Tag: Atlantic
Why the Atlantic current could determine the future of humanity – knowledge
There’s something coming our way. This week, Dutch climate researchers commented on their own work with a sentence that was rather unusually succinct for scientists: Unfortunately, one has to deliver…
Ocean Ranger: That’s why the world’s largest oil rig sank in the Atlantic
42 years ago today, a severe storm hit the “Ocean Ranger” in the Atlantic. The world’s largest oil rig at the time was considered unsinkable. But a severe hurricane and…
Scholz and Biden: The Atlantic cannot separate good friends
Olaf Scholz will meet with US President Joe Biden on Thursday. Why don’t they just make a phone call? One thing is certain: the Chancellor is coming at a critical…
"World’s Toughest Row": Crossing the Atlantic in a rowing boat
Janik Prottung and Danny Schleicher cross the ocean – they had the idea when they couldn’t even row. Now, after 3,000 miles, they are just before Antigua and are talking…
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)…
France: One-month fishing ban to protect dolphins
As of: January 22, 2024 3:44 p.m Fishing is banned on the French Atlantic coast for a month. The measure serves to protect dolphins and will now also apply for…
NASA: Time lapse: Largest iceberg in the world drifts 1,700 kilometers towards the South Atlantic
NASA satellite images show the migration of the 4,400 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a. By the end of November he had covered almost 1,700 kilometers from Antarctica towards the…
Conservation: Atlantic salmon now globally classified as “endangered”.
natural reserve Atlantic salmon now globally classified as “vulnerable.” A salmon ready to spawn: The Atlantic salmon has now been classified as “potentially endangered” on the new Red List of…
Virgin Atlantic flies on biofuel – economy
So on this day it should be applied thickly. Even before Virgin Atlantic Flight 100 took off at 11:49 a.m. local time from London Heathrow Airport to New York John…
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…