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Revealing Sea Level Rise Risk Disparities For Minority Populations

Coastal communities are facing unprecedented risks due to the threat of dramatic sea level rise, but a new study shows that the people who are least fortunate will bear the burden of climate change as flooding worsens.

2 Jan 2024

Revolutionizing Water Purification with Oneka's Wave-Powered Desalination

Oneka Technologies, a Canadian startup, is revolutionizing sustainable water management with its wave-powered desalination technology.

From Oneka Technologies 6 Nov 2023

New £4 m Camera Contract Helps Manage Flood and Coastal Risk

Following a competitive tendering process, Meteor Communications has been awarded a four-year contract by the Environment Agency to significantly expand their estate of low-power remote image collection cameras.

20 Jun 2023

OceanEnergy Sign Up to EMEC Wave Energy Test Berth

Irish wave energy developer, OceanEnergy, has signed up to demonstrate its OE35 floating wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

11 May 2023

Fugro Supports Italy’s Energy Transition with Renexia Survey for Med Wind Floating Wind Farm

Renexia, part of TOTO Holding, has awarded Fugro a survey contract for the Med Wind floating wind farm in the Strait of Sicily, one of the biggest renewable energy projects planned for the Mediterranean Sea, with 190 floating turbines for an installed capacity of 2.8 GW.

From Fugro 2 Sep 2022

CLEAN AIR DAY: Scientists Verify New Anti-Pollution Technology Cleans Air by 91%

Environmental technology firm Pollution Solution has today unveiled their new ground-breaking in-road solution for capturing dangerous pollutants from vehicles which has been scientifically tested and verified to reduce roadside exposure to humans by 91%.

From Pollution Solution 17 Jun 2022

Windship Technology's Patented Rig Design Can Help Ship Operators Post the January 2023 EEXI Environment Legislation

The new regulatory framework (Energy Efficiency eXisting ship Index - EEXI) around CO2 emissions for existing shipping come into force in January 2023 and many ship owners are now considering how to meet these through either operational changes or technical alterations.

From Windship Technology Ltd 26 May 2022

Illinois Tech Associate Professor Receives Award to Work on Harvesting Wave Energy

Carrie Hall, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, has been awarded a prestigious 2022–2023 Fulbright United States Scholar Award that will allow her to travel to the United Kingdom to collaborate with researchers at Lancaster University on a project focused on harvesting wave energy as a renewable energy source.

21 Apr 2022

New Research Examines the Influence of Factors That Contributed to Patterns of High-Burn Severity

At the beginning of September 2020, high heat, severe winds, and extended drought conditions resulted in the volatile growth of wildfires ahead of the western slopes of the Cascades Mountains in the Pacific Northwest. The fires engulfed huge tracts of destroyed communities, and forestland took tons of lives, and cost hundreds of millions to fight.

15 Apr 2022

Hopeful Future for Endangered Whales Thanks to Funding Boost

Thanks to new funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (US), and the Marine Biological Association (UK) will be working together with NOAA to better understand the health of an area of ocean known as the Mid-Atlantic Bight and how it has changed over time, influencing policy and conservation efforts of these endangered whales.

1 Feb 2022