Marine Environment, Science, wildlife, weather & Ocean energy
#HYC - Howth Yacht Club has posted a draft letter for all club members and harbour users to send to their public representatives highlighting the urgent need to dredge Howth Harbour. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, levels of silt build-up…
#StormImogen - Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange alert for all coastal areas from midnight tonight (Sunday 7 February) as Storm Imogen sweeps in. The warning is already in effect for mariners in all Irish coastal waters and the…
#AranIslands - Transport woes in the Aran Islands was raised by MEP Marian Harkin in the European Parliament this week, according to Galway Bay FM. Calling for attention to all offshore communities in the EU, Harkin highlighted the need for…
Temporary ozone hole formed over Ireland & UK - due to acid droplets in recent stratospheric clouds destroying ozone pic.twitter.com/yeNYQIqLfk
— Simon Cardy (@weather_king) February 5, 2016
A 'temporary ozone hole' has formed over Ireland & UK due to acid droplets in recent stratospheric clouds destroying ozone, according to London based Meteorologist Simon Cardy who tweeted an image of the hole this morning. Cardy is a Meteorologist specialising…
#MarineWildlife - There's some good news for marine wildlife in Clare and around the Irish coast as a recent study on the health of whales and dolphins in Europe's oceans identified Ireland's population as among the world's healthiest. As previously…
#MarineScience - The 11th International Sea Lice Conference will be hosted by the Marine Institute in Westport, Co Mayo from 26-28 September 2016, it has been announced. This biennial gathering of the world's most prominent sea lice research will hear…
#CoastalNotes - 'Poisonous parsnips' on Co Antrim coastal beaches have prompted warnings to dog owners, as BelfastLive reports. Warning signs were put up at Ballygally, Carnfunnock and Drains Bay earlier this month after locals found evidence of hemlock water dropwort roots,…
#MarineWildlife - The Humpback Whales of Cape Verde will continue its screening tour of libraries throughout Ireland from next month. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the documentary that follows marine wildlife expert Dr Simon Berrow's decade-long study of Atlantic humpbacks…
'Your Ocean, Your Future' Theme of Prof Mario Ruivo Prize For Children
28th January 2016 Marine Science
#MarineScience - EurOcean has extended the deadline to register for the Professor Mário Ruivo Prize to 31 March 2016. School children aged 11-16 throughout Europe are invited to present a proposal for a study, experiment or project that supports the…
Strangford Lough turbine set for dismantling https://t.co/gsmHodZZRW pic.twitter.com/DjCsCeurJ9
— Tidal Energy (@Tidal__Energy) January 27, 2016
#TurbineToGo - A tidal energy turbine is to be removed from Strangford Lough, Co. Down, reports BBC News. The SeaGen turbine was lowered into place in 2008 (see report photo) and generates electricity from tidal currents. Two horizontal axis turbines…
#NewOilboat -A new floating production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel, which will produce and store oil coming from Tullow Oil’ s Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (Ten) offshore oil fields, according to The Irish Times set off for Ghana last weekend. The massive FPSO (for…
#MarineWildlife - The 'dolphin whisperers' is what they're calling a trio of siblings from Northern Ireland who helped rescue a distressed bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Brisbane in Australia. Matthew, Joshua and Jessica Poole from Templepatrick leapt into action…
Corrib Gas Development Lambasted By Authors Of British Engineering Report
26th January 2016 Coastal Notes
#Corrib - A prime example of "how not to undertake a development" – that's how a new planning report by British engineers describes the Corrib gas field project off the Mayo coast, according to The Irish Times. Two of the…
#MarineWildlife - Four more sperm whales have beached in eastern England on the North Sea coast after the first died in Norfolk last Friday (2 January). As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the first whale died on a the beach at…
#MarineScience - Researchers from third-level Institutes and industry attended an information session at the Marine Institute in Oranmore on Friday 22 January, as previously reported on Afloat.ie, to learn about the funding opportunities for marine biodiscovery research and to get…
Gales UK tomorrow as ex USA Winter Storm Jonas passes NW Scotland. Gusts >70mph exposed N & W. pic.twitter.com/QQs057cE4y
— WSI Europe Weather (@WSI_EuroEnergy) January 25, 2016
Gales for the UK and Ireland tomorrow as ex USA Winter Storm Jonas passes NW Scotland. Gusts >70mph exposed N & W. Met Eireann say Tonight will start dry, however wet and very windy weather will develop during the night. The…