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Icebreaker reaches stricken Russian fishing vessel.

Towing an Iceberg: One Captain's Plan to Bring Drinking Water to 4 Million People.

Migrant: Many ships failed to aid Libyan refugees.

Icing of seawater droplets is capable of causing catastrophic damage to vessels, buildings, and human life, yet it also holds great potential for enhancing applications such as droplet-based freeze desalination and anti-icing of sea sprays. While large-scale sea ice growth has been investigated for decades, the icing features of small salty droplets remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that salty droplet icing is governed by salt rejection-accompanied ice crystal growth, resulting in freezing dynamics different from pure water. Aided by the observation of brine films emerging on top of frozen salty droplets, we propose a universal definition of freezing duration to quantify the icing rate of droplets having varying salt concentrations. Furthermore, we show that the morphology of frozen salty droplets is governed by ice crystals that sprout from the bottom of the brine film. These crystals grow until they pierce the free interface, which we term ice sprouting. We reveal that ice sprouting is controlled by condensation at the brine film free interface, a mechanism validated through molecular dynamics simulations. Our findings shed light on the distinct physics that govern salty droplet icing, knowledge that is essential for the development of related technologies.

More than a year transiting the same route reveals unexpected differences in acidification.

Promoting the sustainable development of marine environments requires planning, just as we have long had spatial planning for land-based activities. Now researchers from the University of Gothenburg and elsewhere are showing that marine planning must take climate change into consideration - something that it does not currently do. The researchers' models show that changes to temperature and salt content may impact ecosystems and species as much as all other effects on the environment combined.

Crew uses safe room to foil Somali pirate attack.

Migrants : l'île grecque de Lesbos est en "état d'urgence" d'après le HCR.

Pirate Attack "Drowned".

US warships sent to area where Iran-backed rebels attacked Saudi-led coalition ship.

US warships sent to area where Iran-backed rebels attacked Saudi-led coalition ship.

'Chinese out!' cry anti-canal protesters in Nicaragua.

Why Do Ship's Hull Fail At Midship Region?

10 men accused of piracy attack on Emirati ship sentenced to 10 years and deportation.

DP World Slams Djibouti Government.