In the south of Denmark, a mega project is under construction in the form of a giant tunnel under the Baltic Sea, linking the country to Germany ~engineering Video 3:40 18 votes
Underwater ‘doorbell’ helps scientists catch coral-eating fish in Florida ~enviro Article 626 words 8 votes
Ship carrying highly toxic chemical hit tanker transporting jet fuel for US military ~enviro Article 289 words 26 votes
Finland wants to build a bridge across the Baltic Sea to Sweden for better connections to Europe ~transport Article 993 words 19 votes
An unlikely survival story in the depths of the North Sea inspired a documentary and now a thriller ~movies documentaries Article 2307 words 9 votes
Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play ~science biology.marine Article 937 words 12 votes
Global seafood company Mowi is offering a bounty to fishers who catch escaped salmon after an estimated 27,000 fish went missing from a farm off the Norwegian coast ~enviro Article 484 words 6 votes
Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America' for US users ~tech internet google.maps Article 200 words 25 votes
Denmark will ramp up inspections of ships transporting Russian oil through its narrow straits, in an effort to protect the environment and maritime safety from older vessels in Moscow's shadow fleet ~transport Article 231 words 11 votes
Norway's environment minister has ruled out a ban on open-net fish farming at sea despite acknowledging that the wild North Atlantic salmon is under “existential threat” ~enviro pollution climate change Article 507 words 16 votes
Families of the more than 120 men killed when the Alexander L. Kielland oil rig capsized in 1980 were failed by official investigations in Norway, a new study has concluded ~enviro energy Article 490 words 7 votes
Norway's oil and gas companies delivered record levels of natural gas in 2024 and will drill a similar number of exploration wells this coming year ~enviro energy Link 5 votes
Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says ~news usa Article 676 words 26 votes
The Ukrainian naval war (2024) - Armed drones, exports and the battle for the Black Sea ~news ukraine russia Video 1:03:01 8 votes
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