"In 1995 the giant oil company Shell obtained a UK Government licence to dispose of the redundant oil storage and off-loading platform, Brent Spar, by sinking it in the deep North Atlantic. The Greenpeace occupation of the Spar in May 1995 in protest against this plan, and the r…
Decommissioning of Brent Spar chronicles the events leading up to the recent decision to recycle the offshore installation in a Norwegian fjord; the Greenpeace campaign to stop it being dumped at sea; the repercussions of Shell's decision to abort the decommissioning at the elev…
Understanding the Oceans brings together an internationally distinguished group of authors to explore the enormous advances in marine science made since the voyage of HMS Challenger a century ago. The book draws inspiration from the seminal contributions stemming from that voyag…