Potential impacts of floating wind turbine technology for marine species and habitats

SM Maxwell, F Kershaw, CC Locke… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Offshore wind energy is expanding globally and new floating wind turbine technology now
allows wind energy developments in areas previously too deep for fixed-platform turbines …

Current understanding and research needs for ecological risk assessments of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in subsea oil and gas pipelines

DJ Koppel, F Kho, A Hastings, D Crouch… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thousands of offshore oil and gas facilities are coming to the end of their life in jurisdictions
worldwide and will require decommissioning. In-situ decommissioning, where the subsea …

Offshore decommissioning horizon scan: Research priorities to support decision-making activities for oil and gas infrastructure

SM Watson, DL McLean, BJ Balcom… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thousands of oil and gas structures have been installed in the world's oceans over the past
70 years to meet the population's reliance on hydrocarbons. Over the last decade, there has …

Modeling the present and future distribution of arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus under climate change scenarios in Mainland China

B Liu, X Gao, J Ma, Z Jiao, J **ao, MA Hayat… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are two important mosquito species which transmit
various infectious arbovirus diseases represented mainly by dengue fever. These two …

Modeling the current land suitability and future dynamics of global soybean cultivation under climate change scenarios

L Feng, H Wang, X Ma, H Peng, J Shan - Field Crops Research, 2021 - Elsevier
With high economic and nutritional value, soybean is an important crop with increasing
global demand. In order to explore the current global potential cultivation areas of soybean …

Theory, practice, and design criteria for utilizing artificial reefs to increase production of marine fishes

DJ Pondella, JT Claisse, CM Williams - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Increasing the production of marine fishes is a tractable goal with wide socioeconomic and
ecological appeal. Ecosystem restoration projects that increase the amount of suitable …

[HTML][HTML] Current understanding of the ecological risk of mercury from subsea oil and gas infrastructure to marine ecosystems

F Kho, DJ Koppel, R von Hellfeld, A Hastings… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many oil and gas fields are nearing production cessation and will require decommissioning,
with the preferred method being complete infrastructure removal in most jurisdictions …

Ocean sprawl facilitates dispersal and connectivity of protected species

LA Henry, CG Mayorga-Adame, AD Fox, JA Polton… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Highly connected networks generally improve resilience in complex systems. We present a
novel application of this paradigm and investigated the potential for anthropogenic …

[KIRJA][B] Bat conservation: global evidence for the effects of interventions

A Berthinussen, OC Richardson, JD Altringham - 2014 - books.google.com
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical
conservation of bats. The authors worked with an international group of bat experts and …

Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity

DL McLean, LC Ferreira, JA Benthuysen… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Offshore platforms, subsea pipelines, wells and related fixed structures supporting the oil
and gas (O&G) industry are prevalent in oceans across the globe, with many approaching …