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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›
Trending News Headlines : Atlantic Oceans
WARMING OF OCEANS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS UNSTOPPABLE, SAY US SCIENTISTS
Warming of oceans due to climate change is unstoppable, say US scientists... READ MORE›
THE OUTLAW OCEAN TRICKED AND INDEBTED ON LAND ABUSED OR ABANDONED AT SEA
Continue reading the main story Mr. Andrade agreed to sign up, handed over about 200 in processing fees and left for Manila, 220 miles north of here... READ MORE›
MARINE FOOD CHAINS AT RISK OF COLLAPSE, EXTENSIVE STUDY OF WORLD'S OCEANS FINDS
Meanwhile, warming of the oceans is causing water to thermally expand, fuelling sea level rises caused by melting land ice... 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›
PRINCE CHARLES CALLS FOR END TO DUMPING OF PLASTIC IN WORLD'S OCEANS
Prince tells marine environment conference he is horrified at the littering of the seas and haunted by photographs of seabirds killed by ingesting plastic... READ MORE›
STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN
In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE›
SOLAR PLANE MAKES HISTORY AFTER COMPLETING ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP
Solar Impulse 2 has completed the first round-the-world flight by a solar-powered aeroplane, after touching down in Abu Dhabi early on Tuesday... READ MORE›
BABY LOBSTERS IN HOT WATER AS OCEAN TEMPERATURES RISE
A new study by scientists in Maine found that if global warming trends continue, lobsters will struggle to survive by the year 2100... READ MORE›
THE OCEANS MAY BE LULLING US INTO A FALSE SENSE OF CLIMATE SECURITY
The real story of global warming is told in the continual and non-stop warming of the oceans... 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›
BOYAN SLAT'S HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT RAISES MILLIONS TO CLEAN UP WORLD'S OCEANS
The oceanic currents moving around is not an obstacle, Slat said... READ MORE›
11 SAYINGS THAT CELEBRATE THE 'HEART OF THE PLANET'
The U.N. has dubbed this year's World Oceans Day theme healthy oceans, healthy planet... READ MORE›
PLASTIC WILL OUTWEIGH FISH IN WORLD'S OCEANS BY 2050, STUDY SAYS
In 2050, the report says, we'll be spending 15 per cent of our carbon budget on soda bottles, plastic grocery bags and the like... 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›
PLASTIC TO OUTWEIGH FISH IN OCEANS, SAYS REPORT
Massive volumes of plastic packaging are being thrown away after one use, the report by the World Economic Forum has found... READ MORE›
WARM OCEANS KEEP WORLD ON COURSE FOR HOTTEST YEAR
The eastern Pacific is among the ocean regions reporting record warmth, a sign often associated with an El Nino... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING HIATUS COULD BE COMING TO AN END
But Scaife said man-made contributions to global warming would also play a part... READ MORE›
SOLAR PLANE TO TAKE OFF MONDAY FOR FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD
The flight will begin and end in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates... 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›
OCEANS YIELD 1,500 NEW CREATURES IN PAST YEAR; MANY OTHERS LURK UNKNOWN
Marine life can have big economic value sponges and molluscs are among species that have yielded cancer-fighting agents... READ MORE›
DFO GIVING AWAY FREE REUSABLE BAGS IN CAMPAIGN TO SAVE SEA TURTLES
Plastic bags in the water resemble jellyfish, which is one of the leatherback turtle's main food sources... READ MORE›
NASA SATELLITE TO MEASURE RISE IN SEA LEVEL ACROSS MOST OF WORLD'S OCEANS
NASA satellite 'Jason 3' will measure sea-level rise and ocean temperature and tides, which, an expert says, may help protect Canada's coastal communities... 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›
HEAVY RAIN TO SWEEP IN FROM THE ATLANTIC
Forecaster Joan Blackburn said temperatures will drop to between 10 and 12 degrees on Saturday, and rain showers will sweep through the country... 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›
CLIMATE CHANGE: MAN-MADE HEAT IN WORLD'S OCEANS HAS SPIKED DRAMATICALLY SINCE 1997
The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, looked at how much man-made heat has been absorbed by the seas over the past 150 years... READ MORE›
GLOBAL SCIENTISTS WARN HUMAN-CAUSED WARMING MAKING OCEANS SICK, THREATENING FOOD SECURITY
Global warming is making the oceans sicker than ever before, spreading disease among animals and humans and threatening food security across the planet, a... READ MORE›
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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›
SOLAR IMPULSE 2 COMPLETES HISTORIC CIRCUMNAVIGATION, LANDS IN ABU DHABI
After landing the plane, pilot Bertrand Piccard was greeted outside the cockpit by his Solar Impulse partner and fellow pilot Andre Borschberg... READ MORE›
HISTORIC SOLAR FLIGHT MARKS FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD JOURNEY
After landing the plane, pilot Bertrand Piccard was greeted outside the cockpit by his Solar Impulse partner and fellow pilot Andre Borschberg... READ MORE›
SOLAR PLANE TAKES OFF FROM EGYPT ON FINAL LEG OF WORLD TOUR
The round the world flight ends in Abu Dhabi, but not the project, Piccard told Reuters a few days before takeoff... READ MORE›
NO WORLD LEADER DENIES GLOBAL WARMING, SO TRUMP WOULD BE ODD MAN OUT
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive, Trump tweeted in 2012... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE 2 BEGINS TRANSATLANTIC STRETCH OF GLOBAL JOURNEY
Solar-powered plane sets off from JFK airport on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking flight to promote renewable energy... READ MORE›
HOW TRUMP BANKRUPTED ATLANTIC CITY CASINOS, BUT STILL MADE MILLIONS
Donald Trump boasts of the success of his Atlantic City, N.J., casinos, but regulatory reviews, court records and security filings indicate something other than success... READ MORE›
2 DEGREES CELSIUS: A CRITICAL NUMBER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is affecting World Heritage sites across the globe, Markham said... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP INSISTS CLIMATE CHANGE IS A 'HOAX'... BUT ARGUES SEA WALL NEEDED TO PROTECT DOONBEG FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
The Pentagon describes climate change as an urgent and growing threat to our national security ... 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›
TRUMP PROPOSES WALL TO PROTECT HIS IRISH GOLF RESORT FROM RISING SEAS
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive, Trump tweeted in 2012... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE 2 COMPLETES PACIFIC OCEAN FLIGHT
Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, following a 62-hour, nonstop solo flight without fuel... READ MORE›