Place: Pacific oceans

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

comment-analysis

Free and open South China Sea may be lost

The US has looked on as the vision of a democratic-led Indo-Pacific could give way to an illiberal, repressive regional order, with China in full control, writes Brahma Chellaney.

business

Panama Canal to reclaim its key global trade role

VIDEOS: Survival of turtles a tribute to nature’s resilience over our recklessness 

general

Book: The Surfacing

world

Ship located after 170 years

Fatal felines: killer cats on the prowl

Irish firm wins €1.83m US contract

Irish company Wavebob Ltd has secured a grant of $2.4m (€1.83m) from the US Department of Energy to prepare for a commercial-scale wave energy demonstration project planned for US waters in 2013.

Thu, 23 Sep, 2010

Secret to stopping jellyfish sting

Richard Collins on how the clownfish holds the key to a new anti-sting lotion.

Mon, 20 Aug, 2007

Panama to back plan to widen canal

PANAMA voted yesterday in a referendum backing an ambitious €4.2 billion expansion plan to give its famous canal its biggest face-lift in a move the government hopes will lift the nation out of poverty.

Mon, 23 Oct, 2006

US govt 'rejected hurricane report mentioning global warming'

A US government agency blocked the release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported.

Wed, 27 Sep, 2006

Harrington on gravy train to Orient excess

JUST when you think the professional golf season has ended for the year, up spring a whole host of events in every nook and cranny in the world.

Tue, 30 Nov, 2004

US tested deadly weapons in US and UK

The US military conducted 50 secret tests of biological and chemical weapons during the 1960s, including a trial of deadly nerve agents in Britain, it emerged today.

Wed, 02 Jul, 2003

Voyage of the damned comes full-circle

After a 16 year odyssey to four continents, a shipload of burned household waste is being dumped in the US state that produced it.

Wed, 17 Jul, 2002