Sweden's navy HQ is returning to a vast underground cold war fortress designed to withstand a nuclear attack – seen as a defensive move against a resurgent Russia ~news sweden.musko politics russia Article 661 words 8 votes
US Navy Surface Action Group consisting of a cruiser, three destroyers, and a helicopter strike squadron are operating in the Arctic waters surrounding Iceland ~news iceland usa Link 7 votes
Special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ~enviro climate change Article 2885 words 5 votes
A decade later, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has left an abyssal wasteland ~enviro pollution.water Article 1640 words 11 votes
American becomes first person to swim English Channel four times without stopping ~sports Article 616 words 8 votes
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg nears end of her Atlantic crossing on zero-carbon yacht ~enviro Article 365 words 7 votes
Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea ~design urban planning Article 335 words 11 votes
Arctic sea ice loaded with microplastics ~enviro plastics.micro pollution.water Article 657 words 9 votes
The North Atlantic ocean current, which warms northern Europe, may be slowing ~enviro climate change Article 417 words 6 votes
Who will pay for the huge costs of holding back rising seas? ~enviro climate change Article 2179 words 6 votes
Alarm over North Atlantic right whale's survival after recent deaths ~enviro Article 445 words 5 votes
Twenty pilot whales have died stranded in mysterious circumstances on the south-western coast of Iceland ~enviro Article 254 words 4 votes
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has accepted a ride across the Atlantic by sail boat to attend two key climate conferences ~enviro Article 313 words 7 votes
Researchers in Norway have found a freshwater pond on the seabed outside the country's western coast ~science Article 440 words 7 votes
Dozens of dead beached whales have been spotted by sightseers during a helicopter flight over western Iceland ~enviro Article 190 words 9 votes
The Arctic Ocean's sea ice hit record low levels this June ~enviro climate change water Article 838 words 9 votes
Finland to Estonia undersea rail tunnel project has taken a step forward ~engineering Article 513 words 12 votes
Norway reportedly detects radioactive leakage from Soviet submarine ‘Komsomolets’ in Arctic ~humanities.history Article 422 words 7 votes
The end of the Arctic as we know it ~enviro climate change Article 2541 words, published Jun 7 2019 10 votes
Kelp has been touted as the new kale, but it's been slow to catch on ~food Article 1015 words 4 votes
Retired oil rigs off the California coast could find new lives as artificial reefs ~enviro Article 1052 words 4 votes
Inside the long war to protect plastic: Single-use plastic is clogging oceans and landfills. The industry that makes it has waged a decades-long campaign to keep it on the market. ~enviro pollution.water plastics.single use Article 3551 words 4 votes
Satellite images show no major damage to Persian Gulf ships claimed to be 'sabotaged' by US officials ~news saudi arabia usa iran united arab emirates Article 1226 words 5 votes
A new survey finds that green turtles numbers are increasing in the Pacific ~enviro conservation climate change Article 672 words 8 votes
Indonesia plans to move its capital out of Jakarta, a city that's sinking ~design urban planning Article 594 words 9 votes
Chinese surveillance near Papua New Guinea expanding as Australia and US begin Manus Island naval upgrades ~news china australia usa papua new guinea.manus island politics Article 918 words 6 votes
An elusive whale is found all around the world ~science Article 807 words, published Mar 22 2019 5 votes
The seas are saving us from runaway global warming, but for how long? ~enviro climate change Article 419 words 5 votes
If sea levels rise and Pacific nations go under water — what happens to maritime boundaries? ~enviro climate change Article 799 words 9 votes
A grand plan to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ~enviro plastics pollution Article 6696 words 10 votes
The island nation of Tonga is facing a near-total internet blackout. The country’s only undersea cable was damaged during a storm. ~tech Article 488 words 12 votes
Japan formally announces IWC withdrawal to resume commercial whaling ~enviro Article 555 words 17 votes
Russia seizes Ukrainian ships near annexed Crimea after firing on them ~news russia ukraine Article 235 words 29 votes
APEC leaders summit: Five key moments in Pacific tug of war ~news papua new guinea china Article 873 words 6 votes
Super typhoon Yutu, 'strongest storm of 2018,' slams US Pacific Territory ~enviro Article 463 words 10 votes
China to open mega-bridge and tunnel: Thirty-four miles across the water ~engineering Article 525 words 8 votes
Shift in large-scale Atlantic circulation causes lower-oxygen water to invade Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence ~enviro climate change Article 843 words, published Sep 17 2018 8 votes