How SS United States, bigger than Titanic, will become world's largest artificial reef
It can't be saved, but it won't be scrapped. This ocean liner will get new life as an undersea attraction for divers and tourists.
SS United States to be towed from Phila., launching transition into artificial reef
The historic ocean liner SS United States, whose fate had been in limbo for years, will begin its transition into the world's largest sunken artificial reef beginning this week in Philadelphia, its ...
Major commuter bridges to be shut down briefly when historic ocean liner is towed out of Philadelphia dock
The United States, branded “America’s Flagship” during her run on the now-defunct United States Lines, has been docked in ...
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Luxury liner designed to rush troops to thwart a Soviet invasion to join world’s largest artificial reef
The SS United States — a luxury ocean liner built in the 1950s — was planned to be used as a Cold War transport ship for troops and now will become part of the world’s largest artificial reef off ...
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Iceberg A-68: The story of how a mega-berg transformed the ocean
As they drift and melt in the Southern Ocean, they create a unique environment around them. It began with a crack. A very, very large one. In late 2016, scientists spotted a rapidly growing ...
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Turning an ocean liner
The economy, however, changes slowly. It is like trying to turn an ocean liner around. It can go several miles after the wheel is turned before the liner slowly responds. Eventually it can turn ...
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Dangers of Atlantic Ocean current collapse have been ‘greatly underestimated’, scientists warn
Scientists have warned that the dangers of the collapse of a key Atlantic Ocean current that helps regulate the Earth's climate have been "greatly underestimated". In an open letter published ...
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In a First, Scientists Find Animals Thriving Beneath the Ocean Floor in Hidden Habitats Near Deep-Sea Vents
The discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible above the crust Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent A sample of ocean ...
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Once grand luxury ocean liner to become majestic artificial reef off Florida
Oct. 21 (UPI) --Officials in Florida's Panhandle predict the transformation of the former glamour cruise liner SS United States into a sunken artificial reef will be a major boost for the region's eco ...
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Once grand luxury ocean liner to become majestic artificial reef off Florida
It was during that journey that it took the coveted "Blue Riband" -- awarded to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest average speed -- from the ...
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Over a year of astonishing ocean heat has given way to the largest coral bleaching on record
A bleached coral is not dead, but ocean temperatures need to cool off for any hope of recovery. At least 14% of the world’s remaining corals were estimated to have died in the previous two ...
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High waves sweep beachgoers into the ocean in Oahu, claiming lives of California man and Oklahoma woman
Two people are dead, including a 63-year-old Hollister, Calif., man, and one injured after being swept into the ocean by strong currents this week at Ke Iki Beach in Pupukea on Oahu’s North ...