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Tristan da Cunha: The Remote Island Shaped by Volcanic Forces and Rich Ecosystems
Tristan da Cunha, a volcanic island group in the South Atlantic, is home to 250 people in a settlement called Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. Surrounded by rugged terrain and unique wildlife like northern rockhopper penguins, it offers a glimpse into Earth's geological and ecological history. Its isolation is so profound that reaching it involves a si...
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Learn The History Of Senegal's Goree Island And Its Door of No Return Which Naomi Campbell Visited
Naomi Campbell turned explorer at the Island of Goree in Senegal, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site
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How Cyclones And Hurricanes Will Change As The Earth Warms Due To Climate Change
When Hurricane Beryl hit the Grenadine Islands on July 1, its 150-mph winds and awesome storm surge made it the earliest category 5 storm (the most destructive grade on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale) the tropical Atlantic has seen.
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Hurricane Beryl Strengthens To Category 5 Storm After Hitting Caribbean
Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a top-level category 5 storm late Monday after it swept across several islands in the southeastern Caribbean, dumping heavy rain and unleashing devastating winds.
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Category 4 Hurricane 'Beryl' Makes Landfall On Caribbean Island
Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, slammed into the Caribbean island of Carriacou, which is part of Grenada, on Monday as a powerful Category 4 storm, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Hurricane Fiona Hits Canada: 5 Facts To Know
Hurricane Fiona is one of the biggest storms of the Atlantic basin season. The storm is now ripping through Canada's eastern seaboard. The storm has wiped out power to most of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on Saturday.
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Great White Shark Fitted With GPS Makes A Self-Portrait In Atlantic Ocean
A 13-foot great white shark named Breton drew a self-portrait in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Shark Found Sliced In Half On Beach Leaves Internet Wondering What Predator Attacked It
A shark found sliced in half and washed up on a beach in Canada has left internet users wondering what could have caused its death.
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Firefighters Struggle To Douse Fire On Luxury Cars Vessel Off Azores Islands
The Felicity Ace ship, carrying around 4,000 vehicles including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, some electric with lithium-ion batteries, caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday. The 22 crew members on board were evacuated on the same day.
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Ship With Nearly 4,000 VW Group Cars, Including Lamborghinis And Porsches, Catches Fire In Atlantic
A cargo ship named Felicity Ace carrying 3,965 Volkswagen AG vehicles aboard, including Lamborghini, Porsche and Audi cars, caught fire near the Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Burning Ship Drifts In Atlantic With Lamborghinis, Porsches, Audis Aboard
The Felicity Ace, a massive Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying thousands of Volkswagen Group vehicles, caught fire near the Azores islands in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday afternoon.
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Hurricane Dorian Powerful And Unpredictable As It Approaches Florida
Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas with unprecedented force on Sunday, a monstrous Category 5 cyclone that became the strongest storm ever to hit the island chain and the fiercest to traverse the Atlantic Ocean in nearly a century.
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French Adventurer Ends 127-Day Trip Across Atlantic Ocean In Huge Barrel
72-year-old French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin on an Atlantic crossing in a plywood barrel had set off from the Canary Islands on Dec. 26, 2018.
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This 11-Year-Old Is Suing US Government Over Climate Change
Levi Draheim is an 11-year-old kid who lives on a barrier island separating the coast of Florida from the Atlantic Ocean. He is also a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the US government over climate change.
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Pilot Whale Meat Poses Health Hazard, Faroese People Warned
The Faroe Islands' ritual pilot whale hunt is not only highly controversial, eating the whale meat also poses a health hazard, public health authorities in Denmark's autonomous North Atlantic territory warn, advising against eating it.
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Tristan da Cunha: The Remote Island Shaped by Volcanic Forces and Rich Ecosystems
Tristan da Cunha, a volcanic island group in the South Atlantic, is home to 250 people in a settlement called Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. Surrounded by rugged terrain and unique wildlife like northern rockhopper penguins, it offers a glimpse into Earth's geological and ecological history. Its isolation is so profound that reaching it involves a si...
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Learn The History Of Senegal's Goree Island And Its Door of No Return Which Naomi Campbell Visited
Naomi Campbell turned explorer at the Island of Goree in Senegal, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site
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How Cyclones And Hurricanes Will Change As The Earth Warms Due To Climate Change
When Hurricane Beryl hit the Grenadine Islands on July 1, its 150-mph winds and awesome storm surge made it the earliest category 5 storm (the most destructive grade on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale) the tropical Atlantic has seen.
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Hurricane Beryl Strengthens To Category 5 Storm After Hitting Caribbean
Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a top-level category 5 storm late Monday after it swept across several islands in the southeastern Caribbean, dumping heavy rain and unleashing devastating winds.
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Category 4 Hurricane 'Beryl' Makes Landfall On Caribbean Island
Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, slammed into the Caribbean island of Carriacou, which is part of Grenada, on Monday as a powerful Category 4 storm, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Hurricane Fiona Hits Canada: 5 Facts To Know
Hurricane Fiona is one of the biggest storms of the Atlantic basin season. The storm is now ripping through Canada's eastern seaboard. The storm has wiped out power to most of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on Saturday.
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Great White Shark Fitted With GPS Makes A Self-Portrait In Atlantic Ocean
A 13-foot great white shark named Breton drew a self-portrait in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Shark Found Sliced In Half On Beach Leaves Internet Wondering What Predator Attacked It
A shark found sliced in half and washed up on a beach in Canada has left internet users wondering what could have caused its death.
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Firefighters Struggle To Douse Fire On Luxury Cars Vessel Off Azores Islands
The Felicity Ace ship, carrying around 4,000 vehicles including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, some electric with lithium-ion batteries, caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday. The 22 crew members on board were evacuated on the same day.
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Ship With Nearly 4,000 VW Group Cars, Including Lamborghinis And Porsches, Catches Fire In Atlantic
A cargo ship named Felicity Ace carrying 3,965 Volkswagen AG vehicles aboard, including Lamborghini, Porsche and Audi cars, caught fire near the Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Burning Ship Drifts In Atlantic With Lamborghinis, Porsches, Audis Aboard
The Felicity Ace, a massive Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying thousands of Volkswagen Group vehicles, caught fire near the Azores islands in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday afternoon.
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Hurricane Dorian Powerful And Unpredictable As It Approaches Florida
Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas with unprecedented force on Sunday, a monstrous Category 5 cyclone that became the strongest storm ever to hit the island chain and the fiercest to traverse the Atlantic Ocean in nearly a century.
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French Adventurer Ends 127-Day Trip Across Atlantic Ocean In Huge Barrel
72-year-old French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin on an Atlantic crossing in a plywood barrel had set off from the Canary Islands on Dec. 26, 2018.
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This 11-Year-Old Is Suing US Government Over Climate Change
Levi Draheim is an 11-year-old kid who lives on a barrier island separating the coast of Florida from the Atlantic Ocean. He is also a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the US government over climate change.
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Pilot Whale Meat Poses Health Hazard, Faroese People Warned
The Faroe Islands' ritual pilot whale hunt is not only highly controversial, eating the whale meat also poses a health hazard, public health authorities in Denmark's autonomous North Atlantic territory warn, advising against eating it.
