01 Sep 2020
During expeditions to oil and gas reservoirs in the central North Sea in 2012 and 2013, scientists of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) discovered that methane bubbles emerged from the seabed around abandoned wells. The gas originates from shallow gas pockets, which lie less than 1000 meters deep below the seafloor […]
18 Feb 2020
Giant dams enclosing North Sea could protect millions from rising waters Guardian ‘A Dutch government scientist has proposed building two mammoth dams to completely enclose the North Sea and protect an estimated 25 million Europeans from the consequences of rising sea levels as a result of global heating. Sjoerd Groeskamp, an oceanographer at the Royal Netherlands […]
02 Jul 2019
Oceana ‘The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has announced today the collapse of the North Sea cod population, and has recommended reducing its catch limits by 70% for 2020. In order to revert its critical situation, Oceana strongly encourages EU decision-makers to follow this advice, which is the result of an updated scientific […]
24 Feb 2019
Greenpeace ‘The British government has endorsed plans by oil giant Shell to leave some decommissioned North Sea oil infrastructure in place, despite the German government expressing serious concerns about shortcomings in the oil giant’s proposals, according to leaked documents seen by Unearthed. Hundreds of ageing North Sea oil and gas rigs will be decommissioned in the […]
17 Jul 2018
Norway has given a cautious approval to Europe’s largest carbon-capture project Among all European countries, Norway is the only one making any serious progress on a technology crucial to helping the world reach its climate goals: carbon capture and storage. The concept is simple. Ideally we stop burning fossil fuels and otherwise emitting carbon dioxide […]
22 Jul 2017
North Sea cod recover: MSC A recovery from near total collapse has led North Sea cod stocks to be labelled as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council for the first time in 20 years. Guardian: Fish and chip lovers can now enjoy North Sea cod with a clear conscience, after the fishery was awarded sustainable […]
12 Jun 2017
Although the Jonny Hughes article has recently grabbed some headlines – earlier this year Jonathan Porritt developed a similar argument in articles based on work by Forum for the Future. This comes after the historic campaigns sought to stop the sea being used as a cheap dumping site for industry and bans on this practice. […]
22 May 2017
Two articles reflecting the growing ambition of the wind sector and the increasing development of offshore wind technologies which are bringing costs down. 1. North Sea artificial island for Offshore Wind hub The harnessing of energy has never been without projects of monolithic scale. From the Hoover Dam to the Three Gorges—the world’s largest power […]
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