FAU awarded federal grant to test offshore ocean current energy
Ocean energy can be harnessed to provide electricity and help coastal areas achieve energy independence.
Tag: Gulf Stream
âWeâre tapping into the natural environmentâ â A Q&A on the potential of producing energy from currents and other ocean resourcesÂ
A Q&A with Gabriel Alsenas, director of the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Florida Atlantic University.
One of the world’s fastest ocean currents is remarkably stable, study finds
The study challenges previous assertions of a Gulf Stream slowdown.
Video: Can ocean currents generate electricity?
This bite-sized video explores the use of ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream to generate renewable energy.
If melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows
The Atlantic Oceanâs circulation could hit a tipping point as the planet warms and glaciers and ice sheets melt.
University of Miami scientists to monitor conditions in Gulf Stream; dolphins adapting to loss of seagrass
One potential consequence of a weakening Florida Current could be higher sea levels, more sunny-day flooding in Miami.
You should be very worried about the scenarios detailed in the latest U.N. climate report
By John Englander, oceanographer and author The new IPCC Climate Report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is making headlines. At ...
The tide is high, and getting higher, and higher, and higher
By Kimberly Miller, The Palm Beach Post A report calls last yearâs high tide flooding âextraordinary.â The yearly rate of ...
The Gulf Stream is slowing down. That could mean rising seas and a hotter Florida
The Gulf Stream, the warm current that brings the east coast of Florida the mixed blessings of abundant swordfish, mild ...
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