Collaborate Disseminate
It may be named after the most famous volleyball in history, but “Wilson” isn’t just a great conversationalist. [Hayden Brophy] built the free-drifting satellite buoy to see if useful science can be done with off-the-shelf hardware and on a shoestring budget. And from the look of the data so far, …read more
Continue reading Drone Buoy Drifts Along the Gulf Stream for Citizen Science
The company has taken its first official step toward a rumored direct listing. Continue reading Workplace messaging platform Slack has confidentially filed to go public
Companies can now apply for permits to shoot underwater airguns that hurt ecosystems to assess offshore drilling potential. Continue reading Trump Wants to Allow Seismic Oil Surveys in the Atlantic Ocean
Beaches were temporarily closed in Miami and Palm Beach this week as Florida’s algae bloom spread. Continue reading Toxic Red Tide Spreads From Florida’s Gulf Coast Into Atlantic Waters
Heather Bowlby at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax tagged the shark with a location tracker that will monitor its movements for nearly a year. Continue reading Great White Shark Tagged for the First Time in Canadian Atlantic Waters
Sailboats have been traversing the Atlantic Ocean since before 1592, sailing through sunshine, wind, and rain. The one thing that they’ve all had in common has been a captain to pilot the ship across this vast watery expanse, at least until now. A company called Offshore Sensing has sailed an unmanned vessel all the way from Canada to Ireland.
The ship, called the Sailbuoy, attempted the journey last year as well but only made it about halfway before the mission was abandoned. This year, however, the voyage was finally completed, and this craft is officially the first unmanned ship to …read more
Continue reading Unmanned Sailboat Traverses The North Atlantic
Si2 has arrived in Europe after 71 hours and 8 minutes of flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading A Solar-Powered Plane Has Completed the First Ever Trans-Atlantic Flight