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Ten whales tangled in seaweed are saved off remote island in Scotland

Local residents rallied together to rescue the stranded whales.

Netherlands

Dutch students complete Atlantic crossing forced by virus

The children, ages 14 to 17, were on an educational cruise of the Caribbean when the pandemic forced them to radically change their plans for returning home in March.

Sport

Brazilian Mikaili Sol wins Kiteboarding World Championships

Colombian Valentin Rodriguez and Brazilian Mikaili Sol soared to success in the freestyle Kiteboarding World Championships in Combuco on Saturday.

World News

Hurricanes likely to become more intense with climate change

Experts say that warming oceans and rising sea levels will likely make hurricanes more intense and their impact more devastating.

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World News

Buckle up! Researchers warn of more turbulence due to climate change

Potentially dangerous turbulence is becoming more common on transatlantic flights because of changes linked to climate change, according to a study.

World News

'A terrible trip': Century since first non-stop transatlantic flight

No one before had achieved such a feat, but the succesful flight itself was marred with intense difficulty.

France

Frenchman, 72, crossing Atlantic in barrel celebrates birthday

Jean-Jacques Savin, a former French military paratrooper, told Euronews he was marked his special day in true French style with foie gras, a bottle of white wine from Sauternes, in Southwestern France, and some of his favourite chocolate.

France

Frenchman sets off to cross the Atlantic... in a barrel

Former French military paratrooper, Jean-Jacques Savin has set off from the Canary Islands in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel.

World

Plastic waste on remote South Atlantic islands ten times greater than a decade ago, research says

Ten times more plastic is washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands than a decade ago, according to new research published in the journal Current Biology.

Green News

She would row single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean

She had to row for 12 hours every day for over 100 days, faced up to 10-metre waves with only herself for company and lost contact with the outside world.

USA

Watch: Great white shark's dramatic hunt for seal off of US coast

A great white shark's hunt for a seal turned into a dramatic scene off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Belgium

Five tonnes of plastic waste from the sea is transformed into a whale

Five tons of plastic waste has been pulled from seawater and transformed into the Bruges Whale, a gigantic sculpture that highlights the staggering amount of waste floating in our oceans.

World News

UK, Ireland top EU countries ignoring scientific advice on Atlantic fishing

“The risk of not following scientific advice is that the EU misses its 2020 deadline in the Common Fisheries Policy to bring down fishing pressure to what is sustainable,” the report’s author, Griffin Carpenter, told Euronews.