cleantech Group (CTG) recently discussed this topic (and other Nature-Based Solutions), in detail with innovators, corporates and investors…
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