Effects in Offshore and Coastal waters

A Numerical Modeling Framework to Evaluate Effects of Offshore ...

In California's offshore waters ... A Numerical Modeling Framework to Evaluate Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on California's Coastal Upwelling ...

The effects of offshore wind farms on marine life

OWFs have an overall negative impact on local ecosystems, mainly due to the damaging effects of marine noise pollution from construction and operation of ...

Offshore Wind Energy Faces Headwind—Concern for Effects on ...

Environmental groups and scientists have voiced concern about how the development and operation of offshore wind farms can harm marine life in ...

Nurturing marine ecosystems alongside sustainable offshore wind ...

On the other hand, offshore wind projects could have unwanted impacts on the marine ecosystem by altering marine habitats, impacting population ...

Geological evolution of offshore pollution and its long-term potential ...

Moreover, offshore pollution shows increasingly serious impacts on the topography and geomorphology of offshore and coastal areas, including coastal degradation ...

Potential Effects of Offshore Wind Developments on Coastal ... - Tethys

The work has involved a brief review of existing wave, current and sediment models available for use in coastal impact studies, such as for marine aggregate ...

Offshore Wind Energy | NOAA Fisheries

Offshore wind is a new use of our marine waters, requiring substantial scientific and regulatory review by NOAA Fisheries. This will ensure that new projects ...

A framework for studying the effects of offshore wind energy ...

Oceanographic processes regulate prey availability and predictability, which in turn drive patterns of habitat use for marine predators (Scales et al., 2014).

A paradigm for understanding whole ecosystem effects of offshore ...

Due to the dynamic and mobile nature of the marine environment and its wildlife, indicators and mechanisms of the three ecosystem processes ( ...

Effects Matrix for Evaluating Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind ...

Estuarine and marine waters within the coastal zone. Physical properties of the water column vary based on the biological and physical forces.

How does offshore drilling affect property values in coastal areas?

Offshore drilling, which is part of oil and gas extraction processes, has a significant impact on the marine environment. One of the main concerns is the ...

The Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on Hydrodynamics and ...

The construction, operation, and decommissioning phases of offshore wind farms all exert pressures on marine environmental receptors (i.e., ...

Reviewing the ecological impacts of offshore wind farms - Nature

Offshore energy production can have both positive and negative impacts on marine ecosystems. Negative impacts are reported more frequently (up ...

Offshore renewable energy: ecological implications of generating ...

Research on the effects of anthropogenic noise in the coastal environment is limited (Popper et al. 2003) but studies suggest that marine ...

4 Potential Ecological Impacts of Offshore Wind Turbines

The simulations showed decreased phytoplankton carbon within 20 km of an offshore wind farm and an increase up to 50 km outside the wind farm area, changes that ...

(PDF) Effects of offshore wind farms on marine wildlife - ResearchGate

The present study synthesizes the current state of understanding on the effects of offshore wind farms on marine wildlife, in order to identify general versus ...

Current state of knowledge of effects of offshore renewable energy ...

Three main classes of effects of OREG devices have been repeatedly identified in reviews of their potential impacts on marine mammals. These are ...

New study calls for continuing need to assess impacts of offshore ...

On the other hand, wind turbines may act as artificial reefs and increase food sources. They could also potentially provide a de facto marine ...

A Framework for Studying the Effects of Offshore Wind Development ...

In order to assess the ecological impacts of offshore wind facility construction and operation on marine mammals and sea turtles in U.S. waters, a carefully ...

Effects of offshore wind farms on marine wildlife—a generalized ...

The results were translated into a generalized impact assessment for coastal waters in Sweden, which covers a range of salinity conditions from ...