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I’ve moved more than 20 times in the last 10 years. That’s 20 nights spent wrapping plates and bowls in smudgy pages of newspaper, writing “FRAGILE” in block letters on the tops of boxes headed on an uncertain journey. Twenty days spent stuffing T-shirts and tights and worn-out flannel pajamas into suitcases that are always too small; more than 20 hours cursing my collection of purses and my love of shoes.
Authorities say an Air Force pilot had no opportunity to eject after a collision between two F-16 fighter jets offshore, and Coast Guard searchers say they've shifted efforts to finding his body and recovering the plane's wreckage.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Henri (awn-'REE) has turned into a depresssion in the Atlantic Ocean and is likely to be done by Thursday.
Monday's main weather event was forecast to develop in the Midwest as a deepening area of low pressure in the northern Great Lakes swung a cold front through the Upper Great Lakes.
A total of five great white sharks have now been electronically tagged off Cape Cod, allowing experts to track their movements and learn more about their migratory habits.
Massachusetts officials are using a high-tech tag to track the movements of a great white shark near Cape Cod — the first time the fearsome fish has ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.
Forecasters say Fred has weakened to a tropical storm in the middle of the Atlantic, while Tropical Storm Linda was expected to dissipate soon in the Pacific.
Investigators looking for the Air France plane that disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean in June still cannot explain the crash and need more money and resources to search for the aircraft's data recorders, the man leading the probe said Monday.
Relatives of Brazilian passengers who perished on an Air France jetliner that crashed over the Atlantic Ocean are demanding a criminal investigation.
A lawyer says the family of a French flight attendant who perished in an Air France plane crash on June 1 over the Atlantic Ocean is suing the airline to force it to release information on what caused the tragedy.
Deep beneath the crystalline blue surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. lies a virtual rain forest of coral reefs so expansive the network is believed to be the world's largest.
Russian authorities questioned crew members from the Arctic Sea cargo ship after the seamen and eight alleged pirates ship were returned to Moscow on Thursday, adding new details to the mystery of the ship's monthlong odyssey.
It's the perfect Miami morning at Carlos Justo's penthouse — warm and bright, with luxury yachts powering through the sparkling blue Atlantic Ocean some 30 stories below.
European air safety regulators told world airlines on Friday they will have to replace hundreds of air speed sensors of the type that may have contributed to the Air France Airbus A330 crash in the Atlantic Ocean in June.
A French oceanographic survey ship has begun scanning the Atlantic Ocean floor, a new phase in the hunt for Air France Flight 447's black boxes now that they are no longer emitting signals, investigators said Thursday.
The large low pressure system over eastern Canada along with its cold front extending southwestward across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and central Great Plains were forecast to be the focus for active weather Wednesday as it progresses eastward and southward.
One of the world's most powerful telescopes opened its shutters for the first time Friday to begin exploring faint light from distant parts of the universe. The Gran Telescopio Canarias, a euro130 million ($185 million) telescope featuring a 34-foot (10.4-meter) reflecting mirror, sits atop an extinct volcano. Its location above cloud cover takes advantage of the pristine skies in the Atlantic Ocean.
Citing delays in identifying a scallop boat as it sank in the Atlantic Ocean in March, the federal government is contacting nearly a quarter of a million boaters, urging them to make sure their emergency position locators are correctly registered in a rescue database.
Two ships using U.S. listening devices to search for the black boxes of Air France Flight 447 were ending their hunt Friday, an American commander said.
Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says international officials are working out ways to avoid gaps in air traffic control over the Atlantic Ocean.
Federal safety officials said Thursday they are investigating two incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in the cockpits of Airbus A330 planes may have malfunctioned, including one that took place ten days before the same type of plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 228 aboard.
Brazil has ended the search for more bodies from the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last month, calling the task "impossible," but the search for the jet's flight recorders will go on.
The Continental Airlines pilot who died on a trans-Atlantic flight from Brussels to Newark was in "perfect health" and fellow crew members initially thought he had just fallen asleep, his wife told a Houston television station.
An Airbus 330 carrying 203 people made an emergency landing in Guam on Thursday after an electrical problem sparked a small fire in the cockpit, airline officials said. It's the same type of plane that crashed last week in the Atlantic.
National Hurricane Center names first storm of the seasonWe have our first Tropical Storm of the hurricane season. Ana has formed in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, reports the National Hurricane Center.
Air France Bodies Had Broken Bones and Lost Their Clothing - CNN.comAt least some of the bodies recovered from the Air France crash this month had broken bones, Brazilian authorities have told French investigators, evidence that suggests the flight broke apart before hitting the ocean.
