TheRepublic.com - Oceans News

Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:49:12 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.

Navy's unmanned ocean recon craft makes 1st flight

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:42:08 -0400

PALMDALE, California - An unmanned jet built for U.S. Navy high-altitude maritime surveillance missions has made its first flight.

National Aquarium expands role in conservation

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:27:27 -0400

BALTIMORE - The National Aquarium in Baltimore is hiring a new officer to oversee its expanded mission to lead conservation efforts for ocean preservation.

Wine aged in Charleston Harbor recovered

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:04:13 -0400

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - A California winery on Tuesday recovered four cases of Cabernet Sauvignon that were submerged in Charleston Harbor three months ago in the first phase of an experiment to determine the effect of ocean aging on wine.

New lab to give scientists underwater access

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:42:02 -0400

SEATTLE - Scientists are eager for access to information from a quarter-billion dollar lab at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that they hope will teach them about climate change, earthquakes and even the origins of life on Earth and other planets.

'Laboratory in a can' monitors red tide off Maine

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:47:20 -0400

PORTLAND, Maine - Red tide monitoring is going high-tech with a robotic "laboratory in a can."

Underwater robot to probe Gulf Stream eddies

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:36:14 -0400

ATHENS, Georgia - A University of Georgia marine scientist will explore the edges of the Gulf Stream with the university's first robotic submersible.

Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:02:18 -0400

GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad - Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto the sand.

Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:16:35 -0400

NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands - Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters.

States to get initial money from Japanese gift

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:01:43 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup.

Company known for river trips announces ocean ship

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:06 -0400

NEW YORK - Viking Cruises, a company known for offering river cruises, on Friday announced that it was launching a new cruise line for ocean-going trips.

Feds concerned about risky activity at Kilauea

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:38:05 -0400

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii - U.S. Geological Survey officials are concerned over what they say is risky behavior by visitors to Kilauea Volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Missile defense system tested over Pacific Ocean

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:31:46 -0400

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii - The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors completed a successful test of a missile defense system by destroying a target launched Wednesday night over the Pacific Ocean.

Group to sue to force polar bear recovery plan

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:29 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An environmental group has given formal notice it will go to court to force the federal government to complete a recovery plan for threatened polar bears.

Demolition begins on NJ coaster wrecked by Sandy

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:24:46 -0400

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey - Riding the Jet Star roller coaster as a girl vacationing at the Jersey shore, Nicole Jones said there was always that one breath-catching moment when the passenger cars swerved toward the ocean, as if threatening to dump riders into the surf.

Demolition begins on NJ coaster wrecked by Sandy

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:14:51 -0400

Correction: Kenya-Sandal Animals story

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:46:02 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - In a story May 8 about artisans in Kenya who turn old sandals into art objects, The Associated Press included two paragraphs that closely paralleled the wording of an earlier story on the subject by the Voice of America. Inclusion of such material should have been attributed to VOA.

Roller coaster to be removed from ocean in NJ

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:37:07 -0400

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey - This time next week, perhaps the most famous symbol of Superstorm Sandy's devastation at the Jersey shore will be gone.

Roller coaster to be removed from ocean in NJ

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:24:48 -0400

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey - This time next week, perhaps the most famous symbol of Superstorm Sandy's devastation at the Jersey shore will be gone.

NJ Supreme Court hears beach dune case

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:49:05 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - When their Long Beach Island town built a dune system a few years ago, it blocked Harvey and Phyllis Karan's view of the ocean. They sued and won $375,000.

Ocean Downs to stay open 24 hours this summer

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:51:24 -0400

BERLIN, Maryland - Gamblers will soon be able to try their luck at the Casino at Ocean Downs around the clock every day.

NY's Fire Island, slammed by Sandy, says it's back

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:44:12 -0400

OCEAN BEACH, New York - The ferry terminal that once welcomed visitors to Fire Island's Ocean Beach community is gone. The police station and community center that stood nearby are also gone, declared structurally unsound. Some homes still have several feet of sand inundating living rooms, but in other places there are signs of recovery.

Search ends for 2 Australians lost off cruise ship

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:07:28 -0400

SYDNEY - Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said Friday as authorities called off the search for the couple missing for two days.

China and India's rivalry extends to the Arctic

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:50:48 -0400

BEIJING - While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants are engaged in a rivalry for global influence that spreads much farther afield.

Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:27:19 -0400

TELESCOPE, Grenada - The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean.