Environmental activists take part in a protest to call for an international moratorium on deep-sea mining. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images It makes the northern European country the first in the world to move forward with the process of extracting minerals from the seabed. Norway’s government said the practice could be one way … Read more
Florida manatees have spent the last few years struggling to survive, but just days ago, one state park saw a more uplifting update from the species. Blue Springs State Park, just a few dozen miles north of Orlando, saw its largest-ever manatee count. “Record-breaking morning at Blue Spring State Park,” the park wrote on Facebook … Read more
A New Zealand man survived nearly 24 hours floating in the ocean after falling off a fishing boat and surviving a close encounter with a shark, authorties said. Police said he was finally rescued by fishermen on another boat noticed the sun reflecting on the man’s watch. The man was not identified, but Whangamatā Police … Read more
Forecasters are warning of an “exceptionally dangerous” wave event along the California coast that “has not occurred in many years” — and in Ventura on Thursday, beachgoers experienced just how dangerous it can be. Video shows a massive rogue wave slamming into a sea wall along the beach, sweeping up a truck and sending numerous … Read more
Panama City — A team of international scientists working on a research vessel off the coast of Panama is looking for something you might think would be hard to find. “We are exploring the unexplored,” Alvise Vianello, an associate chemistry professor at Aalborg University in Denmark, told CBS News. “…It’s like, you know, finding the … Read more
The University of Victoria experts listed below are available to media for comment on topics related to the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 UAE, which takes place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This year’s conference themes are technology and innovation, inclusion, frontline communities and finance. UVic is ranked 3rd … Read more
Hurricane Lee strengthened rapidly Thursday and developed into a major Category 5 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Lee intensified quickly over the Atlantic Ocean’s very warm waters, growing from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday and all the way to a Category 5 hurricane Thursday night, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. Lee … Read more
A study out this week raised a dire warning about the future of the planet and humanity, suggesting a system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean could totally collapse as early as 2025 — a frightening scenario that was the premise for the 2004 film “The Day After Tomorrow.” But some scientists say that while a collapse … Read more