A four-year, $10 million grant from NOAA’s Marine Debris Removal Program to the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water aims to rid U.S. shores of abandoned and derelict vessels, and remove the associated pollution, navigation and safety hazards.
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Seawater sensor and measuring system manufacturer -4H-JENA engineering’s FerryBox multiparameter water measurement system is now being used to evaluate the role of global warming and glacial meltwater on the rising level of oxygen in the oceans aboard PONANT’s Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury icebreaker, a hybrid-electric vessel powered by liquified natural gas.
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Anglo-Norwegian R&D company Ladar Ltd. has developed a compact LADAR (laser detection and ranging) system that can supercharge plastic detection capabilities for end-users involved in everything from environmental research and monitoring to marine cleanup campaigns and harvesting plastic for recycling. Huge amounts of plastic waste get dumped into our oceans every year, despoiling not only coastlines but triggering the agglomeration
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A new pilot project in Dan Nang, Vietnam, will use the Source-to-Sea approach to tackle pollution in collaboration between communities upstream and at sea level. The initiative comes from the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The Source-to-Sea approach combats water pollution by integrating land, freshwater and marine resource management, taking into
Read moreIt’s National Safe Boating Week in North America. “Each year hundreds of people lose their lives in boating incidences, and they may still be alive if they had been wearing a life jacket,” said Rachel Johnson, executive director of the National Safe Boating Council. U.S. Coast Guard statistics show that drowning was the reported cause of death in 3/4 of recreational
Read moreA group from Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania and the University of Oklahoma has found that engineered floating wetlands show promise for water treatment. They can improve water quality just like natural wetlands–for example, by helping treat municipal wastewater by enhancing nitrogen removal, managing algal blooms by helping regulate water temperature and solar radiation, and providing habitat for fish, insects,
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