A
new
simulation
of oil and methane leaked
into the Gulf
of
Mexico
suggests that
deep hypoxic zones or “dead zones” could form near the source of the
pollution...
Chemical engineers developed a pump
that splits into
two pieces, a propeller for the interior of the aquarium and a motor
for the
exterior, connected across the glass wall by strong magnets. The magnet
is made
of neodymium, a strongly magnetic rare earth metal...
News USA – ATLANTIC OCEAN
- 27 AUGUST
2010 Diver Wants To Recover
Mercury from Sunk Ship
Greg
Brooks from Maine USA
wants the federal government to lift a ban on diving near a sunken WW11
freighter so he can recover 16,000 pounds of toxic mercury and
up to $200 million worth of valuable metals...
Three boys
have appeared at Ashaiman Circuit Court in Ghana for allegedly setting a ship on fire when it
was towed
to the area’s beach shore after it had run into another ship at TemaPort. The ship called the MD7 was made safe by the
Ghana
Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) after they thought it might sink
due to the
damage caused to it...
A statement issued by
the Lebanese Environment Ministry
identified three ships that discarded dead cows on the Lebanese
territorial
waters. The ships docked at Beirut port on August 16, 17
and 20. The prosecutor’s office issued a
summons against the captain of each ship. The ships will be arrested if
they ever return to Lebanon...
A passenger injured on a
P&O cruise ship in
bad weather in 2008 is taking the company to court. Passenger Lisa
Dolan who won
her holiday in a competition was hit by a trolley and wants damages for
the
injuries she suffered. She said her enjoyment was ruined by what
happened on
board the Pacific Sun as it was struck by seven-metre waves. Ms Dolan
was one
of 77 passengers and crew injured when the boat rolled...
Ministry of Tourism
chief executive Mike Singh confirmed
that Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines wants to build a “tourism village”
near the remote village of Placencia. A majority of the
members of the Placencia
branch of the Belize Tourism Industry Association reportedly oppose the
idea of
a cruise ship village for larger boats...
Cunard have announced
details of
retailers on the new Queen Elizabeth's Royal Arcade. The ship enters
service
in October 2010. Ever since Queen Mary entered service in 1936,
Cunard's Queens
have been famous for offering the best on board shopping featuring some
of the
finest luxury brands and gifts from around the world...
The Greenpeace ship
Esperanza is in the Arctic protesting
deep sea oil drilling by UK firm Cairn Energy. A Danish
Navy vessel
protecting Cairn’s two drilling sites in the area announced that the
Esperanza
would be raided and its captain arrested if it breaches a 500-meter
exclusion
zone...
Environmentalists say
Waters
off British Columbia are the "toilet bowl
of North America" as a result of dozens
of cruise ships heading to
and from Alaska dumping sewage in
Canadian waters. Stringent American regulations in Alaska or WashingtonState are
leading cruise ships operators to dispose of grey
and sewage water in Canadian Waters taking advantage of the more lax
rules en
route...
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has
directed the
Bangladesh Ship Breakers' Association to execute a High Court order,
which
ruled that no ship could be imported in the country without
pre-cleaning and
environmental certificates from exporting countries.
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Philippine's head of
weather service has been
sacked for blaming computer problems for failing to warn residents of
Manila about Typhoon Conson. The typhoon claimed the
lives of 111 people when it hit the city of 12 million residents on July 14 2010...
China
floods and Tropical Storm Mindulle
More than 250,000 people
have been evacuated in
northeast Chinanear the China-North
Korea border as forecasters
warn of a new typhoon about to hit the south of the country. Torrential
rain
has caused river levels to rise to record levels...
Vietnam storm Mindulle rises to 10 update
The
Vietnamese Central Steering Committee for Flood and
Storm Prevention and Control report that Mindulle has claimed at least
ten lives
in the country's central region. There are missing and injured
people. Mindulle hit the mountainous
central part of Vietnam on Monday 23 August 2010...
Hurricane Frank update
Hurricane
Frank gained strength over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday 26 August 2010 after hitting Southern Mexico earlier in the week. Hurricane Frank has
sustained
winds of 80 mph. The hurricane was 610 kilometres south
of the southern tip of Baja California on Thursday mid morning...
Tropical
Storm Earl Set to Become Hurricane
Tropical depression Earl
was upgraded by the
National Hurricane Centre to a tropical storm as it traversed the Atlantic with 40 MPH winds. On
Thursday the winds reached
up to 45 MPH as the storm made its way towards land 695 miles west of
the Cape
Verde Islands, moving west northwest at a steady 16 MPH.
Major
hurricane
Danielle approaches US coast
The
National Hurricane Centre in Miami reports that Hurricane Danielle is continuing
to make
its way across the Atlantic
Ocean towards the US and has reached major hurricane status.
Danielle has
strengthened to a category three storm and has sustained winds of up to
120mph...
Press
Release
A statement issued by
the Lebanese Environment Ministry
identified three ships that discarded dead cows on the Lebanese
territorial
waters. The ships docked at 
A passenger injured on a
P&O cruise ship in
bad weather in 2008 is taking the company to court. Passenger Lisa
Dolan who won
her holiday in a competition was hit by a trolley and wants damages for
the
injuries she suffered. She said her enjoyment was ruined by what
happened on
board the Pacific Sun as it was struck by seven-metre waves. Ms Dolan
was one
of 77 passengers and crew injured when the boat rolled... 
Ministry of Tourism
chief executive Mike Singh confirmed
that Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines wants to build a “tourism village”
near the remote 
The Greenpeace ship
Esperanza is in the Arctic protesting
deep sea oil drilling by 
