In a quiet corner of the Pacific last August, a vessel unlike any other was making what many thought was its final voyage. R/P FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform), the U.S….
https://gcaptain.com/saving-rv-flip-from-the-wreckers-clawsand-its-story-is-mind-blowing/
by Suzanne OConnell (Wesleyan University) My favorite place in the world isn’t a fixed location. It’s the JOIDES Resolution, an internationally funded research drillship that has spent its service life…
https://gcaptain.com/joides-resolution-floating-marine-laboratory-changed-ocean-science/
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Around 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have significantly shrunk over the last 25 years, scientists said on Thursday, in findings the European Space Agency said were “alarming”. The melting…
https://gcaptain.com/scientists-track-alarming-melt-in-antarctic-ice-shelves/
One of the internet’s most revered unusual ships, known simply as FLIP, has been sent for scrap. The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) was a unique oceanographic research tool that exemplified…
Scientists have announced the discovery of an extensive deep-sea coral reef in Ecuador’s Galápagos Marine Reserve, marking a first-of-its kind discovery in the marine reserve. The undocumented reefs were discovered…
https://gcaptain.com/extensive-deep-sea-coral-reef-discovered-in-galapagos-marine-reserve/
US health officials are warning of a rise in a strain of a drug-resistant stomach bug that infects thousands of...
https://mfame.guru/shigella-a-drug-resistant-stomach-bug-on-the-rise/
An iceberg the size of metro London has broken off of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice shelf. The calving event was confirmed Monday by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) which first detected…
https://gcaptain.com/huge-iceberg-breaks-off-from-antarcticas-brunt-ice-shelf/
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched the world’s first framework for shipping industry companies to set near- and long-term science-based targets.
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A mathematical model suggests that Belgium has the highest chances of winning the...
https://mfame.guru/world-cup-winner-predicted-yet-another-math-wonder/
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) low sulphur fuel regulation was a marked shift in the shipping industry’s efforts to reduce air pollution from ships. Known as “IMO 2020”, the regulation…
https://gcaptain.com/ship-tracks-study-reveals-imo-2020s-impact-on-reducing-pollution-from-ships/