12 JUL 2023 To reach net zero, the world may need as many 200,000 offshore wind turbines generating 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of energy. To put this in context, by the end of 2022, 63 GW of offshore wind capacity had been installed worldwide. Within the next 28 years, the offshore wind energy sector needs …
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11 JUL 2023 There has been extensive speculation of the cost for shipping from the European Union’s Emissions Trading System which starts to phase in as of 2024. Hecla Emissions Management is out with an analysis suggesting during the first three years, the liability for the shipping industry might reach …
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10 JUL 2023 In their constant search for new ways to stay thin, Hollywood embraced a new fad in 2023 in the form of the injectable type-2 diabetes drug called Ozempic. Promoted as a way to keep weight down, the medication tricks the brain into thinking the belly is full and suppresses …
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09 JUL 2023 A new report is once again highlighting the frequency with which seafarers are being asked to pay illegal employment fees to get jobs aboard commercial ships and the potential impact on these sailors who most often are from emerging countries. Despite the practice being illegal under the …
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08 JUL 2023 The link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the body’s ‘second brain‘ is more apparent than ever before. A new paper, authored by no less than 43 scientists of various disciplines, has found the strongest link yet between gut microbes, host immunity, genetic expression in the nervous system, and …
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07 JUL 2023 The salvage operation to remove the wreck of the bulker OS 35 off Gibraltar was largely completed on July 3. The two sections of the hulk have now been removed from the ocean 10 months after the vessel hit an anchored gas carrier and sank to the seafloor near …
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