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Atlantic Ocean stories: 36 news summaries

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Freighters Must Brake for Endangered Whales Off US

Right whale get federal protection from speeding vessels

Dec 9, 08 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - A new US law may save the world’s 400 remaining North Atlantic right whales from their worst enemy—large ships. Mariners will have to slow to 11.5mph as they slice through parts of the mammal’s migration path between New England and Florida, the Boston Globe reports. Since... More »

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endangered species • Atlantic Ocean • New England • shipping • whales

Ocean Census Surprises Scientists

Effort to chart all undersea life by 2010 finds 5K new species

Nov 10, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Somewhere under the Antarctic Ocean, brittle starfish completely cover a submerged mountain. In the Pacific, sharks congregate in a region with few food sources but plenty of opportunity for romance. Those facts, along with an accounting of more than 5,000 newly discovered species, are part of the results of... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • shark • Pacific Ocean • ocean • species • ocean habitats • marine biology • Arctic Ocean • Census of Marine Life • Antarctic Ocean • starfish

 Maine's Freak 
 Waves Have 
 Experts Stumped 

Specialists guess at what caused 'mini-tsunami'

Nov 4, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers are perplexed about Maine’s “waves of biblical proportion” that had residents fearing the apocalypse last week, the Boston Globe reports. Just before low tide, New England harbors were flooded with 12 feet of water, which then receded in massive whirlpools, repeating three times in 15 minutes.... More »

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tsunami • Atlantic Ocean • storm • Maine • National Weather Service • Whirlpool

 Bluefin Swim Toward Extinction 

Politicking produces bad management of big tuna

Nov 1, 08 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bluefin tuna are disappearing from the Atlantic and Mediterranean because of overfishing and an ineffectual world agency that's failed in its sole mission of protecting the fish, the Economist reports. Up to 60,000 tons are hauled in each year, legally or otherwise, when the limit should long have been... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • tuna • fishing • overfishing • fishery • bluefin tuna

Bucki the Whale Escapes Baltic for Open Ocean

The humpback strayed into the small sea in July

Sep 9, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bucki's going home, a little thinner but seemingly none the worse for wear. The humpback whale, which strayed into the Baltic Sea in July, has finally made his way back into the Atlantic Ocean, Der Spiegel reports. The whale is only the third in modern history spotted in German... More »

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Greenpeace • Germany • Atlantic Ocean • humpback whale • ocean • mammals • Baltic Sea

 Hanna Sets Sights 
 on Carolinas 

Some areas already flooded; officials preparing for worse

Sep 5, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Tropical Storm Hanna roared toward the Carolinas this afternoon on 30 mph winds projected to keep rising, many Charleston streets flooded and officials ordered voluntary evacuations in some low-lying areas, the Post and Courier reports. "All of our emergency persons are on duty,” the Berkeley County supervisor... More »

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South Carolina • Atlantic Ocean • North Carolina • Massachusetts • Hurricane Hanna • Hurricane Ike

 Fish Found at Record Depth

New device can retrieve live creatures from high-pressure deep-sea zones

Jul 31, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have captured a live fish from a record 7,500 feet under the Atlantic Ocean, the BBC reports. A new device allows recovery of live creatures from much farther down than was previously possible. The expedition to learn more about life around hydrothermal vents deep beneath the ocean also... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • ocean • fish • marine life • seabed • marine biology • overfishing

 Wills' Ship Busts Coke Runner 

Seizes $80M worth of drug near Barbados

Jul 2, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Royal Navy warship Prince William is serving on busted a speedboat carrying $80 million worth of cocaine northeast of Barbados, the Sun reports. The Ministry of Defense said today that Wills was “part of the ship’s company” but would not specify his exact role when they intercepted... More »

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Prince William • Atlantic Ocean • drug trafficking • Barbados • Royal Family • Royal Navy

