Three brothers from Edinburgh have claimed a new record for the fastest full, unassisted, non-stop row accross the Pacific, 9000 miles from Peru to Australia, after almost 140 days at sea
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Canadian crops beat global emissions—even after seventeen trips across the Atlantic
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Researchers uncover Stone Age settlement submerged by rising sea levels in Denmark
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Norway eyes 200-250 MW floating nuclear reactors to power industry and cut emissions – expected to supply electricity to nearby offshore platforms and feed power into the onshore grid
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Norway's Northern Lights project is seen as a model for efforts to pump carbon dioxide deep into wells, but high costs remain an obstacle
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Frontline report: Russia’s oil smugglers are running out of ocean as UK freezes 100+ shadow fleet tankers
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Welcome to the Great Bear Sea: After decades of discord, Canada and First Nations are working together to build a network of marine protected areas stretching from Vancouver Island to Alaska
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Norway wants to be Europe's carbon dump – aiming to capture carbon dioxide from factories and bury it beneath the North Sea
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In one of the top Arctic birding destinations in the world, environmental and health challenges are threatening some of the seabirds that are part of Norway's unique coastal ecosystem
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Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victim.
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A passage of water in the North Sea known as the Skagerrak is a hotspot for young Greenland sharks, according to a new study. But what are the elusive animals doing there?
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Houthi rebels launch deadly attack on Red Sea cargo ship
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Scientists built a canoe using only prehistoric tools. Then they sailed the dangerous 140-mile route early humans traveled 30,000 years ago.
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In the mid-20th century, Britain and Iceland went to war. Sort of. All over the precious resource of cod.
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Norway launches full-scale industrial carbon capture project with billions in subsidies – carbon dioxide shipped to North Sea and injected into reservoirs of oil majors
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Was there a Norwegian island of New Zealand? Stewart Island was home to a significant proportion of Norwegian settlers and whalers.
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Ahoy! A historically accurate open-world pirating game set in the late 18th century Caribbean | Trailer
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Denmark tests unmanned robotic sailboat fleet – vessels will patrol Danish and NATO waters in the Baltic and North Seas, where maritime tensions and suspected sabotage have escalated
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The mystery of a North Sea message in a bottle found on a Swedish island after forty-seven years has been solved
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Survivors and families of those killed in an oil rig disaster forty-five years ago will finally get compensation from the Norwegian state after a close vote passed in the country's parliament
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Saving the sea cows of Vanuatu. There’s still hope for “the friendliest ‘fish’ in the water.”
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How I started studying ways to put seaweed to use
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Ungdomsøen, an island fort in the Øresund strait, lets stressed Danish students unplug from distractions and study in nature
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Aikido Technologies, a floating offshore wind technology provider, has signed an agreement in Norway to deploy the largest floating wind platform constructed to date
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My shipwreck story
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One year ago we created a reef - now it's full of life
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How the 'Shetland Bus' helped Norway resist Nazi Germany – innocent-looking fishing boats delivered valuable cargo and special agents
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Houthi rebels shoot down seven US military Reaper drones worth NZ$334m, in recent weeks
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Scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep
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A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time
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Iceland's largest whaling company Hvalur will not be hunting this season – second consecutive year the company has opted out
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Companies keen to start deep-sea mining off Norway – despite delays that will now see the first licences awarded, a year later than planned, in 2026
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Norway is building the world's longest and deepest underwater tunnel – Rogfast will be about 26.7km long and 390m at the deepest point
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Why the island of Bornholm is Danish and not German, Swedish or Polish
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New plastic dissolves in the ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics
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Remote North Sea isle of Læsø is world-famous for the gastronomic delights that come from its Danish waters – so the best way to explore it is in waders
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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
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Underwater ‘doorbell’ helps scientists catch coral-eating fish in Florida
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Ship carrying highly toxic chemical hit tanker transporting jet fuel for US military
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Finland wants to build a bridge across the Baltic Sea to Sweden for better connections to Europe
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An unlikely survival story in the depths of the North Sea inspired a documentary and now a thriller
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Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play
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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
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Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America' for US users
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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
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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”
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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
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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
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Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says
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The Ukrainian naval war (2024) - Armed drones, exports and the battle for the Black Sea
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