Bedrock’s Autonomous Ocean Mapping Ambitions Get $25 Million as Renewables Rise

A Bedrock underwater vehicle and the company logo.

Image credits: Bottom rock Demand for offshore wind has skyrocketed, like all renewable energy sources, but the necessary work of surveying, inspecting and mapping coastal areas is a thing of the past. Bedrocks’ autonomous underwater vehicles and digital platform gaming could redefine the industry, and the company has attracted $25.5 million in new funding to … Read more

83,000 Hawaiian homes dispose of wastewater in cesspools. Sea level rise will make the disaster worse.

83,000 Hawaiian homes dispose of wastewater in cesspools.  Sea level rise will make the disaster worse.

This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows a house after it collapsed on a beach on February 28, 2022 in Haleiwa, Hawaii. Rising seas and more intense storms are encroaching on coastal properties. Some coastal erosion removes the sand surrounding cesspools and carries the wastewater out to sea. (Dan … Read more

Yes, solar storms are on the rise, but don’t lose sleep over an “internet apocalypse.”

Despite what many headlines have said, there is no internet apocalypse on the horizon. Concerns about such a long-running catastrophe began spreading across social media platforms not long after a 2021 study titled “Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse” suggested a major solar storm could severely damage internet wires. , especially those submarines that … Read more

Yes, solar storms are on the rise, but don’t lose sleep over an “internet apocalypse.”

a close-up of the sun shows a giant ball of fire in space

a close-up of the sun shows a giant ball of fire in space Despite what many headlines have said, there is no internet apocalypse on the horizon. Concerns about such a long-lasting catastrophe began spreading across social media platforms not long after a 2021 study titled “Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse” suggested that … Read more