Vattenfall is launching six floating islands in the Dalälven River downstream of the Älvkarleby hydropower station to favour breeding birds and fish, among other things. The project is part of Vattenfall's hydropower biodiversity programme.
Van Oord’s subsea rock installation vessels Nordnes and Bravenes have been deployed to install scour protection that has been designed to optimise marine biodiversity.
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.
