Case Study: Unmanned Tech Narrows Data Gap on Yellow River ... World’s "Most Sediment-laden River"
, it’s difficult to install survey equipment and rent a suitable work boat. Operating on water also poses high risks to personals.Personnel install and debug equipment at the dock. Image: OceanAlphaUnmanned Technology SolutionNot long ago, the Second Topographic Survey Team of the Ministry of Natural Resources used unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned surface vessels to carry out integrated multi-element topographic surveys in the Qiankun Bay section of the Yellow River.The underwater topographic survey was carried out using OceanAlpha's ME120 autonomous surface vessel platform equipping
China's Polar Icebreaker Embarks on First Arctic Mission
Chinese scientists on board to conduct investigations in areas including the Chukchi Rise, Canada Basin and the central Arctic Ocean, Xinhua reports. The voyage is expected to cover some 12,000 nautical miles and conclude in late September.The expedition is said to be organized by China's Ministry of Natural Resources to study biodiversity and ecosystems, ocean acidification and chemical environment and new pollutants, to improve the nation's scientific understanding of climate change in the Arctic.Delivered from the Jiangnan Shipyard in July 2019, the icebreaking research vessel commenced operations
Rosneft, Gazprom to Receive Four Arctic Fields
fields on the shelf ", - said Don. According to the minister, "Rosneft" and "Gazprom" will soon receive new licenses for the development of the four fields on the shelf. "Now the documents are in the government of the Russian Federation", - he said. Ministry of Natural Resources previously submitted to the government a draft decree on the transfer without competition of four licenses to develop oil fields in the Arctic
Russia's Floating Research Station Unfolds in the Arctic
The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources says that Russia plans to establish a floating research station in Arctic sea. The floating research station “North Pole-41” is already in the making, says the Ministry statement. The Ministry says that the station will be an important instrument in securing Russian presence in the Arctic and will give Russia the opportunity to set new priorities for the scientific research on the drifting ice. "At present the deployment of seasonal scientific drifting station" North Pole-2015 is the only possible scientific
China to Step Up Ocean Research as Russia Cuts Arctic Budget
. Xinhua cites Liu Cigui, head of the SOA, as saying that China will positively implement the consensus on oceanic exploration to carry out resource assessments and deep-sea research. In Russia, according to Arctic-Info the finance agency has reduced funding for projects of the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Arctic in 2014. Given the importance of the works in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation controlled by the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Finance Ministry has promised to partly continue funding. Citing an announcement by the press service of the Ministry of Finance
Invasive Asian Carp Hooked in Lake Erie
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, confirm that a single live Grass Carp has been caught near Dunnville, Ontario in the Grand River, near Lake Erie This specimen follows an earlier catch of a grass carp on April 27, 2013 in the same area. Testing has confirmed that this specimen was sterile; and, therefore, not able to reproduce. Biologists from Fisheries and Oceans Canada found the grass carp while conducting monitoring for Asian carps in the Grand River. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources performed biological sampling on the specimen and samples were
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