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GSO professor discovers numerous impacts offshore wind farm has on marine life

amain8 years ago8 years ago04 mins

Photo by Anna Meassick | Wind turbines are becoming increasingly popular in the sustainable energy field. A professor at the University of Rhode Island has discovered that noise generated by the wind farm located off the coast of Block Island is not loud enough to disturb local marine life. The wind farm, which is the…

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GSO professor discovers numerous impacts offshore wind farm has on marine life

amain8 years ago8 years ago04 mins

A professor at the University of Rhode Island has discovered that the Block Island offshore wind farm has altered several aspects of the nearby marine environment. John King, an oceanography professor at URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus, has discovered that the wind farm has created a reef-like environment around the turbines. The steel pilings that support…

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