The Pigeon Express
A 62-year-old French man survived for 16 hours at sea by using an air bubble inside his boat after it capsized. The 12-metre vessel, which had set sail from Portugal’s capital Lisbon, sent out a distress signal late on Monday evening from the Atlantic Ocean. Spanish coastguards found the upturned boat, but the sea was […]
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have discovered several mysterious holes on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Taking to their Facebook official handle, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) posted photos of the underwater formation. “On Saturday’s Okeanos dive, we observed several of these sublinear sets of holes in the […]
A mammoth cargo ship carrying thousands of Porsches, Bentleys and other luxury cars is on fire mid sea in the Atlantic for the last five days. The fire has been burning since February 16, as the ship drifts in the sea near Portugal’s Azores Islands. Its 22-person crew abandoned ship and was rescued on Thursday. […]
France’s fisheries minister has called for an investigation after a spillage of more than 100,000 dead fish off the country’s Atlantic coast. Video footage filmed by environmental activists shows a mass of corpses floating on the sea surface. An industry statement said the Margiris, the world’s second-largest super trawler, had reported a “fishing incident” after […]
At least 319 migrants have been rescued while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean in several different boats, according to Spanish authorities. Emergency services on the Canary Islands reported that 24 children were among those rescued on Wednesday. But the NGO Walking Borders says that at least 18 people travelling on one of the migrants’ […]
Red-hot lava tumbled into the Atlantic Ocean off Spain’s La Palma, sending up plumes of white smoke and extending a platform of volcanic rock created by earlier flows.The stream of molten rock from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which began erupting in mid-September, reached the water near the popular surf spot of Los Guirres beach just […]
An Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 shook the island of La Palma on Thursday morning, where a volcanic eruption has been underway for nearly two months.According to the National Geographic Institute the earthquake took place at 3.37am in Villa de Mazo and was recorded 37 kilometers deep.This was one of the strongest earthquakes registered on the […]
Hundreds of people on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday woke up fearing for their homes and property after a new river of lava from an erupting volcano threatened to engulf another neighborhood on its way toward the Atlantic Ocean.Island authorities ordered the evacuation of about 800 people from the coastal town of […]
A volcano which has been erupting on the Spanish island of La Palma for two weeks has blown open two new fissures, sending more molten lava streaming towards the sea, as authorities warned that activity in the area was becoming “much more aggressive”.The new vents, about 15 metres apart, have sent streaks of fiery red […]
Red-hot lava from a volcano that devastated the Spanish island of La Palma reached the Atlantic Ocean late on Tuesday evening, nine days after it started to flow down the mountains, wrecking buildings and destroying crops. Clouds of white steam was seen billowing up from the Playa Nueva area. Officials had warned of possible explosions […]
Emergency authorities early on Monday ordered people in an area on the eastern shore of La Palma island to lock down as the lava gushing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano approaches the sea.The 1,250 Celsius degree lava may touch the Atlantic Ocean in the coming hours, likely causing explosions and send clouds of toxic gases […]