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Thousands of flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs then taking off a few hours later. Here's why
On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. Subscribe to our ...
On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. There were thousands of ...
They're the hulking hardware of a fossil fuel industry being blamed for climate change. But now scientists have discovered that North Sea oil rigs are being used as migratory stop-off points by ...
Oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy has extended the stay of Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia accommodation rig at the Captain field in ...
In the North Sea — between the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark — thousands of flies swarmed an oil rig. Engineer Craig Hannah noticed they'd stay still on the rig for hours, suddenly taking off all ...
An investigation has been launched after the death of a worker on an offshore installation in the North Sea. Lee Hulse, 32, ...
A study of migratory hoverflies on a North Sea oil rig has revealed their vital role as long-distance pollen transporters. Researchers studied 121 marmalade hoverflies that landed on an oil rig in the ...
Odfjell Drilling has provided a semi-submersible rig for drilling operations at the appraisal well, which are commencing several months after Neptune Energy received consent from the Petroleum Safety ...
Thousands of flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs then taking off a few hours later – here’s why
Toby Doyle is affiliated with The University of Exeter. Eva Jimenez-Guri is affiliated with The University of Exeter. On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon ...
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