Tag: marine environment

A new mooring line attached to a buoy floating in Shell's new Stones oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico could further scientific knowledge of the world's interconnected ocean systems as Shell plans to share parts of the line with universities and research institutions.

NOAA Fisheries have awarded nearly $3 million in grants to support the conservation and recovery of protected marine species through stranding response and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation.

A high-level meeting working on a legal instrument to protect marine biological diversity has heard how IMO measures are effectively implemented on the high seas.

A recent report predicts that by 2050, there’ll be more plastic in the ocean than fish. One result is so-called ocean “garbage patches” like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which scientists have estimated to be about twice the size of Texas. Grace Hanley, OECD, suggests to start using plastic more responsibly.

Oceana has concluded its at-sea research in Malta to explore deep-sea areas, underwater caves and sandbanks within the LIFE BaĦAR for N2K project.

Researchers at the Ohio State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have uncovered previously hidden sources of ocean pollution along more than 20 percent of America's coastlines.Their study offers the first-ever map of underground drainage systems that connect fresh groundwater and seawater, and also pinpoints sites where drinking water is most vulnerable to saltwater intrusion now and in the future.

Based on the oceanic circulation modelling work conducted in the Pacific, the IRD and CNRS researchers have recently shown that there are exit currents for these areas of the sea where these piles of waste build up. This means that they are not caught in a never-ending whirlpool in the middle of the ocean, as had been previously thought.

​Further progress towards identifying and designating Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs) in south-east Asia has been made during a regional meeting in Lombok, Indonesia.

AMSA has issued Marine Notice in order to provide guidance to shipowners, operators and seafarers to reduce the risk of collision with cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), in accordance with IMO Circular MEPC.1/Circ.674.