Plastic Levels in Lake Geneva as High as World's Oceans
Pascal Hagmann, the founder and director of Oceaneye.He was speaking from the stern of a sailing vessel that was dragging a sample-collecting device across Switzerland's biggest lake, also known as Lac Leman."We found that interesting because we often have the image of the Leman Lake as a big Alpine lake with crystal waters but it's not really the case," he said, using the French name.The crescent-shaped lake is the largest in western Europe covering 580 square kilometers (224 square miles) straddling France and Switzerland and is fed partly by Alpine glaciers. It spills into the Rhone
NZ Navy Dive Team Receives ROV Training
;Remote technologies are highly valued by the New Zealand Defence Force for the range of options they provide. Since its introduction into service, the Royal New Zealand Navy has utilized an observation class ROV to conduct operations ranging from hull inspections to deep recovery of helicopters in the alpine lakes of the South Island. “This wide variety of operating environments requires the ROV pilots to have a high standard of training, which The Underwater Center provided in a very professional, thorough manner. Thanks to The Underwater Center for the excellent training.”
Man-made Warming the Main Cause of Glacier Retreat -Study
about the 1890s, when wider burning of coal meant more greenhouse gases, hastened the thaw. "The big majority of glaciers have been retreating over the past century," he told Reuters. "We even have an accelerated retreat in recent decades." Glaciers have also varied widely - many Alpine glaciers advanced in the 1970s and 1980s. Thursday's study estimated that water from melting glaciers has contributed a total of 13.3 cms (5 inches) from 1851-2010 to rising sea levels. Without human influences the rise would still have been 9.9 cms (4 inches). Zemp said that greenhouse gases
Fairmount Tugs Deliver Noble Tamar Jacket
'Fairmount Summit' & 'Fairmount Alpine' tow laden barge from Corpus Christi US to Mediterranean offshore field. Both tugs towed the barge on which the 18,500 ton jacket was loaded from the US to the field South-East of Cyprus. In Corpus Christi the jacket was loaded on Heerema Marine Contractor's 260 meters long barge H-851, the world’s largest launch and cargo barge. From this port the convoy set sail for the 9,000 miles voyage, which took only 54 days at an average speed of 6.9 knots to deliver the barge in the Tamar field. Upon arrival the Fairmount Summit and Fairmount Alpine
February 2024
