the surface waters of the Baltic Sea are covered by algal blooms. On the sea floor, vast dead zones will cover an even larger area than last year. Holiday-makers may not be aware of it, but more than ...

Object is raised about 10 to 13ft above seabed and curved at the sides like a mushroom Hole is surrounded by an strange rock formation that expedition team can not explain Stones are covered in ...

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Figureheads, carved decorations on the prows of sailing ships, went out of fashion in the nineteenth century, but judging by the one recently pulled from the Baltic, perhaps it is time for a revival.

Discharge from ships with so-called scrubbers cause great damage to the Baltic Sea. A new study shows that these emissions caused pollution corresponding to socio-economic costs of more than EUR 680 ...

Human activities account for 20% to more than 60% of toxic thallium entering the Baltic Sea over the past eight decades, according to new research. Currently, the amount of thallium, which is ...

The cities along the Baltic Sea in northern Europe enchant visitors with their beautiful settings and rich backstories. Imagine: Viking ships setting sail for far-off destinations, merchants of ...

In the same time period, time-series measurements in the Baltic have documented warming of about 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition, there are massive oxygen-free zones in the deeper portions of the ...

Following damages to the gas pipeline and data cables, NATO has stepped up its patrols on the Baltic Sea. The alliance has sent minehunters, maritime patrol aircraft, and drones to the region to ...

The Baltic Sea Region is one of the richest and most educated regions in the world, and several surveys have shown that there is a massive public and political support for taking action to save the ...

STOCKHOLM, April 12 (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists painted slogans on an Estonian-owned tanker in the middle of the Baltic Sea on Friday, and said the ship supplied bunker fuel to vessels ...

This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. By the time Hurricane Sandy veered toward the Northeast coast of the United States last October 29, it had mauled ...