Tag: Coastlines and beaches

Halfway done, Georgia shipwreck demolition has months to go

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Demolition of a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast reached the halfway mark Monday as a towering crane lifted...

Scientists: Up to 25,000 barrels at DDT dump site in Pacific

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SAN DIEGO — Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped...

Expedition hauls tons of plastic out of remote Hawaii atolls

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HONOLULU — A crew returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing...

With key deals, Uganda’s nascent oil sector nears maturity

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KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda, Tanzania and French oil company Total are set to sign agreements Sunday on building a heated pipeline to carry crude...

Brazilian, US surfers win opening WSL event in Australia

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NEWCASTLE, Australia — Defending World Surf League champion Italo Ferreira won an all-Brazilian men’s final Saturday over Gabriel Medina at the Newcastle Cup, the...

Plan would return beachfront taken from Black family in ’20s

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County plans to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a seaside resort for...

4 gray whales found dead in San Francisco Bay Area in 9 days

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SAN FRANCISCO — Four dead gray whales have washed ashore San Francisco Bay Area beaches in the last nine days, with experts saying Friday...

Salvage crews secure drifting Dutch cargo ship off Norway

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HELSINKI — Despite heavy seas, a joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast...

Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast

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MONTEREY, Calif. — Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California's beaches nearly 40 years ago when they noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea...

Discarded masks litter beaches worldwide, threaten sea life

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SANDY HOOK, N.J. — To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks...