Gemini News
More Development Needed to Scale Up Floating Offshore Wind
[By Live Oftedahl] "We cannot just wait for the technology to improve. We need to build experience and not just watch othe...
Existing Fiber-Optic Cables Can Be Used to "Listen" for Whales
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] Whales are huge, but they live in an even larger environment — the world’s oceans. Resear...
Greenland's Norse Settlers Shipped Walrus Ivory All the Way to Kyiv
Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007. Two earlier archaeological su...
Norwegian Researchers Test "Automated Coast Guard" for Data Collection
[By Live Oftedahl] NTNU researchers from AMOS, the Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems, used small satelli...
Want to Keep Plastic Out of the Ocean? Burn It Like Coal
[By Kathrine Nitter] Using non-recyclable plastic waste as an alternative to coal may prevent huge volumes of plastic from bein...
Better Cybersecurity at Sea Starts With the Crew
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] It was the afternoon of June 27, 2017, when nearly every computer serving the Danish shipping giant Maersk...
Norwegian Researchers Want to Repower Offshore Rigs With Fuel Cells
[By Christina Benjaminsen] Research scientists from SINTEF and NTNU are working to develop technologies and concepts to ma...
LNG Carriers Account for a Quarter of Shipping Emissions in the Arctic
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] In 2021, just 26 natural gas tankers cruised through Arctic waters, as compared to the hundreds of fishing...
Scientists Call for a Limit on Plastic Production to Address Pollution
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] Now, after the United Nations’ historic decision to adopt a global treaty to end plastic pollut...
Norwegian Startup Plans to Build Electric Seaplane for Coastal Routes
[By Håvard Egge] A Norwegian company is developing a small electric seaplane that can change local passenger traffic...