Gemini News
Marine Plastic May Be Breeding Ground for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Marine plastic waste may serve as a vector for the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from pathogenic bacteria, either to sh...
What if Offshore Wind Turbines Could Dodge Birds?
[By Svein Inge Meland] Sound signals, lights, painting the rotor blades, and rapid shutdowns have all been tried in an att...
Simple Digital Tool Improves Safety at Norwegian Offshore Shipyard
[By Håvard Egge] Aker Solutions (AKSO) used to have physical suggestion boxes dotted around its yards. These w...
Central Norway's Largest Burial Mound Probably Contains Ship's Grave
[By Frid Kvalpskarmo Hansen] In late June, archaeologists conducted what they thought would be a minor investigation of He...
Researchers Lock Up Carbon By Turning Seaweed Into Biocoal
A new method for carbon capture and storage is now being trialled by Norwegian researchers. Seaweeds cultivated in the sea off the...
Researchers Use Existing Fiber Optic Cables to Track and Locate Whales
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] For the first time ever, researchers have been able to track eight fin whales in near real time as they sw...
The Ice in East Antarctica Has Melted Before
[By Steinar Brandslet] Sixty per cent of the world’s fresh water is bound up in Antarctic ice sheets. Thirty million...
What Do You Do if a Hacker Takes Control of Your Ship?
[By Eli Anne Tvergrov] You’re on the bridge, with the ship’s course shown on the digital display. But why is t...
New Sensor May Make Stress Monitoring Cheap for Ships, Wind Turbines
[By Georg Mathisen] Ships, bridges and wind turbines can all be made safe using sensors that are just a few millimeters ac...
Eavesdropping on the Earth Using Subsea Fiber-Optic Cables
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] The more-than 1.2 million km of fibre-optic cables that criss-cross the planet carry the world’...