coastal monitoring News
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‘Road Test’ the next generation of coastal & oceanographic monitoring sensors from Chelsea Technologies at Ocean Business
Normal 0 On Tuesday 9 April, Justin Dunning and his team will present an overview of fluorescence measurements and their applications to water quality on board RV Callista during Ocean Business. He will also present field data and demonstrate the new range of UviLux fluorometers. “These fluorometers can be configured to measure hydrocarbon, faecal contamination, BOD, ...
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EPA Awards $10 Million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant for Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has awarded a $10 million five-year grant to Central Michigan University to continue implementation of EPA's Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program. Central Michigan University’s project team includes SUNY College at Brockport and other institutions and agencies. The project team will work on coastal wetlands monitoring ...
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Application of multi-parameter Water Quality Sensor
Application of multi-parameter Water Quality Sensor on-line water quality analysis and monitoring of surface water and groundwater quality of river section, river, reservoir and so on. Internet of things, intelligent agriculture, online aquaculture monitoring. Water Quality real-time monitoring, red tide monitoring and early warning, blue-green algae monitoring and early warning, sudden ...
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Chelsea completes demonstration of the new FastOcean System in Baltimore
Last week in Baltimore harbour, Dr Kevin Oxborough demonstrated Chelsea’s 3rd generation Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer - the new FastOcean System - to groups from University of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Laboratory, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory and University of Michigan Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research. The FastOcean Profiling System was deployed from ...
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Chelsea Technologies Group appoints Unique System FZE as their representative in the United Arab Emirates
Unique System FZE (a Unique Maritime Group Company), one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has been appointed as an authorized distributor of Chelsea Technologies Group for its products and services in the UAE. Chelsea Technologies Group has nearly 50 years’ experience in the design and manufacture of a range of sensors and ...
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Brazil harnesses space tech to monitor deforestation
Brazil will launch a satellite in 2011 to monitor deforestation and urban expansion around the world, it has been announced. Amazônia-1 will carry a UK-made high resolution camera. The United Kingdom—Brazil collaboration was announced last week (14 July) at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Progress in Science. It is part of the continuing UK—Brazil Partnership in Science and ...
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EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant to Central Michigan University to Monitor Coastal Wetlands
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today announced that Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, has received a $10 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to monitor coastal wetlands around the Great Lakes basin over the next five years. This project expands an existing GLRI grant to the university for Great Lakes wetlands monitoring. “This new Great Lakes ...
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Wadden Sea weak link in international flyway
From www.waddensea-secretariat.org: The Wadden Sea is proving to be a weak link in the East Atlantic Flyway, a migratory bird route from the Arctic region down the coasts of Europe and Africa to South Africa. Bird counts have revealed that the more dependent a migratory bird population is on the Wadden Sea, the less successful conservation of the species tends to be. Migratory birds breeding in ...
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New technology for remotely mapping beaches
Science and industry will now be able to map beaches and sandbanks without getting any feet wet. This follows three years of collaborative research resulting in a new commercial licence between National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Marlan Maritime Technologies to sell new coastal mapping technology. The depth and pattern of sediment on the floor of the intertidal zones changes daily, yet ...
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Ocean-Climate Links Central to $97.7 Million Research Contract
WASHINGTON, DC, August 23, 2007 (ENS) - 'No longer will ocean exploration and research be limited to scientists. Everyone with a connection to the web, including students, teachers, decisionmakers and the general public, will be able to have access to these undersea networks, enthused Mark Abbott today. As dean of Oregon State University's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Abbott is ...
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Chelsea Technologies Group is working to stop ocean stowaways
Ballast water is critical to the safe operation of ocean-going vessels. However, during ballast water exchange, thousands of aquatic organisms and pathogens can stowaway and be transported from one part of the world to another. The transfer of these organisms in ships' ballast water can have devastating effects on the marine environment and ultimately the health and well-being of the people who ...
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Extension of joint EU-China earth observation programme
The Dragon Programme, a collaborative venture between the People's Republic of China and the European Space Agency (ESA), has generated significant results in the area of earth observation (EO) satellite data. The success of the partnership was highlighted at a recent gathering of leading scientists to launch the programme's anticipated successor, Dragon 2. This second phase will build on the ...
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Extending the Fiobuoy`s global reach
Following on from its success in the global Defence market, Fiomarine is fast building an international distributor network poised to sell its unique Fiobuoy product around the world. With agents now in the United Kingdom (UK), throughout Europe and Asia the Fiobuoy is beginning to receive the recognition it deserves as a reliable all-in-one underwater retrieval system. To compete against ...
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Liquid Robotics names Chelsea as technology partner for hydrocarbon monitoring sensors
Jesse Thomas, Principal Systems Engineer at Liquid Robotics showing Chelsea’s Managing Director, Dr Brian Phillips the WaveGlider complete with Chelsea UV AquaTrackas during recent visit to California. “Chelsea is delighted to be working with Liquid Robotics as their technology partner for hydrocarbon sensors,” said Dr Brian Phillips, Chelsea’s Managing Director. ...
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Sensors in Space Allow Daily Coastal Water Quality Monitoring
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, August 31, 2007 (ENS) - Using data from instruments aboard two NASA satellites, Florida researchers have created a way to map the fleeting changes in coastal water quality from space - something that has long evaded researchers and coastal managers relying only on ground-based measurements. This information has direct application for resource managers working on ...
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Chelsea`s hydrophone arrays are being used by the NTNU to study the reactions of fish to sound
“Chelsea has been working with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for a number of years”, said Chelsea’s acoustics specialist Paul Bolton, “they initially commissioned us to custom design a 6m vertical acoustic hydrophone array in order to conduct novel underwater acoustic experiments. This was followed by the design of three 8m long, active ...
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EPA launches annual efforts to protect area beaches, coastal waters and New York/New Jersey Harbor
With the beginning of the beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is again undertaking a beach and harbor protection program to safeguard beaches and bays in New Jersey and New York, and protect the health of the people who enjoy them. EPA’s program, which includes helicopter surveillance, sampling and state funding, kicked off Tuesday, May 25, with helicopter flights ...
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EPA awards five environmental justice grants in the southeast
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it awarded five cooperative agreements to local non-profit community-based organizations in the Southeast to support the protection of human health and the environment in communities affected by the BP oil spill. “EPA is pleased to continue providing support to Gulf Coast communities affected by the BP oil spill,” ...
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Lawsuit Seeks EPA Action on Cruise Ship Pollution
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, today, seeking an immediate response to a seven year old cruise ship pollution petition submitted in March of 2000. The petition was circulated on behalf of 53 organizations by Bluewater Network, which is now part of Friends of the Earth. It asked the EPA to assess and regulate ...
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Pallone introduces bill to create living shorelines grant program
Today, Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ-06) introduced the Living Shorelines Act, which creates a grant program to assist states, localities, and other organizations in constructing and monitoring living shorelines projects along their coastlines. Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) commends Rep. Pallone for his continued leadership on coastal restoration and especially living shorelines. Living ...
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