 Warming Will Reduce
 Hurricanes: Study 

New research refutes megastorms fears

May 19, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change is likely to trigger fewer hurricanes and tropical storms off the Atlantic coast, not more, according to new research that contradicts an earlier study. But future hurricanes will probably be more powerful, according to the research published in Nature Geoscience. The number of tropical storms will likely decline... More »

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climate change • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • global warming • Atlantic Ocean • tropical storms • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • hurricanes • National Center for Atmospheric Research

Scientists Try to Save Bluefin

Fishing practices slammed as 'totally out of control'

Dec 24, 07 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Bluefin tuna can grow to three-quarters of a ton, traverse the Atlantic in less than a month, and are growing rapidly extinct—thanks to fishing practices that are "totally out of control," one US official said. Marine biologists who track Bluefin populations are finding their suggestions rejected by... More »

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conservation • Atlantic Ocean • tuna • fish • fishing • Gulf of Mexico

Deep, Dark Secrets Indeed

New books shed some light on immense, unexplored ocean depths

Dec 8, 07 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the first deep-sea expedition took place in 1931, humans still know little about what goes on miles below sea level. What we do know is startlingly strange, Tim Flannery writes in a look at two new volumes in the New York Review of Books—and a rising tide of... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • Pacific Ocean • ocean • fish • toxic waste • sewage

Weaker Noel Soaks Cuba

Storm will hit Bahamas next, probably miss Florida

Oct 30, 07 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Noel hit Cuba today as its rains kept drenching the Dominican Republic and Haiti, CNN reports. The ex-hurricane's 40 mph winds and 5 to 15 inches of rain are expected to stay over Cuba tonight before moving north tomorrow. Forecasters say the storm will likely miss the US,... More »

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Florida • Atlantic Ocean • Cuba • storm • Haiti • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Topical Storm Noel • Hurricane Noel

Oceans Are Absorbing Less CO2

Oct 21, 07 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oceans are absorbing half the CO2 they were in the mid-'90s, according to a study that collected more than 90,000 North Atlantic measurements over 10 years. Oceans typically absorb about a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions, but the new data suggest they're becoming “saturated,” which... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • carbon dioxide • Atlantic Ocean • ocean • carbon sinks • carbon emissions

Twin Tropical Depressions Form

Systems could grow into tropical storms

Sep 12, 07 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twin tropical depressions sprouted today in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, the Miami Herald reports, and both could become tropical storms by day’s end. Forecasters expect the Gulf system to spiral toward Texas and Louisiana, bringing 10 to 15 inches of rain to the already soggy... More »

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Texas • Atlantic Ocean • Louisiana • National Hurricane Center • rain • Caribbean • hurricane • Gulf of Mexico • Bahamas • tropical depression

Dean Lashes Mexican Coast

Category 5 storm packs severe winds, but leaves no immediate deaths, damage

Aug 21, 07 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tearing into history as the most intense Atlantic storm to make landfall in two decades, Hurricane Dean today pounded the Yucatan peninsula, battering Mayan ruins and swinging toward oil rigs, the AP reports. Pummeling homes and trees in sparsely populated, mostly evacuated areas, the fierce Category 5 storm shrunk to... More »

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weather • Mexico • Atlantic Ocean • Felipe Calderon • storm • hurricane • Cancun • Mayan • Hurricane Dean • Yucatan Peninsula • Gulf of Mexico • Chetumal • Majahual • Bay of Campeche • Hurricane Wilma

Look for Stormy Weather

Despite slow start, hurricane season expected to be busy

Jul 25, 07 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy storms are on the way, weather forecasters warn, despite a typically quiet beginning to the hurricane season. In fact, the government's top forecasting agency predicts an above-average number of storms this year—13 to 17, with 3 to 5 becoming intense hurricanes, Reuters reports. More »

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weather • Hurricane Katrina • Atlantic Ocean • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration • hurricane season • Caribbean • Gerry Bell • Hurricane Alex • Hurricane Ivan • Hurricane Andrew • El Nino • Colorado State University • WSI Corp. • sea surface temperatures

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