Recent News Headlines : Ucla Helistop United States
U.S., CANADA BAN OFFSHORE DRILLING IN ARCTIC WATERS
The move helps put some finishing touches on Obama's environmental legacy while also testing president-elect Donald Trump's promise to unleash the nation's untapped energy reserves... READ MORE›
PASS THE DRAMAMINE: WORLD'S LARGEST WAVE RECORDED
The wave was recorded by an automated buoy on Feb 4,A 2013, in the North Atlantic ocean between Iceland and the U.K... READ MORE›
FISHERMEN HOPE TRUMP DUMPS, OR AT LEAST EASES, OBAMA'S ATLANTIC MARINE PROTECTIONS
New England fishermen who opposed President Barack Obama's creation of the Atlantic Ocean's first marine national monument are now hopeful President-elect... READ MORE›
EU PROPOSES TOTAL COMMERCIAL FISHING BAN ON ATLANTIC SEA BASS
EU sources predicted a very difficult meeting at the council, where ministers traditionally vie to appear strong in defence of their domestic fishing industries... READ MORE›
OBAMA CREATES AMERICA'S FIRST PROTECTED AREA IN ATLANTIC
Creating the Atlantic Ocean's first marine national monument is a needed response to dangerous climate change, oceanic dead zones and unsustainable fishing... READ MORE›
OBAMA PUTS NORTH ATLANTIC ZONE OFF-LIMITS TO DRILLING, FISHING
President Obama will designate the first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS WANT TO BUILD ATLANTIC OCEAN WALL TO KEEP OUT IMMIGRANTS, ACCORDING TO SURVEY
The poll also found that voters consider Mr Trump more favourable than junk mail, the Bubonic plague, bed bugs and mosquitoes... READ MORE›
ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE
A change is usually expected in late August and September, when the hurricane season usually sparks into life... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Atlantic Oakwoods
EASYJET AIRLINE STAFF PHOTOGRAPH SOLAR ECLIPSE AT 37,000FT IN THE AIR
UK flight was en route to Icelandic capital as it passed over the Faroe Islands Rose Troup Buchanan Rose is an online news reporter... READ MORE›
VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRLINER BOUND FOR HEATHROW CRASHES WING INTO FENCE
There were 277 passengers and 14 crew aboard the plane at the time a Virgin spokeswoman told Sky News... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE UNVEILS PLAN TO OPEN ATLANTIC WATERS TO OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
However, the Obama administration's plan called for doubling down on offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico... READ MORE›
WHAT HAS THE EU EVER DONE FOR MY ... FELLOW CREATURES?
Among the most beneficial of the EU interventions has been the Natura 2000 network of specially protected sites... READ MORE›
IN PHOTOS: VIRGIN ATLANTIC PASSENGERS TRAPPED AT JFK BECAUSE OF WEATHER
A travel ban took effect at 11pm on Monday in the New York area, outlawing cars from the road and halting all public transportation... READ MORE›
VIRGIN ATLANTIC TURNS FLIGHT BACK TO UK AFTER LASER INCIDENT
A Virgin Atlantic VA.UL flight heading to New York returned to London Heathrow airport on Sunday after a laser beam incident, the British airline said... READ MORE›
FOR SALE: JUMBO JET COMPLETE WITH FAMOUS LIVERY BUT NO ENGINES
Her final flights, without passengers, took her to Gatwick, then Las Vegas and from there to the Goodyear airfield near Phoenix, where she joined other excess or decommissioned commercial aircraft... READ MORE›
VIRGIN ATLANTIC FLIGHT TURNS BACK TO HEATHROW FOLLOWING LASER INCIDENT
A plane bound for New York had to return to Heathrow Airport after a laser was shone at the cockpit... READ MORE›
ECLIPSE SWEEPS ACROSS ATLANTIC, VISIBLE ONLY FROM REMOTE ISLANDS
This is hopefully our fourth total solar eclipse, said German tourist Helge Lubenow on the Faroes... READ MORE›
FIFTY PERCENT CHANCE OF CYCLONE FORMATION SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA
NHC says 50 percent chance of cyclone formation southeast of Bermuda... READ MORE›
CRUISE SHIP THAT SAILED IN STORM HEADED BACK TO HOME PORT
