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Category: Alternative Energy

Fishing or Farming: Can Fisheries and Offshore Wind Farms Coexist?
Alternative Energy Aquaculture Climate Change Ecology Economy Fisheries Human impacts ocean engineering technology

Fishing or Farming: Can Fisheries and Offshore Wind Farms Coexist?

Last month, President Biden announced that the US will be turning to offshore wind farms (OWFs) to meet the growing…
June 17, 2021June 16, 2021 Ashley Mickens
Recreational Fishers Cast an Eye Towards Offshore Wind
Alternative Energy

Recreational Fishers Cast an Eye Towards Offshore Wind

US President Biden has unveiled an ambitious plan for achieving 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy in the next decade.…
May 12, 2021May 19, 2021 Ellie Oldach
A floating island: is this where we’re moving to next?
Alternative Energy Aquaculture Climate Change Coastal Management Ocean Exploration Restoration

A floating island: is this where we’re moving to next?

Are floating islands in our future? As many of may know, the sea level is rising and will eventually intrude…
December 20, 2019January 6, 2020 Diana Fontaine
Artificial photosynthesis uses CO2 drawdown for fuel
Alternative Energy ocean engineering

Artificial photosynthesis uses CO2 drawdown for fuel

Can CO2 in the world oceans be used to create a fuel source and reduce atmospheric concentration at the same…
October 23, 2019October 24, 2019 Samantha Setta
Going nuclear: radioisotopes from Fukushimi power plant stay in sand for years
Alternative Energy

Going nuclear: radioisotopes from Fukushimi power plant stay in sand for years

Nuclear power plants are often located along coasts. In 2011, one of these power plants, Fukushima Daiichi, was hit by…
October 16, 2017October 15, 2017 Laura Zinke
Alternative Energy Atmospheric Science Climate Change ocean engineering

New Year, new innovations: energy and climate science

Research in marine renewable energy and climate systems will grow ever more important in the future. The research for these…
January 3, 2017January 2, 2017 Zoe Gentes
Alternative Energy

Tides and Waves: Sources of Endless Energy

Today's guest post by Amin Mivehchi is a brief introduction on harnessing tidal energy from the power plants of the…
March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 Carrie McDonough
Alternative Energy Chemistry deep sea thermodynamics

Fueling Science with Science (& hydrothermal fluid)

Wouldn’t it be wicked cool if scientists could overcome the obstacle of power limitation by plugging their instruments directly into…
February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 Anne M. Hartwell
Alternative Energy Climate Change

Cooling in North Atlantic Defies Global Warming

Sluggish ocean circulation can’t keep up with global climate change and this has caused the North Atlantic to cool.
April 20, 2015August 28, 2021 Hillary Scannell
Alternative Energy Chemistry Geology Remote Sensing technology

Need help counting bubbles? Now you can use sound!

Bubbles elicit scenes of childhood summers playing on the front stoop or backyard. On the other hand, put bubbles at…
June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 Sarah Fuller

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