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RINA Chosen for Italy-Tunisia Interconnection Marine Feasibility Study

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RINA, in JV with the Tunisian subsidiary Comete Engineering, has been awarded a public tender for the marine feasibility study for the 600-MW Italy-Tunisia Interconnection issued by ELMED ÉTUDES SÀRL, a joint venture between Terna and Société Tunisienne de l’Électricité et du Gaz (STEG), the two companies which, respectively, manage the Italian and Tunisian electricity transmission grids. The Italy-Tunisia Interconnection is

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INSPIRE Environmental Hires Senior Field, Innovation Manager for Underwater Engineering

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INSPIRE Environmental (Newport, Rhode Island) has hired Scott Olson as senior field and innovation manager to enhance and expand the company’s underwater engineering capabilities. Bringing more than three decades of experience in project management, systems engineering and field operations, as well as a lifelong passion for marine exploration, Olson will play a lead role in cementing INSPIRE’s place as the

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‘Into the Now’: Underwater VR Film Series

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“Into the Now,” is the photographer, filmmaker and explorer Michael Muller‘s first-of-kind underwater virtual reality (VR) project featuring nine episodic short films. “Into the Now” offers a revolutionary, stereoscopic VR experience that explores the most spectacular events in marine life, what Muller calls “the holy grails of diving.” On July 14, Shark Awareness Day, the full series will premiere and go on

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Book: Guy Harvey’s Underwater World

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Stackpole Books will release “Guy Harvey’s Underwater World” on June 1. This large-format book showcases Harvey’s around-the-world fishing and diving adventures. Drawing from notes, photographs and his signature artwork, Harvey weaves together stories, scientific discoveries and insights into the behavior of dozens of gamefish species to give us an up-close picture of his time on and in the water. Chapters

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New Center for Marine Acoustics

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The ocean is vast and full of sounds. Many are naturally occurring, while others are anthropogenic. When these anthropogenic sounds are unwanted, they are called noise.  The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages energy and mineral resource development on the Outer Continental Shelf subject to environmental safeguards, and noise is high on the list of issues to protect ocean life. BOEM has launched the Center for Marine Acoustics to further understanding of noise

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Fast-Moving Undersea Waterfalls Control Submarine Channels

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New research led by the U.K. National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has discovered how fast-moving waterfalls under the sea control the shape and behavior of submarine channels. These underwater channels are the offshore equivalents of rivers, but can be much larger. Submarine channels can extend for tens to thousands of kilometers offshore, providing an important conduit for the transfer of sediment,

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