Russia launches a rescue operation after a storm damages two oil tankers in the Kerch Strait ~enviro Article 192 words 12 votes
Finland first in world to ban cargo ships from dumping untreated sewage ~enviro pollution.water water.waste Article 608 words 14 votes
A marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean that began a decade ago killed some four million common murres in Alaska, researchers say ~enviro climate change Article 1146 words 15 votes
Archeologists look at how and when humans first moved into the Pacific ~humanities.history Article 222 words, published Nov 26 2024 6 votes
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining ~enviro Article 419 words 17 votes
Norway wants to open its Arctic seabed to mining for critical metals – the WWF is suing the state in a bid to halt exploration ~enviro Article 1316 words 9 votes
Reports claim Houthis make Red Sea vessel attacks a $2B business ~transport Article 465 words, published Nov 6 2024 8 votes
Netflix documentary about oceans and endangered species narrated by Barack Obama ~tv reviews Article 679 words 16 votes
Inside the successful, decades-long effort to protect the Humboldt Archipelago in Chile ~enviro Article 1826 words, published Feb 1 2024 7 votes
Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election ~enviro conservation Article 563 words 5 votes
Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms – government believes building them would have unacceptable consequences for national defence ~enviro energy.renewable Article 300 words 11 votes
Climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to prevent global warming from causing a major change in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ~enviro climate change Article 338 words 10 votes
Archaeologists are investigating the possibility Vikings used shortcuts over land to help them move warships and smaller boats around Scotland's west coast ~humanities.history Article 542 words 12 votes
Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida with 155 MPH winds ~enviro climate change Article 77 words 42 votes
Historic US ship could soon become the world's largest artificial reef ~enviro Article 421 words 21 votes
Tropical storm Francine forms in the Gulf of Mexico; Expected to make landfall in Louisiana as a hurricane on Wednesday ~enviro Article 1048 words 11 votes
Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by shipping their waste overseas? ~enviro pollution.water plastics Article 1877 words 17 votes
A voyage like no other, from Norway to Canada through the Northwest Passage – to raise awareness of the six planetary tipping points in the Arctic ~enviro climate change Article 1153 words 7 votes
Fehmarn Belt tunnel being built with innovative engineering is final step of project to connect Denmark – and the Nordics as a whole – to the rest of Europe ~engineering Article 912 words 13 votes
Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out. ~enviro energy Article 576 words 7 votes
A drunken evening, a rented yacht: the real story of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage ~news ukraine crime russia Article 23 votes
Danish wind power giant Ørsted delays major US offshore project – news follows scrapping of two other Atlantic windfarms and axing of hundreds of jobs as costs surge ~enviro energy.renewable Article 541 words 7 votes
Extraordinary Roman marble floor discovered in ancient sunken city ~humanities.history Article 464 words 14 votes
What it's like to live in a Californian tourist attraction being swallowed by the sea ~enviro climate change Article 2068 words 17 votes
Divers have discovered a 19th-century shipwreck off the Swedish coast loaded to the brim with champagne ~humanities.history Article 325 words 12 votes
"Dark oxygen" production defies knowledge of the deep ocean, potentially upends standard model for discovering life on other planets ~science chemistry.marine biology.marine Article 839 words 31 votes
The underwater 'kites' generating electricity as they move beneath the waters of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic ~enviro energy.renewable water Video 4:53, published Jun 23 2024 11 votes
Discovery of a new primitive microcontinent between Greenland and Canada could help scientists understand how microcontinents form ~science Link 14 votes
Israeli port Eilat in financial distress due to lack of Red Sea freight traffic ~transport Link 4 votes
Ernest Shackleton: Famed explorer's Endurance ship gets extra protection ~humanities.history Article 820 words 8 votes
Adrift off the Finnish coast, the autonomous island of Maakalla comes alive each summer and offers a fascinating glimpse at how Finns once lived ~travel Article 1505 words 10 votes
Danish researchers are exploring multiple uses for wind farms far out at sea, such as producing fresh seafood ~enviro energy.renewable Article 698 words 10 votes
Danish King Frederik X inaugurated the first element of a future eighteen-kilometre tunnel under the Baltic Sea – Fehmarn Belt fixed link will slash travel times between Scandinavia and Central Europe ~engineering Article 446 words 16 votes
Iceland's government has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year ~enviro conservation Article 396 words 13 votes
Ukrainian sea drones penetrate Russian navy’s remaining Sea of Azov safe haven ~news russia ukraine Article 1053 words 17 votes
Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas ~enviro Article 400 words 16 votes
Pigeons in the Arctic: Part III: Sir John Ross’s 1850-51 search for the lost Franklin Bay expedition ~humanities.history Article 3082 words, published May 17 2024 6 votes
Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans – WWF says the government has breached the law without adequately assessing the consequences ~enviro Article 454 words 6 votes
Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the American South ~enviro climate change Article 4502 words 7 votes
‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence ~enviro Article 612 words 8 votes
Why did Google Maps have a big black smudge in the South Pacific before 2012? And why did it disappear? And what does it have to do with Captain Cook? And what is a phantom island? | Map Men ~humanities.history Video 12:26 37 votes
Mediterranean ports warn of overflowing storage yards in latest threat to supply chain ~transport Link 9 votes
Russia appears prepared to create “environmental havoc” by sailing unseaworthy oil tankers through the Baltic Sea in breach of all maritime rules, says Swedish foreign minister ~enviro Article 1031 words 10 votes
Danish military says a missile failure on a navy ship has triggered the closure of airspace and shipping lanes near a major shipping strait off the Danish coast ~transport Article 12 votes