Gemini News
Ocean Plastic is Destroying a Remote Nature Reserve off Norway
[By Steinar Brandslet] Mausund and the Froan Nature Reserve in Trøndelag have had notable problems with plastic lit...
Op-Ed: Is Economic Growth Compatible With Decarbonization?
[By Edgar Hertwich] Economic growth is the aim of many policies. Still, economic growth is also the ultimate cause of pollution...
Norwegian Researchers Build a Floating "Ocean Lab"
Just off the small island of Munkholmen, outside the city of Trondheim, the first of two observation buoys is now installed t...
Study: Decompression Sickness May be Caused by Faulty Immune Response
[By Anne Sliper Midling] It is infinitely beautiful below the ocean’s surface. So beautiful that every year som...
How do Heavy Waves Affect Offshore Structures?
The force of waves slamming into offshore rigs, wind turbine pillars, ships or other offshore structures can do an enormous amount...
What Kind of Sea Ice is That? Thanks to AI, There's an App for That
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] If you’ve watched Netflix, shopped online, or run your robot vacuum cleaner, you’ve interacted...
How LNG-Fueled Engines Could be Converted to Run on Ammonia
SINTEF researcher Andrea Gruber crunches numbers - with good help from the supercomputer Betzy. With an infinity of calculations t...
Researchers Combat Ghost Fishing With New Materials
[By Christina Benjaminsen] All over the world, fishing nets are one of the most widely used items of fishing gear. &ldq...
Greenest Power Source: Retrofitting Hydropower Onto Existing Dams
[By Nina Tveter] A good part of Africa’s and Asia’s water supply dams are used for soil irrigation, drinking w...
Autonomous Tech: A Robotic Microplankton "Sniffer Dog"
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] The microscopic, free-floating algae called phytoplankton — and the tiny zooplankton that eat them &...