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Groundbreaking Study: 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic Floating in Worlds Oceans
2014-12-11 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Youve probably heard of the 5 Gyres, those huge deposits of plastic found in rotating masses in the worlds oceans. Now a new study released yesterday by the 5 Gyres Institute provides the first comprehensive estimate of how much plastic there actually is in the worlds oceans. It found that plastic was not just confined to the gyres, but was widely dispersed throughout the oceans. The report was compiled from information gathered during 24 expeditions from 2007-2013. The estimate concludes that...
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Over five trillion pieces plastic floating world's oceans, say scientists
2014-12-11 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: There are an estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the worlds oceans, weighing a total of nearly 270,000 tons, according to a new study. Plastic has spread throughout all the world's oceans with as much in the southern hemisphere as the northern, the researchers said, adding that this was surprising as more of it originates in the north. In an article for the Plos One journal, they said the figures were highly conservative and did not take into account the potentially...
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Floating tidal turbine makes a splash in Scotland
2014-12-01 02:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A prototype floating tidal energy turbine is being trialled at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). Developed by Spanish company Magallanes, the 1:10 scale 'ATIR' device was successfully deployed last week at the centre in the Orkney Islands. Scotland vows to boost wave energy industry, in wake of Pelamis going into administration Magallanes has been developing the concept of using a floating platform to obtain energy from tidal currents since 2007 and has trialled previous prototypes in...
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New cruise ship a floating heaven for tech geeks
2014-11-20 01:09:11| Wireless - Topix.net
A view of Quantum of the Seas from the ship's North Star, a glass capsule that lifts passengers 300 feet in the air. Walking up the gangway to board Royal Caribbean's tech-laden Quantum of the Seas , it was hard not to marvel.
GE to supply turbomachinery for Petronas' second floating LNG facility
2014-11-13 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
GE Oil & Gas has secured a contract to supply its gas turbine-driven compressor train and mechanical drive technology to Malaysia's Petronas.
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