22 DEC 2019 Another containership fitted with an exhaust gas cleaning system (scrubber) is added to the global fleet every 10 hours, according to Alphaliner data. However, the race to get scrubbers retrofitted on ships ahead of IMO 2020 regulations on 1 January has resulted in a significant extension of …
Read More »OUR BODIES AGE IN THREE DISTINCT SHIFTS, ACCORDING TO MORE THAN 4,000 BLOOD TESTS
21 DEC 2019 In terms of biological ageing, the body seems to shift gears three times during our lifespans, new research suggests – with 34 years, 60 years and 78 years the key thresholds. In other words, we now have evidence that ageing isn’t one long, continuous process that moves …
Read More »SHIPPING ENTERING UNCHARTED WATERS WITH NEW IMO FUEL RULES
20 DEC 2019 Faced with imminent new global marine pollution rules, shipping companies and insurers are puzzling over the risks. To reduce emissions of toxic sulphur that cause premature deaths, shipowners who have long relied on the dirtiest residues of oil extraction will have to either switch to low-sulphur fuel …
Read More »SCIENTISTS UNCOVER THE CAUSE OF MYSTERIOUS ‘TIGER STRIPES’ ON SATURN’S MOON ENCELADUS
19 DEC 2019 Saturn’s moon Enceladus has captivating scientists ever since the Voyager 2 mission passed through the system in 1981. The mystery has only deepened since the arrival of the Cassini probe in 2004, which included the discovery of four parallel, linear fissures around the southern polar region. These features were nicknamed ‘Tiger …
Read More »OCEAN GARBAGE COLLECTOR IS FINALLY HAULING IN BAGS OF PLASTIC WASTE
18 DEC 2019 It has been six years since Boyan Slat began developing a system to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a trash-filled vortex in the Pacific Ocean that’s more than twice the size of Texas. In 2013, Slat’s organisation, The Ocean Cleanup, debuted a U-shaped device that passively …
Read More »20 COMPANIES CAUSED MORE THAN ONE-FIFTH OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION SINCE 1965
17 DEC 2019 Our oceans are acidifying at a rate not seen in 66 million years. They’re now 26 percent more acidic since 1880, which is profoundly changing ecosystems and impacting the fisheries that rely on them, all around the world. This is not only threatening countless jobs, including 4.3 million livelihoods …
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