CGG Pens Multi-Client Reimaging Deal with Trinidad and Tobago
of the geological systems in this underexplored part of the basin. “We are pleased to have reached this multi-client agreement with the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. We will use our established leadership in geoscience solutions and cutting-edge imaging technology to support this Caribbean Island nation’s ability to effectively address its energy needs and goals,” Dechun Lin, EVP, Earth Data at CGG
Tsunami Models Underestimated Shockwave from Tonga Eruption
as the catastrophic oil spill from a ship near La Pampilla refinery."We need to re-evaluate tsunami hazards for other volcanoes around the world," Fritz said.For example, the underwater volcano known as Kick'em Jenny is thought to pose only a regional tsunami risk to the neighboring Caribbean island of Grenada. But in fact "it may very well excite the entire Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, and possibly even the Atlantic and global oceans, if a Tonga-type event were to happen", he said.Volcano-triggered tsunamis have been rare in modern history, and the shockwave from Tonga's
New Coral Reef Restoration Technology Aims to Reverse Climate Change Damage
Marine scientist Deborah Brosnan remembers “feeling like a visitor at an amazing party” on her diving trips to a bay near the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy where she swam above coral reefs with nurse sharks, sea turtles and countless colorful fish.But on a return trip after Hurricane Irma ravaged the island in 2017, she dove the reef again—and was shocked by what she saw."Everything was dead," she recalled in an interview with Reuters. "There were no sharks, no sea turtles, no sea grass, no living coral. I felt like I lost my friends."Recent research has
Vast Iceberg Poised to Crack off Antarctica
A vast iceberg, expected to be one of the biggest ever recorded with an area almost the size of the U.S. state of Delaware or the Caribbean island state of Trinidad and Tobago, is poised to break off Antarctica. A rift, slowly developing across the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula in recent years, expanded abruptly last month, growing by about 18 km (11 miles). It is now more than 80 km long with just 20 km left before it snaps, scientists said. "The Larsen C Ice shelf in Antarctica is primed to shed an area of more than 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) following further
Hurricane Fred Strengthens in Eastern Atlantic
to the coast of Africa. Fred was the first hurricane to go through the Cape Verde Islands since 1892, according to the official Atlantic tropical cyclone record which begins in 1851. Tropical Storm Erika dissipated over Cuba on Saturday after killing at least 20 people in the small eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, and one person in Haiti. Its remnants brought thunderstorms to Florida over the weekend before moving into South Carolina on Monday. By 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT), almost 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) of rain had fallen at Charleston International Airport, according to the
Archaeologists Go Deep to Uncover History
with the graduate program to give students field experience. INA has been involved in a number of high profile projects such as surveying the remains of Alaska’s abandoned Gold-rush era steamboats and mapping the wreck site of the 28 gun British frigate HMS Solebay sunk in 1782 near the Caribbean island of Nevis. To assist in the discovery of artifacts on these sites INA is using a Pulse 8X detector. In describing how his passion was ignited for this exciting and expanding field one student said, “Over the course of my undergraduate studies I became increasingly interested
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