This Day in Alaska History-October 2nd, 1911
April 22nd, 1917
Cargo Ship Crew Reported Losing Power Before Vessel Crashed Into Major US Bridge
Pilots of the cargo ship that crashed into a major bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, issued a mayday call shortly before the collision, enabling authorities to save lives, according to the state’s governor. “We can confirm that the crew notified authorities of a power issue,” Maryland Governor Wes Moore told reporters Tuesday […]
Study Warns Climate-Driven Collapse of Critical Ocean Current System ‘Much Closer Than We Thought’
“It is very plausible that we’ve fallen off a cliff already and don’t know it,” said one researcher. The system of Atlantic Ocean currents that drive warm water from the tropics toward Europe is at risk of collapsing in the coming decades, an analysis of 150 years of temperature data published Tuesday concluded. “The Atlantic Meridional Overturning […]