Denman Glacier Has Already Lost Over 250 Billion Tons of Ice
it.Unlike other glaciers in Antarctica, Denman Glacier faces away from the ocean instead of towards it. This shape allows more warm ocean water to slide down to the glacier's foundation. If the point where the glacier floats on the sea - known as the grounding line - continues to retreat back to the Aurora Subglacial Basin, some 160 kilometers or 100 miles inland, a feedback loop created by the warm ocean water could send all of Denman Glacier's ice to the sea.Australia’s icebreaking research vessel Nuyina is currently on location so scientists can study what is happening there. It is the
Connectors Facilitate Camera System for BBC Underwater TV Series
its Omicron optical fiber connectors to BBC Studios for use in its upcoming underwater natural history series, set to air in 2026. Filming required custom-built camera technology designed to capture extraordinary marine footage from the depths of the Arctic, facilitated by the Rev Ocean’s Aurora ROV.To capture groundbreaking underwater content BBC Studios and Marine Imagine Technologies designed a deep ocean-rated camera system integrated with a telemetry bottle, the central hub for communications on the submersible. However, during the Arctic expedition, the crew encountered challenges
Has Antarctica Reached Point of No Return?
;t stay in Antarctica," said Casassa, adding that global atmospheric, ocean and weather patterns are linked to the continent."Antarctica isn't just an ice refrigerator isolated from the rest of the planet that has no impact."(Reuters - Reporting by Alexander Villegas; Editing by Aurora Ellis
Nexans Completes Cable Pull-Ins at Moray West Offshore Wind Farm
French subsea power cable maker Nexans has completed the offshore export cable pull-ins at 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland.Nexans used its cable laying vessel Nexans Aurora to perform offshore export cable pull-ins for both offshore substation platforms (OSPs) as part of the offshore wind farm being developed by Ocean Winds, a joint venture of Engie and EDP Renewables.The cable pull-in marks another key milestone for the project, as the OSP commissioning teams continue their work on the cable terminations.The operations are part of the wider commissioning tasks, supported by Ocean
Red Rock to Supply Cranes for New Nexans Aurora Cable Layer
Norwegian offshore crane supplier Red Rock has been hired once again by Ulstein Verft to deliver upgraded crane package for a new and updated version of the DP3 cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora.The cable-laying vessel will feature a split turntable on deck capable of holding up to 10,000t of cable, an under-deck turntable with a 3,500t cable capacity.It will be one of the world’s most advanced cable layer vessels, measuring 31 meters in width and 149.9 meters in length. The updated Nexans Aurora vessel will be able to accommodate a crew of 90.In addition to the upgraded crane package from
NOV to Supply Cable-lay Equipment for Nexans' New Vessel
Remacut has secured the cable-lay equipment contract for Nexans' new cable-lay vessel (CLV).Nexans Marine Operations and Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft entered into a contract in September for the construction of a large DP3 cable-laying vessel, which will be an updated version of the Nexans Aurora vessel, delivered in 2021. The vessel is an ST-297 CLV design by Norway-based Skipsteknisk.Remacut's integrated cable-lay systems feature automated line control equipment capable of performing synchronized bundled-lay operations. Building on the success of its predecessor, the Nexans Aurora,
Nexans to Install Section of World's Longest and Deepest Interconnector
;with a bi-pole length of 2x900 km, and will run across the Mediterranean Sea floor at depths of over 3,000 meters," Nexans said.Impregnated cables will be manufactured in Nexans’ facilities in Halden (Norway) and Futtsu (Japan) and will be installed by the cable laying vessels Nexans Aurora and Nexans Skagerrak.The EuroAsia Interconnector will exchange up to 1,000 MW among the three nations with the capability of increasing to 2,000 MW, the equivalent to three million households’ average electricity consumption.Pole One is expected to be completed in 2028 and Pole Two
Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Biodiversity 25 Times More Than Land-Based Mining, Report Says
is a huge issue about the technological development and the funding needed for that," said Kaja Loenne Fjaertoft a senior advisor at Sustainable Oceans with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).(Reuters - Reporting by Clara Denina; Additional reporting by David Stanway; Editing by Emma Rumney and Aurora Ellis)Image source: https://www.geomar.de/news/article/tiefseebergbau-transparentes-umweltmanagement-muss-gewaehrleistet-werde
Divers Find Challenger Space Shuttle Wreckage Off Florida Coast
cold temperatures.It remains one of the worst disasters in the history of the U.S. space program.This story has been corrected to fix the location of failed O ring in the penultimate paragraph and add dropped word 'bombers' in the fifth paragraph(Reuters - Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Aurora Ellis
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