Debris May Not Be From Air France JetThe French government expressed deep disappointment Friday over the news that ocean debris recovered by the Brazilian military this week appeared to be the remains of a shipwreck and not from an Air France jet that crashed in the South Atlantic on Monday. More Articles
Atlantic Ocean Being Searched for Lost French Plane by "Ships and Planes from Many Nations"The Atlantic Ocean is being searched by "ships and planes from many nations" for a lost French airliner.
Bermuda Triangle: A Mystery SpotFor a long time already, the Bermuda Triangle has remained mysterious to many.
Settling of dust warms tropical AtlanticRecent ocean warming believed to be fueling Atlantic hurricanes may be largely the result of a reprieve from volcanoes and dust storms. The report also includes an interesting satellite photo of a dust storm blowing off of Africa over the Atlantic ocean.
Pictured: The timeless piece of history which stopped working when its owner drowned in Titanic sinkingExcerpt: A pocket watch which stopped and froze at the exact time a newlywed Titanic passenger fell into the sea and drowned has gone on display for the first time.
1st woman swims Atlantic OceanJennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand, exhilarated and exhausted as she touched land this week for the first time in almost a month.
Whale-Protection Cuts Sought By Bush AdministrationThe Bush administration yesterday proposed scaling back protected zones for endangered whales in the Atlantic Ocean, yielding to cargo companies' concerns about new speed limits for ships in these areas.
Deadly lionfish invade Florida waters? : Fishing & Boating : TCPalmThe lionfish, a native of the Pacific Ocean, is both gorgeous and dangerous. Many people may have never seen a lionfish in the waters surrounding Florida, but that will soon change.
Report: Titanic Discovery Was Cold War Cover-Up - International NewsBob Ballard says his search for the Titanic was a distraction, so they could study Cold War Russian submarines.
North Atlantic warming tied to natural variabilityA Duke University-led analysis of available records shows that while the North Atlantic Ocean's surface waters warmed in the 50 years between 1950 and 2000, the change was not uniform.
Advocates Hope Science Can Save a Big TunaFor centuries humans have mythologized the bluefin tuna, an elite, warmblooded fish that can traverse the Atlantic basin in less than a month and a half and grow to weigh three-quarters of a ton. Romans put bluefin on their coins; Salvador Dali painted them.
US forgoes restrictions on Maine lobstering that were meant to protect whalesGovernor John Baldacci's office said yesterday that federal officials reconsidered the imposition of temporary restrictions on equipment used by Maine lobstermen in Washington County.
How the Earth will look in 250 million years (Picture)Is this what will become of the Earth's surface? In 250 million years, the Atlantic Ocean will be just a distant memory, and whatever beings inhabit Earth will be able to walk from North America to Africa.
The new British empire? UK plans to annex south Atlantic Britain is preparing territorial claims on tens of thousands of square miles of the Atlantic Ocean floor around the Falklands, Ascension Island and Rockall in the hope of annexing potentially lucrative gas, mineral and oil fields, the Guardian has learned.
What caused widespread cooling 8,200 years ago?Records from ice cores show that around 8,200 years ago the Northern Hemisphere's climate abruptly cooled.
Shipwreck yields treasure estimated at $500 millionDeep-sea explorers said today they have mined what could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, bringing home 17 tons of colonial-era silver and gold coins from an undisclosed site in the Atlantic Ocean. Estimated value: $500 million.
Old Data Supports Global Warming Link to Stronger HurricanesA common criticism of research purporting a connection between these two phenomena is that it relies on a hodge-podge of satellite data of different quality and collected with different techniques over several decades.
Northwest Atlantic Ocean Ecosystems Experiencing Large Climate-Related Changes: NSF"It is becoming increasingly clear that Northwest Atlantic ecosystems are being affected by climate forcing from the bottom up and overfishing from the top down," said Charles Greene, an oceanographer at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y, and lead author of the Science paper.
NYC AIDS activist unveils boat for ocean rowVictor Mooney plans to row up to 18 hours a day, crossing the Atlantic alone from Africa, to raise awareness about the high AIDS rate in the black community.
Newest Tropical Depression Steering Away From FloridaModels Show Storm Curving North, Away From Florida The latest projected path for a tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean shows the storm becoming a hurricane this week but moving northwest and away from Florida, according to Local 6 meteorologist Larry Mowry.
Fewer Fish Leads to Jellyfish ExplosionNature abhors a vacuum. Wipe out one creature, and another will move in. Mammals leveraged this principle when the reign of dinosaurs ended. Now in a smaller way, jellyfish are taking over.
Bacteria & Fungi Ride Dust Across OceansDust clouds blowing across the Atlantic Ocean carry hidden pathogens that might reach the United States.
Rich Gallery of Deep-Sea Life Discovered in Bermuda TriangleThe quantity and diversity of tiny creatures found in a deep-sea survey in the Bermuda Triangle region of the Atlantic Ocean is amazing scientists.
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