Shipwrecks As Marine Sanctuaries, Unexpected Ecosystem

  • Hidden sanctuary for marine life under UK’s coastlines.
  • Bottom trawling raises environmental concerns.
  • Rise of marine life under these wrecks. 

Bottom trawling, an industrial fishing practice, raises environmental concerns due to its damaging impact on habitats and unintentional capture of non-targeted species like sea turtles and dolphins. However, these sunken vessels, once contributors to ecological harm, have transformed into vital shelters for a diverse range of marine creatures, boosting...

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Unprecedented Challenges Pushing Our Earth into Crisis

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The United Nations has put itself behind a huge and scarifying report about the serious threat around the world of invasive species plants and animals that hop a ship or a plane and establish themselves mucking with the general environmental situation says Esquire.

Extremely conservative

 “One of the things that we stress that really is the tremendous threat this does pose to — and I know this is going to sound grandiose — but to human civilization,” said Peter...

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The Power of Purity in CO2 Transportation

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As Carbon capture and storage (CCS) gains prominence, Rupert Hare, CEO of Houlder, emphasizes the often-overlooked challenges in CO2 transportation and the significance of high-purity CO2 as a crucial feedstock for emerging e-fuels. The splash247 news.

  • Rupert Hare highlights the often-overlooked hurdles of maintaining high purity in captured CO2 for efficient transportation and e-fuel production.
  • The demand for high purity CO2 intensifies with e-methanol and e-LNG...

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Transforming Cruise Ships Into Homes Of The Future

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In a revolutionary twist to conventional living, the prospect of residing on a cruise ship for an extended period has taken the world by storm. This article unveils an extraordinary opportunity where wanderlust meets practicality, offering an affordable alternative to traditional land-based living. The foxweather news source.

  • Discover the novel concept of living on a cruise ship for two years, voyaging across continents.
  • Victoria Cruise Lines presents an all-inclusive,...

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Over 1 million Ships Have Passed Through The Three Gorges Dam In Last Two Decades

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The Three Gorges Navigation said on Tuesday that “A total of a million ships have passed through the Three Gorges Dam since it opened to traffic in June 2003.”

Boosted transportation

In the past two decades, the total cargo throughput via the ship locks has exceeded 1.936 billion tonnes. It has significantly boosted transportation efficiency on the river, providing robust support for the safe and smooth navigation of the Yangtze River.

Features of The Three Gorges Project

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This Sleek New 58-Foot Yacht Slices Waves at an Exhilarating 50 Knots

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The letter “X” can symbolize a lot of things: a kiss, an unknown variable in an equation, or even death. In the case of Wally Yachts, though, X signifies power and speed.

The Italian yard’s newest model, the wallypower58X, can soar across the seas at a blistering 50 knots (57.5 mph) at half load. The 58-footer, which premiered at the 2023 Palm Beach International Boat Show, builds upon the sleek and stylish wallypower58 but is distinguished by a bonkers outboard...

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‘Resenteeism’: Employees Hate Their Job, But Fear The Economy To Leave

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  • “Resenteeism” is poised to join the worker’s lexicon alongside “quiet quitting.”
  • It describes being openly apathetic about work but reluctant to quit given fears over job security.
  • two-thirds of Americans in a Politico-Morning Consult poll in November said they thought the US was already in a recession.

People hating their job isn’t new, but some are getting more vocal about it. RotaCloud, a staff-management software company, is calling it “resenteeism,”...

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What It’s Really Like Living in A Shipping Container

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Max McMurdo is a designer, TV presenter and upcycling expert.Not only does he design and sell things like chairs made out of shopping trollies but he also upcycled his entire home – a shipping container that floats on water. The bookcase is made from an old ladder, a table from a wash drum and lampshades from jelly moulds – and, he says, there is more to come, reports Metro.

Where do you live and how important is having an eco home to you?

I live in a floating...

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Golden Gate Bridge Engineering Marvel

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The “Seven Civil Engineering Wonders of the United States” by the American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is a symbol of architectural greatness and an integral part of transportation, says an article published Freightwaves.

Architectural history

Construction on the bridge started 90 years ago last week, kicking off almost four and a half years of arduous and hazardous labor.

If  FreightWaves focused on architecture or construction, this...

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Strasbourg : The Evergreen Christmas Capital !

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Strasbourg, the self-proclaimed French “capital of Christmas”, draws 2.5 million visitors to its world-famous marché de Noël. This year, efforts to make the yuletide fun more eco-friendly are in tune with other city-wide initiatives, such as the 373 miles (600km) of bike paths that saw it crowned “cycling capital of France”. This means those Christmas lights won’t be switched on until sundown and will go off at 11pm (when previously they were on 24/7).

Festive...

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