Tag: Atlantic Ocean
“The dune has disappeared by around fifteen meters,” says a mayor of Vendée
More than 6,000 homes and business premises would be threatened by the decline of the coastline linked to erosion by 2050, according to an “objective and probable” scenario carried out…
Is a giant “surf park” project less than an hour from the Atlantic coast really reasonable?
Nearly ten projects of this type have already been shattered in recent years against the wave of protest, or quite simply the wall of economic reality. Will the Canéjan (Gironde)…
How many dolphins will be saved with the ban on fishing in the Bay of Biscay?
Victims of overfishing, dolphin populations are collapsing in the Bay of Biscay. But for the first time, a court decision attempts to stop the massacre a little. In 2023, the…
Between storms, cocaine trafficking and dolphins, the Atlantic is a vast theater of operations for the maritime prefect
One prefect, three hats, two leaders. Appointed on August 1 maritime prefect of the Atlantic, a position established by Bonaparte in 1800, Vice-Admiral Jean-François Quérat is also commander of the…
The Atlantic Wall, the story of “an infernal machine that breaks humans”
The most “colossal defense system of the modern era”. On the occasion of the 33rd edition of the Pessac history film festival (Gironde), which opens Monday November 20, a new…
Reappearing on beaches, plastic beads are “eternal pollution”
They made a lot of noise in January. Large collection operations had even been organized to try to make them disappear. Ten months later, the presence of plastic beads, also…
“Dolphins trapped in nets on the ocean floor are certainly attracted to their prey”
They undoubtedly hit the mark on their first attempt. Scientists from Ifremer (French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea), La Rochelle University, CNRS and the University of Western…
man arrested for trying to cross the Atlantic on a ‘hamster wheel’
By PA Posted 1 hour ago, Update 1 hour ago The makeshift “hydropod” was invented and built by Reza Baluchi. HANDOUT / SHERIFF COUNT FLAGLER’S OFFICE This is the fourth…
Titanic: What it looks like in the submarine – and what is known about the missing
DThe Coast Guards of Canada and the United States continued their feverish search on Tuesday for the missing mini-submarine “Titan” owned by the company OceanGate Expeditions, which started a dive…
Tourist submersible with 5 people on board missing near Titanic
The coastguards began a race against the clock to find the device equipped with 96 hours of oxygen. A Frenchman is part of the expedition, but his presence on board…