The Swedish Coast Guard has boarded a tanker suspected of causing an oil spill on the Baltic Sea. The vessel, Flora 1, is under European Union sanctions for transporting Russian oil.

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China and Russia have a big lead in efforts to control once impenetrable Arctic waters. The U.S. is spending billions on new ...

Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice and study the study the flora and fauna below. The Finnish Scientific ...

Liepājā, ”Moto Park Lauma” trasē, norisinājās motokrosa sezonas atklāšanas sacensības - ''Baltic Sea Cup 2026 Repsol'' Lielā ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Researchers found that historically low sea levels in the Baltic Sea may open the door for its chemical and ...

The Baltic Sea is again a dividing line of Europe. Once a maritime extension of the Iron Curtain that separated the continent into two rival spheres of influence, today Polish Deputy Prime Minister ...

The Baltic Sea is one of the world's most oxygen-depleted major bodies of water. The reason is excessive concentrations of phosphorus, an element essential for life—and an important ingredient in ...

A 17th century Swedish Navy shipwreck buried underwater in central Stockholm for 400 years has suddenly become visible due to unusually low Baltic Sea levels, marking the latest centuries-old vessel ...

The most extensive sea ice in 15 years around Russia's key Baltic Sea commodity ports could curb a chunk of the nation's vast exports program. Image by Daniel McGuire via iStock The most extensive sea ...

Since the beginning of January, an unusually long period of easterly winds has caused the average water level in the Baltic Sea to fall to a historic low. Measurements at the Swedish Landsort-Norra ...