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 Airseas’ Seawing system receives further orders from K Line. Airseas kite system takes to the air during sea trials Tranquil dark and deep ocean with blue sky International shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has ordered three further Seawing systems from manufacturer Airseas. The recent order means five of the company’s vessels will now utilize the wind propulsion technology to reduce emissions. Once delivered to K Line the sustainable solutions will be installed on three Post-Panamax bulkers, after the first two systems are fitted to two Capesize bulkers toward the latter part of 2022. The Seawing systems consist of parafoils which fly around 300m above the sea to harness wind power to aid in vessel propulsion. This enables main engine load to be reduced and an expected average fuel and emissions saving of 20%. The systems will utilize digital twins and advanced automation systems to ensure the Seawing systems are safely deployed, operated and stored with minimal int...

Why 2023 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record   Spiking temperatures in the world’s oceans and the arrival of El Niño weather conditions in the Pacific mean that 2023 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, with researchers saying the planet is entering “uncharted territory”. London saw high temperatures on 9 June 2023  Guy Corbishley/Alamy David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Exceeding 1.5°C of global warming could accelerate the melting of polar ice caps Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The  previous hottest year on record was 2016 , which is also when the world was last in a warming El Niño weather pattern (although some agencies say 2020 also tied for the top spot). Now, temperature records this month suggest 2023 could be tracking close to 2016. The first 11 days of June registered the highest global temperatures on record for this time of the year, according to Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation programme, follow...

  AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO MULTIYEAR LA NIÑA MAY 10, 2023 - BY LAURA SNIDER New study finds string of climate impacts related to wildfire emissions Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific in September 2020 indicate a La Niña event. This would be the first of three consecutive La Niña winters, a rare occurrence. Image: NOAA The catastrophic Australian bushfires in 2019-2020 contributed to ocean cooling thousands of miles away, ultimately nudging the Tropical Pacific into a rare multi-year La Niña event that dissipated only recently. The research was led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and published in  Science Advances . La Niña events tend to impact the winter climate over North America by causing drier and warmer than average conditions in the southwest U.S., wetter weather in the Pacific Northwest, and colder temperatures in Canada and the northern U.S. Because the emergence of La Niña can often be predicted months in advance...

 Machine learning comes to the fore at EGU conference Machine learning was a prominent theme to which ECMWF scientists contributed at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2023, while other issues related to weather forecasting across different timescales were represented, too. The General Assembly in Vienna, Austria,  brings together geoscientists covering all disciplines of Earth, planetary, and space sciences. About 25 of the Centre’s scientists participated in the event from 23 to 28 April. They also helped to prepare it, for example by supporting Early Career Scientists. Machine learning Several scientists took their expertise and current research in machine learning to the conference. “We’re seeing an increase in the complexity of machine learning models demonstrated, and there was a wide range of applications,” says ECMWF scientist Mat Chantry. Mat Chantry opened the machine learning session on the first day with a well-attended presentation. His talk wa...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKX9GO6Wmsg&list=PLIsFkpfaRbcn_y1M08K6SYUb1ezrZp8Uu&index=2 Ecosystems don’t care about political boundaries, even if the natural resources within them are managed by multiple entities. Research projects that span political boundaries can often be sticky – decisions are made on long timelines, changes in policy and staff can derail implementation of projects and the tools they produce, and it can be difficult to effectively engage diverse stakeholders so that their perspectives inform the work. Enter: collaborative science. In situations with complex and competing interests, there is a higher likelihood that science will be applied to decision making when problems are tackled with a collaborative science framework. In this webinar, collaborative science project teams will discuss how to work across political boundaries and with different partners to develop shared tools, models, and action plans that will improve ecosystem management. Abou...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbYCm3uN1ec&list=PLIsFkpfaRbcn_y1M08K6SYUb1ezrZp8Uu&index=1   Collaborative science and the co-production of science involve working closely with partners at every stage - from conceptualizing a new project, to conducting the research, to refining tools to best meet a management need. The goal is to encourage mutually beneficial exchanges between researchers and resource managers. Essential to collaborative science is building relationships and engendering trust among the partners. NOAA’s NERRS Science Collaborative and RESTORE Science programs support collaborative science through funding and partnerships around protected and at-risk coastal and ocean areas. This webinar, the first jointly hosted event between the NERRS Science Collaborative and RESTORE Science programs, featured a panel discussion among three contributors to the programs, highlighting important lessons learned and experiences on how to become effective co-producers of scie...