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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #241 Wind, Waves and Wildlife: Navigating Biodiversity in Offshore Wind
Description: Across the ocean there is an intricate relationship between human activity and marine biodiversity. The energy transition means a huge increase in the number of offshore wind turbines. As our oceans become increasingly intertwined with human activities, marine life faces an evolving challenge.
Extensive monitoring of biodiversity takes place during the pre-construction and construction phase, but during a wind farm’s decades long life, regular monitoring across a huge area of ocean becomes difficult. However, through the development of cutting-edge technologies such as USVs and ROVs, and AI for monitoring environmental DNA, there is a chance for mor...