Washingtonian boatbuilder All American Marine (AAM) has been contracted to build a research catamaran for the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). Jointly developed in partnership with New Zealand’s Teknicraft Design, the 22m x 8m aluminium vessel will be used to conduct scientific missions, including oceanographic surveys and marine mammal monitoring, and to offer educational […]
With its projected value of US$4.05 billion by 2050, it’s easy to see why the ‘blue economy’ is spawning a race to deliver smarter, safer and more efficient ways to monitor our oceans, writes Matthew Ratsey. The offshore renewables sector (wind, tide, wave and thermal) is growing to augment, and potentially replace, existing hydrocarbon energy […]
If Antarctica is a place of mystery, its surrounding Southern Ocean is not much better understood. What we do know is that these southernmost waters of the world ocean appear to be absorbing more carbon than they release – making the Southern Ocean the Earth’s main carbon sink. Yet, to date, these waters have neither […]