What a creative way to re-purpose rubbish and encourage the tough conversations:
ABC News 04sep18 – Harald Reichenbach is preserving ocean waste in cubes to keep the issue in sight
Photo Credit: ABC Radio Darwin – Jesse Thompson
Commercial use of BlueROV2
Great to see the BlueROV2 being used in commercial applications here in Australia:
Watertight Robotics in WA
Professional Diving Services in VIC
Southern Commercial Diving in NSW
Oceanic Thermal Energy Generation
Great to see various renewable energy generation from oceanic sources. These recent advances in Japan are really based on Jules Verne’s proposals from over 100 years ago – solutions to harvest power to run the Nautilus:
Deep sea corals at 2000m
Portugal’s Madeira Ocean Observatory, Hydrographic Institute, and the Mission Structure for the Extension of the Continental Shelf announced the discovery of a coral plain found at ~2000m by the Luso ROV. We look forward to seeing the photos when they are released!
Full article at: Portugal News 09jul18
Cuttlefish numbers increasing
Fun article from the ABC about cuttlefish:
Rockstar aliens of the sea – ABCNews 15aug18
Photo credit: ABC News, Matt McMillan