The Conversation

Why We Need Better Anchoring Systems for Floating Offshore Wind
[By Benjamin Cerfontaine and Susan Gourvenec] Growing demand for cleaner energy sources means offshore wind farms are...
Mutual Benefits from US Military Deal with Papua New Guinea
[By: Michael A. Allen, Carla Martinez Machain, and Michael E. Flynn] The United States announced a new military agree...
Shipping is Under Pressure to Stop Use of HFO - But It's Not Simple
Interview with Don Maier, Associate Professor of Business, University of Tennessee Most of the clothing and gadgets y...
Can the New High Seas Treaty Protect the "Wild West" of Int'l Waters?
[By Dr. Sarah Lothian] Delegates gave a jubilant cheer at United Nations Headquarters in New York on March 5 as nations reached...
How the Ocean Twilight Zone Could Store Vast Amounts of Carbon
Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton ra...
Is Mass Cruise Tourism Safe for Antarctic Ecosystems?
[By Elizabeth Leane, Anne Hardy, Can Seng Ooi, Carolyn Philpott, Hanne E.F. Nielsen and Katie Marx] As the summer sun finally a...
Study: Urban Light Pollution is a Danger for Marine Ecosystems
[By Tim Smyth] Cities are artificially lit to allow humans to make use of the night. This light pollution means that stars are...
AI is Changing How Scientists Study the Oceans
[By Philipp Bayer, Ahmed Elagali, Julie Robidart and Kate Marie Quigley] You’ve seen the art AI image generators can crea...
Opportunity to Accelerate Shipping’s Decarbonization Efforts
[By Christiaan De Beukelaer] Member states of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN agency that regulates inter...
Freight-Halting Strikes are Rare, but One Looms Next Week
[By Erik Loomis] The prospect of a potentially devastating rail workers strike is looming again. Fears of a strike in S...