Tag: Shipping
Arctic sea ice hits its minimum extent for the year –...
Alek Petty, NASA and Linette Boisvert, NASA
September marks the end of the summer sea ice melt season and...
Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up...
Jing Sun, University of Michigan
Ships carry more than 80% of world trade, and they rely heavily on some...
Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn’t...
Rockford Weitz, Tufts University
For decades, the frozen Arctic was little more than a footnote in global economic competition,...
Today’s global economy runs on standardized shipping containers, as the Ever...
Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Take a look around you.
Perhaps you’re snacking on a...
Gulf of Oman attacks: how merchant ships can keep safe in...
Robert McCabe, Coventry University
The latest attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman have once again highlighted the vulnerability of merchant ships...
Where’s my package? Common carrier freight lockers can ease city traffic...
Barbara Ivanov, University of Washington and Anne Goodchild, University of Washington
Online shopping is a big convenience for many Americans, but porch piracy can ruin...
Cargo ships are emitting boatloads of carbon, and nobody wants to...
Henrik Selin, Boston University and Rebecca Cowing, Boston University
Maritime shipping transports 90 percent of the goods traded around the world by volume. Moving large...
As Arctic ship traffic increases, narwhals and other unique animals are...
Donna Hauser, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Harry Stern, University of Washington, and Kristin Laidre, University of Washington
Most Americans associate fall with football and raking...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
