BOEM is beginning to formulate its Fiscal Year 2024 to 2025 Studies Development Plan covering all BOEM energy and minerals activities. The public is invited to submit study ideas for consideration in Alaska, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Pacific OCS areas by December 9.
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The Bubbleheads team of divers will participate in the 3,000-mi. Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge to raise money for Wessex Cancer Trust and the British Legion.
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As hurricane season approaches each summer, coastal communities on the U.S. Atlantic seaboard brace for impact. These fast-moving and often deadly storms aren’t only a persistent threat to human safety, they also present a significant economic impact—hurricane damage in the U.S. is estimated at around $54 billion annually. In partnership with NOAA, Saildrone is going storm chasing in the Tropical
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The mass of “invisible” microplastics found in the upper waters of the Atlantic Ocean is approximately 12 to 21 million tonnes, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications. Significantly, this figure is only for three of the most common types of plastic litter in a limited size range. Yet, it is comparable in magnitude to estimates of all plastic waste that
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The U.S. Department of the Interior released a proposal Jan. 3, 2018 to lease 90 percent of the U.S. outer continental shelf for oil and gas drilling. If approved, it would replace the 2017-2022 program currently in force with 2019-2024 leases and undo a moratorium on Arctic drilling in place since 2016. The proposal includes 12 leases in the Gulf
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