A Norse ship’s company call OceanTherm has hatched an ambitious program to halt one of the most destructive force-out of nature , and aims to do so using nothing more than bubbles . By float pocket of atmosphere up from rich beneath the waves , the house hop to be capable to melt off ocean surface temperatures , thereby divest violent storm of the Department of Energy they need to modernise intohurricanes .
have a go at it as “ bubble drapery ” engineering , this sheer resolution works by feeding compressed breeze into perforated organ pipe on the ocean floor . As the bubbles rise , they bring with them cold urine from the rich , at long last cool the control surface .
fit in to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association ( NOAA ) , hurricanes forge when quick urine evaporate from the sea surface and suffer cool winds blowing across the ocean . The risk of a tropical stormdeveloping into a full - blown hurricaneis greatest when surface temperatures exceed 26.5 ° C ( 80 ° F ) .
By lay a bubble pall across strategic regions of the Gulf of Mexico , OceanTherm hopes to maintain surface temperatures below this decisive point duringhurricane season , thereby subdue the scourge of catastrophe . In an audience withFOX4Now , the company ’s CEO Olav Hollingsaeter said the idea first occur to him after witnessing the wipeout do by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 .
A retired Norwegian Navy policeman , Hollingsaeter divulge that initial test have allow some encouraging resolution . “ [ At a deepness of ] 100 meters [ 328 feet ] , we found body of water cold enough to reduce the airfoil temperature below 80 degrees [ Fahrenheit ] , ” he said .
According to the company’swebsite , similar technologies have been used for years to keep Norway ’s fjord chicken feed - devoid in wintertime . However , OceanTherm says it now mean to set up a house of cards mantle at a deepness of 200 meters [ 656 foot ] , which would represent the deepest applications programme to date .
By chill surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico , the companysaysthat tropical tempest could be kept “ comparatively weak ” . When such a storm make landfall , the result is “ no picnic , but lives are write and meg of dollar mark in damage is prevented . ”
Unsurprisingly , the creation of this house of cards drape is likely to be rather expensive , with the total price for all upcoming tests being estimated at $ 17.3 million . However , given the financial mayhem work by hurricanes , OceanTherm think that this investment funds will pay dividends .
