Posts by SarahT:
Dolphins Use Corals as Medicine Cabinets
Posted on: 10 Jun 2022
Dolphins think of corals as sort of the medicine cabinet of the ocean. They rub against them to treat skin conditions. Just like humans turn to ointment to medicate a rash, some dolphins rub themselves against specific corals to soothe skin conditions, a new study finds. Researchers studied Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Northern Red […]
5 Innovative Technologies Saving Our Oceans
Posted on: 09 Jun 2022
Solutions for the seas. In 2021, the Earth’s oceans reached their hottest, most acidic, and highest sea levels on record. Luckily, many companies and organizations are creating innovative technologies to save our oceans. Planetary Technologies’ Ocean-Based Carbon Removal Planetary Technologies is the first climate technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere by using direct ocean capture. Planetary’s […]
Ocean plastic pollution threatens marine extinction says new study
Posted on: 10 May 2022
Ocean plastic pollution is set to grow fourfold by 2050, says a new report. And there may be 50 times more microplastics in the sea by 2100. Plastic pollution is pushing some species to the brink of extinction. But technological innovation and combined global action can help avert disaster. The level of microplastics in our […]
Sailing drones to clean plastic in the Lauwersoog port
Posted on: 09 May 2022
From now on, five sailing drones will be used to fish plastic waste from the port of Lauwersoog. Initiators GPBO and Ran Marine have received a subsidy of almost one million for the Wadden Fund project. Drones have to clean up plastic in Lauwerseach harbor: The plastic waste that is collected is given a new destination. […]
A New Hero In The Battle Against Ocean Pollution: The WasteShark
Posted on: 02 May 2022
As a child growing up in the Florida Keys I can remember swimming in our canal and discovering the wildlife surrounding me. Triggerfish, seahorses, needlefish, horseshoe crabs, jellyfish, barracuda, you name it. In the canal walls, we would spot lobster and an occasional octopus. It was a great introduction to ocean life. When we moved […]
Innovator’s ‘shark’ brings answers to polluted Cape Town waterways
Posted on: 08 Apr 2022
An innovator, realising the inefficiency of cleaning Cape Town’s waterways using boats and nets, invented a zero-emissions product to combat pollution. A look at the state of South African waterways and the inefficient ways in which the bodies were being cleaned led innovator Richard Hardiman to create a sustainable and effective way of removing litter […]
WasteSharks’ collect rubbish in south Devon trial
Posted on: 05 Apr 2022
source:PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL – Experts from industry and academia are working together to enhance the technology behind the waste robots Remote operated ‘waste sharks’ that collect rubbish from the surface of water are being trialled off south Devon. The robots have been introduced as part of a Preventing Plastic Pollution project and are being trialled […]
Innovators Take Aim At Ocean Plastic
Posted on: 28 Mar 2022
Solutions to the global water pollution crisis gather steam Bubble walls, robotic sharks and sunglasses made from sea plastic. These are just some of the inventive solutions being advanced to stem the deluge of plastic spewing into the world’s waterways. With marine habitats at the brink of collapse and micro-plastics devastating food chains and threatening […]
A glimpse into the future of boating?
Posted on: 14 Mar 2022
With boats featuring more electronic content than ever and technology playing an ever-growing role in manufacturing, it is no surprise that more and more companies in the leisure marine industry participate in the Consumer Electronics Show each year. In this series, IBI Correspondent Craig Ritchie highlights marine sector technology on exhibit at CES and other high-tech advances […]
More than 100 nations take action to save oceans from human harmed
Posted on: 14 Mar 2022
Envoys at Brest summit sign up to measures to tackle fight against illegal fishing and cut pollution France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, talks with the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, at the One Ocean summit in France. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/EPA Representatives from more than 100 countries have committed to measures aimed at preserving the ocean from human […]