Tag: Coastlines and beaches
With key deals, Uganda’s nascent oil sector nears maturity
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
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
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
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
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
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
SANDY HOOK, N.J. — To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks...
Sun’s out, surf’s up and California’s reopening more widely
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Cheering fans instead of cardboard cutouts at Dodger Stadium. Screaming thrill-seekers riding the Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Santa...
Biden boosts offshore wind energy, wants to power 10M homes
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to sharply increase offshore wind energy along the East Coast, announcing progress on a huge...
Many Brazilians disregard the pleas to stay at home
RIO DE JANEIRO — Authorities in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro begged the population to stay home, but thousands of Brazilians are traveling...
