Jumeirah Group’s first European resort, Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel & Spa, opened on the island of Mallorca, off the coast of Spain, just in time for the summer season. The hotel features 120 rooms and suites, two restaurants, four bars, two swimming pools, and three terraces overlooking the coastline, in ...
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Feed SubscriptionHow Long Could Cruise Ship Crash Victims Survive in Cold Waters?
The sinking Costa Concordia; courtsey of Wikimedia Commons/Rvongher Rescue efforts were called off earlier today in the aftermath of a Costa Concordia shipwreck on rocks off the coast of Italy three days ago. Six of the cruise liner’s 4,200 passengers and crewmembers have been reported dead, so far, and another 15 or more remain missing
Read More »Yeti Crab Grows Its Own Food
By Ed Yong of Nature magazine In the deep ocean off the coast of Costa Rica, scientists have found a species of crab that cultivates gardens of bacteria on its claws, then eats them. The yeti crab--so-called because of the hair-like bristles that cover its arms--is only the second of its family to be discovered. [More]
Read More »Holiday Baking Classes at the St. Regis
St. Regis is celebrating the holiday season with hands-on baking classes led by renowned pastry chefs at two of its East Coast locations. Located only two blocks from the White House and dating back to the mid-1920s, the St
Read More »Offshore Wind Turbines Keep Growing in Size
Whipped by winds exceeding 90 mph and battered by 15-foot waves, hundreds of wind turbines produce electricity off the coast of the North Sea and send it onshore to power homes and businesses in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark.
Read More »Fukushima’s Reactor Cores Still Too Hot to Open
On March 11, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Sendai in Japan, knocking out power at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Read More »Central Texas is on fire – vulnerability, the grid, and the view from space
Not to be outdone by the East Coast, we are fighting through our own natural disasters here in Texas. [More]
Read More »Irene’s Impact: The Hurricane/Tropical Storm in Pictures
Irene traveled up the East Coast of the U.S.
Read More »Forget Cape Wind: The First Offshore Wind Turbine In The U.S May Be Off The Coast Of… Texas?
The Lone Star State may win the honor simply because it controls the ocean farther from the coast than most states, and the state has virtually no regulations when it comes to building. Cape Wind--the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. to receive the go-ahead for construction--has been mired in Kennedy-centered political problems for a decade
Read More »Eating the Lionfish
The red lionfish sports maroon and white stripes to complement its venomous spines. A native of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the red lionfish and one of its cousins have rapidly established a new domain from Cape Hatteras to the coast of Mexico.
Read More »Video: Shark attack victim on the mend
Chris Wragge talks to Craig and Jordan Mangum, the parents of 6-year-old Lucy Mangum, who was attacked by a shark off the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Read More »Arctic Oil Spill Would Challenge Coast Guard
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major offshore Arctic oil spill could severely challenge the Coast Guard, with no available infrastructure to base rescue and clean-up operations, the Coast Guard commandant said on Monday.
Read More »Linking Erosional and Depositional Landscapes
The surface of Earth is being reshaped constantly. Mountainous uplands are broken down by water and wind producing sediment that is moved by rivers to lowlands. Some of this sediment is deposited along the way, some is delivered to the coast and continental shelf, and some makes its way to the ultimate sink, the deep sea
Read More »Whales Return to NYC Harbor
[audio of blue whale song] That's the song of the blue whale, the largest animal on the planet . It's been sped up five [OR: 30] times faster so that our ears can hear it. In reality, these infrasound songs were captured in 2009, off the coast of… Long Island
Read More »With Tsunami Images Still Fresh And Terrifying, Research Ramps Up In U.S. Labs
With images of the Japan earthquake and tsunami fresh in the minds of coastal dwellers everywhere, tsunami science is getting a fresh infusion of interest, and cash, in the U.S. From giant wave basins in Oregon to current-speed detectors in California, the U.S. is expanding its tsunami research, especially in the Pacific Northwest states that researchers say face grave risk of big-wave destruction
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