Nov 24 2010

Pterosaurs Flew Long, Slow

Tag: Aircraft,Atlantic Ocean,Birds,Engineering,Europe,Flying Reptiles,Fossils,Islands,Models,Oceans,Pacific Ocean,Paleontology,Prehistoric,Seas,Style,Tropics,Wind — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:20 pm
How were pterosaurs able to cruise the skies of the ancient world between 220-65 million years ago?

Nov 22 2010

Earthquakes Threaten Panama Canal and City

Tag: American History,Atlantic Ocean,Earthquakes,Geology,Pacific Ocean — Larry O'Hanlon @ 1:49 pm
Two large earthquake faults could expose the Panama Canal to serious shaking and perhaps damage.

Oct 12 2010

Google Funds Offshore Wind Power

Tag: Alternative Power Sources,Atlantic Ocean,Renewable Energy,Wind Power — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:57 pm
The Internet giant is giving more than a third of the initial funds required to set up offshore wind turbines and a new transmission grid stretching 350 miles from New Jersey to Virginia.

Sep 03 2010

Hurricane Earl Brushes North Carolina

Tag: Atlantic Ocean,Beach,Business,Disasters and Accidents,Hurricanes,Islands,Military,Storms,Summer,Wind — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 1:33 pm
Hurricane Earl pounded North Carolina on Friday as it sped up the U.S. East Coast, threatening dangerous waves and riptides across the eastern seaboard.

Sep 02 2010

East Coast Braces for Hurricane Earl

Tag: Atlantic Ocean,Disasters and Accidents,Hurricanes,Storms — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 2:40 pm
Hurricane Earl is forcing evacuations along North Carolina's barrier islands as officials prepare for the worst.

Aug 27 2010

Titanic Wreck Mapping Begins

Tag: Atlantic Ocean,Ship,Shipwreck,Titanic — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:20 pm
A high-tech expedition aims to create the most detailed portrait of the Titanic's final resting place to date.

Aug 23 2010

Beyond the Black Box

Tag: Air Travel,Aircraft,Artifacts,Atlantic Ocean,Aviation,Batteries,Birds,Child,Colleges,Communication,Computers,Design,Devices,Disasters and Accidents,Electronics,Engaged,Engineering,Engines,Events,Experts,Eye,Fall,Father,Fear,Glass,Government,Health Insurance,History,Internet,Inventions,Investigation,Lawsuits,Logging,Mining,Movies,Murder,Navy,Oceania and Australia,Office,Officer,Polar Regions,Privacy,Radio,Safety,Satellites,Science,Seas,Sensors,Storage,Streams,Submarine,Suicide,Technology,The Future,Touch,Transportation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Aug 19 2010

Mystery of the Missing Ocean Plastic

Tag: Animals,Atlantic Ocean,Barnacles,Chemistry,Environment,Fish,Food Chain,Oceans,Plastic,Recycling,Seas,Waste — Emily Sohn @ 6:00 pm
We’re throwing away more and more plastic. If it’s not ending up in the open Atlantic, where is it going?

Aug 06 2010

Toxic Algae Destroys Shark Brains

Tag: Atlantic Ocean,Fish,Sharks,Tides,Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 1:32 pm
Toxic algal blooms can alter shark brains, making them hyperexcited and in some cases, killing the animals, new research shows.

Jun 29 2010

Smallest Whale Population Identified

Tag: Atlantic Ocean,Fisheries,Fishing,Mammals,Seas,Whales,Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 11:00 pm
The world's smallest whale population is the North Pacific right whale, new surveys show, with only 30 whales alive today.
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