#North Atlantic

Shipping lines agree voluntary slow zones on North Atlantic whale routes

Member states of an international maritime body have backed seasonal slow-speed areas along whale migration corridors in the North Atlantic, asking ships to cut speed to 10 knots where humpbacks gather.

Scientists install new sensors on the remote volcanic island of Skarvøy

A team of volcanologists spent ten days on the uninhabited island setting up seismometers and gas detectors that will send readings by satellite every few minutes.