Tidal

In the midst of the pandemic the government gave unemployment benefits to the incarcerated, the imaginary, and the dead. It sent money to “farms” that turned out to be front yards. It paid people who were on the government’s “Do Not Pay…

Buildings in Singapore at dusk. Asia is already home to a number of tidal power projects.Guvendemir | E+ | Getty ImagesJapanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha is to take part in a tidal power project planned for Singapore, as the…

One of the most mysterious astronomical objects, black holes are said to have an extreme gravitational pull which helps them suck in nearly everything that gets close to them, even light. While this has been known for long, scientists have…

In 2019, astronomers observed the nearest example to date of a star that was shredded, or "spaghettified," after approaching too close to a massive black hole. That tidal disruption of a sun-like star by a black hole 1 million times more…

Orbital Marine Power's O2 turbine at the Orkney Islands, north of the Scottish mainland, in September 2021. Scotland has become a hub for companies and projects focused on tidal power and marine energy in general.William Edwards | AFP |…

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An image of the £4.6 million FastBlade facility. Scotland has a long association with North Sea oil and gas production, but in recent years it's also become a hub for companies and projects focused on tidal power and marine energy in…

An overhead view of a tidal turbine from Orbital Marine Power on September 6, 2021.William Edwards | AFP | Getty ImagesEuropean installations of tidal and wave energy capacity jumped in 2021, as the ocean energy sector saw deployments…

An aerial shot of the Severn Estuary from 2010.Jamie Cooper | Sspl | Getty ImagesAn independent commission in the U.K. is to revisit the possibility of using the Severn Estuary, a large body of water between England and Wales, to harness…

Over the past two weeks, cases of the virus have more than doubled in six countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belaurus, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, said WHO Regional Director, Dr. Hans Kluge. “As…