Probably the most fundamental problem with offshore wind is noise (right in our wheelhouse)…
The downsides of offshore wind – survey noise
Category: Seismic Surveys
Cook Inlet Zooplankton Report
Atlantic seismic surveys dropped
Big news has been popping off so fast and furious these last few weeks that I worry about getting whiplash.
Field Report from Cook Inlet III
Michael Stocker and Manolo Castellote retrieving the hydrophone moorings in Cook Inlet. Photos by Daniela Huson After a challenging couple of days on the Cook Inlet, we have successfully retrieved the four instrument moorings that we deployed in September at the commencement…
Field Report from Cook Inlet II
I’ve returned from Homer, Alaska where I was last week for the second phase of our Cook Inlet Seismic Survey monitoring project – sampling zooplankton in front of, and in the wake of the survey vessel…
Field Report from Cook Inlet
Despite the ongoing moratorium on offshore oil leasing in the US, there are a few locations where offshore leasing remains in play: the western 2/3 of the Gulf of Mexico, the American and Canadian Arctic, and the Alaskan Cook Inlet,…
The suspense is killing me!
While there seems to be a lot of Regulatory Agency activities these days – with changing of directors, indictments of outgoing directors, and also indictments of incoming directors, there are also a lot of monumental actions pending, and have…
Things are heating up on the OCS
Representative Joe Cunningham (D-SC) and his Air Horn demo There are a lot of moving parts right now on the proposal to open up the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to oil and gas leasing. The issue has been…
Alright! Everybody out of the pool!
Seismic surveys used to locate fossil fuel and manage their extraction are exacting a steep toll on marine life.
Keeping the fires lit under the Seismic Survey Proposal
We’re not really waiting for the smoke to settle on the Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs) issued a week ago last Friday before sharing with you what to do next. We’re actually enjoying watching the continuing conflagration – for the simple…