Greenpeace-Aktivisten protestieren auf einer Ölplattform vor Sizilien. Die Aktion richtet sich gegen ein italienisches Gerichtsurteil: Es erleichtert neue Ölbohrungen auf See.
36 Stunden lang verharrten die Aktivsten auf einer Ölplattform der Firma ENI Mediterranea Idrocarburi in der Meerenge von Sizilien. Mit einem 120 Quadratmeter großen Banner forderten die sieben Männer und Frauen den Ausstieg aus fossiler und den Ausbau Erneuerbaren Energie. (more…)
A continental-scale chemical survey in the waters of the eastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico is helping researchers determine how distinct bodies of water will resist changes in acidity. The study, which measures varying levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other forms of carbon in the ocean, was conducted by scientists from 11 institutions across the U.S. and was published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography.
“Before now, we haven’t had a very clear picture of acidification status on the east coast of the U.S.,” says Zhaohui ‘Aleck’ Wang, the study’s lead author and a chemical oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). “It’s important that we start to understand it, because increase in ocean acidity could deeply affect marine life along the coast and has important implications for people who rely on aquaculture and fisheries both commercially and recreationally.” (more…)
UD’s Messer gauges Delaware beachgoers’ reactions to offshore energy
The University of Delaware’s Kent Messer leads a research team that is conducting two studies at the Delaware coast to determine how people would react to offshore energy production and how that could impact the state’s economy.
The first study was conducted at Cape Henlopen and Rehoboth Beach and involved students surveying beachgoers to see how open they were to the idea of offshore energy, specifically wind turbines and oil drilling platforms. (more…)
WASHINGTON — Researchers looking at corals in the western tropical Pacific Ocean have found signs of a profound shift in the depth where warm surface water and colder deeper water meet—a shift predicted by computer models of global warming.
The finding is the first physical evidence supporting what climate modelers have been predicting as the effects of global climate change on the subsurface ocean circulation. (more…)