The winds were so strong that I thought the phone would blow from my hands, Sam Lairson, of Ocean City, New Jersey, said in an email... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL SLOW TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHTS, STUDY SAYS
Winds bolstered by climate change will slow flights between North America and Europe, boosting fuel costs and the carbon dioxide emissions that caused the... READ MORE›
U.S. SENATORS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEK TO STOP SEISMIC SURVEYS OF ATLANTIC FLOOR
As bad as that was, these permits are orders of magnitude worse, said Cindy Zipf, executive director of New Jersey-based Clean Ocean Action... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER TRUMP NOW WANTS WALL TO KEEP ATLANTIC OFF HIS LINKS AMID GLOBAL WARMING
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing noncompetitive, Trump tweeted in 2012... READ MORE›
ATLANTIC DAWN BREAKS AFTER TURBULENT NIGHT TO DELIGHT OF SOLO IMPULSE PILOT 51 HOURS INTO FLIGHT
The Solar Impulse 2 plane went through a long night of turbulence over the Atlantic, its weary pilot said Wednesday as he continued on the challenging le... READ MORE›
Related News Headlines : Atlantic Oakwoods
DESPITE RUSSIAN THREATS, NATO MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN IN EUROPE MUST CONTINUE, US OFFICIAL SAYS
Russia President Vladimir Putin has for many years described NATO's efforts to develop defenses against ballistic missiles as a move to neutralize Moscow... READ MORE›
HOW NORTH KOREAN SEAFOOD ENDS UP IN COUNTRIES THAT BAN IT
Reuters could not independently confirm that North Korean seafood from Yanji or nearby towns is being exported to South Korea, Japan and the United States... READ MORE›
U.S. CHALLENGES CHINA'S IMPORTS OF NORTH KOREAN COAL AMID U.N. SANCTIONS
China announced in April that it would ban North Korean coal imports to comply with U.N... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA 'PURGES' TOP OFFICIAL AMID SPIKE IN HIGH-LEVEL DEFECTIONS
2 official in London defected this summer, South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo newspaper said Wednesday... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA LABELS PRESIDENT OBAMA 'FOOLISH' AND DEMANDS RECOGNITION AS A 'LEGITIMATE' NUCLEAR-ARMED STATE
North Korea on Sunday lashed out at US President Barack Obama for his condemnation of the country's fifth nuclear test... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA SAYS SANCTIONS PUSH AFTER NUCLEAR TEST 'LAUGHABLE'
Security council resolution during their call, the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA'S 5TH NUKE TEST 'FANATIC RECKLESSNESS'
North Korea's persistent pursuit of missiles and nuclear weapons has long been one of the most intractable foreign policy problems for U.S. administrations... READ MORE›
KOREAN PENINSULA NEEDS TALKS, NOT THAAD
The reason openly cited for the deployment of THAAD in the ROK is to defend against the threats from the DPRK... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT IN LONDON DEFECTS
LONDON -- A North Korean diplomat stationed in the British capital has defected to South Korea with his family, South Korean authorities said Wednesday... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA REJECTS DONALD TRUMP'S 'USELESS' OFFER TO MEET KIM JONG-UN
North Korea conducted a fourth nuclear test in January and launched a long-range rocket in February, triggering tougher international sanctions... READ MORE›
ASIA NORTH KOREA IS SAID TO APPOINT CAREER ENVOY AS FOREIGN MINISTER
A South Korean Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday that his government had learned that Ri Yong-ho had been appointed foreign minister... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA PLANS TO MAKE GUIDED MUNITIONS, NORTH KOREA MAY BE VYING FOR NEW MEDIUM-RANGE SOLID-FUEL MISSILE
South Korea also announced that during the five-year period, it will introduce anti-ballistic early warning radar to detect North Korea's submarine-launched ballistic missiles... READ MORE›