Clarissa Wright

Scotland

Freelance Science Writer at AZoMining

Sustainability/earth sci journalist. 🌍 Studied geology at Aberdeen and microfossils at Birmingham. Chief Editor @ Meteored. Novelist. Painter. Neurodivergent.

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Articles

Academics unite with industry for flexible fuel solutions

1 month ago | imarest.org | Clarissa Wright

Finland is embracing collaboration to develop innovative and clean solutions for maritime transport and offroad machinery. Through a collaborative approach, a Finnish consortium is demonstrating how academics and industry professionals can prepare together for the maritime fuels of the future. The project, named Flexible Clean Propulsion Technologies (Flex-CPT), has ambitions to cut emissions by up to 100%.
Underwater hydrogen storage under development

Nov 27, 2024 | imarest.org | Clarissa Wright

If hydrogen is going to help maritime decarbonisation, it needs to be stored effectively and safely, and ports are leading the way. The demand for offshore renewable energy is outpacing available energy storage facilities, yet underwater or subsea conditions could offer a stable and secure setting for storage, also stabilising renewable output.
Is the space tourism debate all black and white?

Nov 18, 2024 | yourweather.co.uk | Clarissa Wright

Space tourism grows as a market with a couple companies offering to take paying customers to space. The question arises - is this good or bad? Private companies have been offering chances to go to space, from a "quick" suborbit to staying over on the International Space Station (ISS). There is now a growing debate, as to whether this is really a good or bad thing. Perhaps, it is not all black and white, just as space itself is not all black and white.
North Sea mental health charter gains momentum

Nov 1, 2024 | energyvoice.com | Clarissa Wright |Erikka Askeland

North Sea offshore work can take a toll and not only because of the elements. As many 40% of onshore and offshore remote rotational shift workers experienced suicidal thoughts a survey by the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) revealed. About a third are clinically depressed on rotation. The stark statistics sparked support to improve mental wellbeing in energy with a 10-point framework called the Mental Health and Wellbeing Charter.
Electrifying the coast for resilience against rising seas

Oct 29, 2024 | imarest.org | Clarissa Wright

Sea level rise is a looming threat, and scientists are proposing an under-explored approach – fortifying the coast with electricity. Sandy beaches make up over a third of Earth’s coasts. Yet, shockingly, over a quarter of these will be washed away by ocean waves by the end of the 21st century, according to a 2020 study.
Geologist unpacks ice to find lead polluting "The Roof the World"

Oct 17, 2024 | yourweather.co.uk | Clarissa Wright

A geologist and his team have found lead in ice in one of the most regions of the world. Find out why and where. Geologist Franco Marcantonio with his team examined the origin of lead contamination found in a Tibetan glacier. They concluded that humans brought the pollutant to the area, including other remote regions of the world. The Tibetan Plateau is a large highland expanse in Tibet - an autonomous region of China in Asia.
Can climate justice and economic equality both be achieved together?

Oct 4, 2024 | yourweather.co.uk | Clarissa Wright

It might not sound like it at first, but climate change and economic equality go hand in hand. Being in intricate balance, if one goes off-centre, so can the other. An example of how climate change policy could negatively affect equality is through the development of geothermal plants in rural parts of Kenya, Africa, "pushing out" local villagers from the area, or at least causing disturbance and no advantage to the local communities.
First Sea Lord invites IMarEST Fellow to write book chapter

Aug 14, 2024 | imarest.org | Clarissa Wright

Gordon Meadow, SeaBot Maritime CEO and FIMarEST, examines how humans and technology coexist seamlessly in ‘Maritime Britain in the 21st Century’Meadow, a Chartered Marine Technologist and a member of the Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships Special Interest Group (MASS SIG), is also CEO at SeaBot Maritime, a company using innovation to enhance learning products and services in the industry.
Scientists identify a tunnel hidden below the Moon's surface

Jul 15, 2024 | yourweather.co.uk | Clarissa Wright

For the first time in scientific history, a tunnel has been discovered under the Moon. Scientists call it an "underground cave passage." How did it get there? An international team of scientists led by the University of Trento (Italy) reached a milestone in the knowledge of the Moon. Their team has published a study in Nature Astronomy that reveals the existence of a hidden tunnel in the lunar subsoil.
Giant “swamp monster” with “toilet seat” head was a top predator before the dinosaurs

Jul 3, 2024 | yourweather.co.uk | Clarissa Wright

The fearsome dinosaurs like the T. Rex are well known, but there were many predators around before the dinosaurs. One of these, a newly discovered creature, appears both slithery and scary, known now to palaeontologists as Gaiasia jennyae. In the Early Permian (about 280 million years ago), it lurked in swampy terrains. The earliest known dinosaurs then appeared from about 30-80 million years ago later, according to the .