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International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopts revised strategy to reduce GHG emissions from international shipping.

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Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), meeting at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) earlier this month, adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) addresses environmental issues under IMO’s remit.

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Ensuring Underwater Robots Survive in Hot Tropical Waters

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The hot, humid environment of tropical marine areas such as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef can wreak havoc on the marine autonomous systems. Underwater and surface MAS are used for marine monitoring, locating objects such as mines on the seafloor, and rescuing swimmers.

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

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​In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this narrative with facts and sources. Cobalt FUD Yes, Cobalt Mining is bad for the environment and bad for the people who live near these mines. [1] The environment impact by the OIL industry is incomparable compared to any battery manufacturing.

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The Greening of Transportation

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Amy Jankovsky, Christine Andrews, and Bill Rogers The second article in our report looks at how recent innovations in power electronics, electric motors, and batteries for the car industry are beginning to find applications in airplane design. Patel describes several efforts around the world to adapt SMRs to the marine environment.

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Study Finds Biodiesel Easily Susceptible to Anaerobic Biodegradation, With Resulting Accelerated Biocorrosion of Metal

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In a fuel environment, anaerobic conditions prevail whenever heterotrophic microbial respiration consumes oxygen at a rate that exceeds diffusion. The corrosion of pipelines, tanks, storage units, and associated equipment increases the risk of the release of hazardous materials to the environment, with concomitant pollution issues.

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Researchers Convert Green Tide Macroalgae to Bio-oil

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Researchers at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have converted the marine macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera , one of the main algae genera for “green tide”—massive algal blooms caused by eutrophication of marine water bodies—to bio-oil by hydrothermal liquefaction in a batch reactor at temperatures of 220-320 °C. and Enteromorpha sp.,

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge. And the maritime environment actually lends itself really well to those kinds of applications.” So, just from both a police and a coast guard perspective, doing this in a GNSS denied environment is probably the right thing to do,” said Morrish.