11 OCT 2023 ThrowRaft, a pioneering force in water safety and rescue equipment, took center stage and made a significant splash at the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) 2023 Conference held in Denver, CO last week, unveiling its groundbreaking patents pending Neutral Buoyancy Life Jacket™ technology. This innovative life-saving …
Read More »NEW SATELLITE DATA WILL REVEAL HIDDEN DETAILS OF OCEAN CURRENTS
10 OCT 2023 Earth’s ocean is incredibly vast. Some parts of it are so remote that the nearest human habitation is the International Space Station. As the world warms, what happens in the ocean – and what happens to the ocean – will be vital to all our lives. But to monitor what’s happening …
Read More »MARINE “BIOMIMETICS” COULD BE THE BLUE ECONOMY’S NEXT BIG HIT
09 OCT 2023 Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a strange, diaphanous balloon drifts by Inside, tunnels and chambers coil like a miniature floating Guggenheim around the talented architect within: a tadpole-like creature called a larvacean. Incredibly, the organism has crafted this entire structure out of mucus. “This is an animal …
Read More »GAZA CONFLICT DISRUPTS OFFSHORE, CRUISE AND PORT OPERATIONS
08 OCT 2023 The full-scale conflict between Palestinian militant group Hamas and the state of Israel is beginning to disrupt commercial operations in the maritime sector, though the extent so far is limited to specific sectors and locations. On Monday, Chevron announced that it has been asked to shut down …
Read More »STRANGE MATHEMATICAL PATTERN FOUND IN THE CELLS OF THE HUMAN BODY
07 OCT 2023 From the oxygen-carrying corpuscles in our blood to the branching neurons that govern our thoughts, our body is built of a dazzling variety of cells. Researchers from institutions in Germany, Canada, Spain, and the US have published a comprehensive study of how many individual cells of each …
Read More »MARINE PLASTIC MAY BE BREEDING GROUND FOR ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA
06 OCT 2023 Marine plastic waste may serve as a vector for the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from pathogenic bacteria, either to shellfish or directly to humans who are bathing in the sea or taking part in other recreational activities. “The bacteria contained in sewage and wastewater discharged from …
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