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Dr. Hans Graber Executive Director UM Center For Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing “We have successfully used these buoys to measure air-sea interactions and wave dynamics in the Atlantic in a variety of storm conditions and are now looking forward to applying this technology to the w,estern Pacific where super typhoons develop quite frequently. In the last several years we have added new technologies and improved the data collection capabilities of these buoys as well as made the buoys more robust to withstand extreme weather conditions. In addition we will also be using satellite telecommunications to query the buoys routinely from Miami and retrieve data. ”

Dr. Will Drennan UM Professor And Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies Rosenstiel School “The buoys feature a Compact Lightweight Aerosol Spectrometer (CLASP) device that measures the near-surface marine aerosol production mechanisms, or sea spray from wave-breaking events that result from typhoon force winds. These measurements could be especially important as the spray layer has a significant impact on the drag coefficient, a key parameter used in creating weather forecast models.”

Dr William Nuttall Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy Cambridge Judge Business School University of Cambridge “We would be foolish if we did not provide such an option for those that must make key energy technology decisions in the decades ahead. Such research and development capacities need to be developed now if they are to be ready when needed. While some good measures are already under way, the possible challenge ahead motivates even greater efforts.”

Prof Robin Grimes Department of Materials Imperial College London “Imagine portable nuclear power plants at the end of their working lives that can be safely shipped back by to the manufacturer for recycling, eliminating the need for countries to deal with radioactive waste. With the right investment, these new technologies could be feasible. Our study explores the exciting opportunities a renaissance in nuclear energy could bring. In the past, there has been the perception in the community that nuclear technology has not been safe. In fact, safety is at the very core of the industry.”

Nam Young-ho There was nothing banal about the river and its colours were so strong. It was as though the river was telling me that’s what my life should be like. I wanted to experience myself what attracted Hyecho to India. I wanted to follow the traces he left along the river. The boundary between life and death was so blurry there. There were many moments where I felt this is it, this is my final moment. It made me think about the value of life in a whole different way. The expedition made me feel a like pilgrim, which led me to think about life and death. I saw more than 30 dead bodies on the river every day during his journey. Once I saw a woman washing her clothes in the river, undisturbed by a corpse floating nearby. Once you decide to live, you have to live with as little regret as possible. What I felt and experienced on this trip will help me on my next one.”
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USA - RESEARCH - 20 AUGUST 2010
Deployment of Buoys to
Measure Air-Sea Interactions During Typhoon Season
An international team of scientists and technicians are participating in groundbreaking buoy deployment that will help them to better understand interactions between the ocean and atmosphere during typhoons...

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INDIA - GANGES RIVER - 18 AUGUST 2010
Photographer kayaks entire Ganges

33-year-old photographer Nam Young-ho has travelled the entire 2,510-kilometer length of the Ganges River, paddling an air-filled kayak or travelling on foot. The trip took three months and is thought to be the first modern expedition of the river completed without the aid of a motorboat...

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 INDIA – KAVARATTI ISLAND - 18 AUGUST 2010
Ship hits coral reef off Lakshadweep India

Just eight days after two container vessels collided in Mumbai waters cargo ship MV Nand Aparajita has run aground off the Kavaratti Island in Lakshadweep causing damage to around 400 square metres of the pristine coral reef, home to thousands of marine species...

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 UK – SCIENCE - 18 AUGUST 2010
Scientists propose
portable nuclear power plants from ships 

Scientists at Cambridge University and Imperial College have come up with a two-stage plan involving giant, ship-borne power plants moored next to cities, and new ways of extending a power station’s life span by 30 years...

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 BRAZIL – AMAZON RIVER - 16 AUGUST 2010
Aug. 10, 1519:

Magellan: Sea route to the Spice Island

MAGELLAN THE BATTLE WITH DATU LAPU LAPUOn August 10 1519 Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set sail with the primary objective to define a waterway, a western trade route between Spain to Asia. Magellan's expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean...
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 USA – CALIFORNIA - 16 AUGUST 2010
Wanted rape suspect found working on cruise ship

CARNIVAL SPLENDOR HAIR SALONA man on a "most wanted" list in California for nearly a decade accused of sexual assault has been has been found working on a Carnival cruise ship operating out of the state of California...

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 UK – NEATH RIVER - 14 AUGUST 2010
First passenger ship up river Neath in 60 years

BALMORAL TO SAIL NEATH RIVER ON AUGUST BANK HOLIDAYEx Ferry Balmoral is set to be the first big ship in 60 years to sail up the river Neath into Briton Ferry on Saturday 28 August 2010 to celebrate Great Western Railway's 175th anniversary en route across the Bristol Channel to Ilfracombe. The passenger ship will depart from the council owned quay at 9am and return 12 hours later...
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 Uk - University of Bristol - 16 AUGUST 2010
AMAZON FLOOD BASIN -NASA GRACEAmazon floodplain
 accurately measured for first time

Scientists studying the largest drainage basin in the world have used satellite technology to provide the first detailed measurements of water flow between the Amazon River and its floodplains. Every year, 285 billion metric tons, or 285 cubic kilometres of water by volume, rises and falls in the Amazon floodplain, accounting for just five per cent of the total water flow into the ocean...

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MARSHALL ISLANDS - PACIFIC OCEAN - 18 AUGUST 2010
World's Rarest Coral Found In Pacific

ELKHORN CORALResearchers from Australia's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) have found a coral seen for the first time in over 100 years during an underwater survey of the Arno atoll in the Marshall Islands. The colony of Pacific Elkhorn coral (Acropora rotumana) has been spotted in the remote North Pacific Ocean...
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ROMANIA– DANUBE - 18 AUGUST 2010
Time saving container barge line launched on the Danube

The Belgrade Chamber of Commerce has announced that a new container shipping line on the Danube, which will cut the time of transport on Budapest-Belgrade-Constanta route, has been launched on August 17 2010...

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INDIA - GANGES RIVER - 18 AUGUST 2010

33-year-old photographer Nam Young-ho has travelled the entire 2,510-kilometer length of the Ganges River, paddling an air-filled kayak or travelling on foot. The trip took three months and is thought to be the first modern expedition of the river completed without the aid of a motorboat...

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33-year-old photographer Nam Young-ho has travelled the entire 2,510-kilometer length of the Ganges River, paddling an air-filled kayak or travelling on foot. The trip took three months and is thought to be the first modern expedition of the river completed without the aid of a motorboat...

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