Participating shipping companies’ fleets travel at 10 knots (11.5 mph) or less in the VSR zones from May to December, which coincides with peak ozone and endangered whale presence.
These efforts will help Small Island Developing States (SIDS) respond more effectively to rising sea levels, intensifying storms and other climate-related threats.
A team of scientists have uncovered the hidden remains of a vast ancient coastal plain beneath East Antarctica – an important discovery that could refine forecasts of future global sea level rise.
The collaboration will combine Esri’s market-leading geographic information system (GIS) software with Fugro’s capabilities in satellite Earth observation
With the 30 Cities Program, The Ocean Cleanup will transition from single river deployments to citywide solutions, tackling the main plastic emitting waterways within each selected city.
Determining how much carbon is locked away in the ocean is critical to understanding Earth's changing climate. However, measuring and monitoring oceanographic processes on a massive scale poses a challenge to scientists.
Satellites orbiting Earth offer great potential to better understand the world’s reefs over time beyond the sites visited by researchers, University of Queensland research has found.
