Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, ...

The number of Senegalese dying in their attempt to reach Europe is likely much higher, given that many others attempt the journey from neighboring Mauritania ... They scrape the ocean floor and ...

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

Mansa Musa, the 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire, amassed immense wealth through gold and strategic trade, becoming ...

But since last year, migrants from far-flung countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan have ...

In Mauritania and across North-West Africa, fish is essential. It provides food and jobs for countless people. But this ...

A central Caribbean tropical wave is near 76W from southeast of Jamaica southward to over northwestern Colombia, and moving west at 10 to 15 kt. Scattered heavy showers and isolated strong ...

A tropical wave is moving across the eastern Caribbean. Its axis is along 65W/66W from 16N southward to central Venezuela, moving westward at around 15 kt. Convection is limited near the wave axis. A ...

Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.

The global distribution of resources, capital and expertise, post-colonial legacies, but also the roles that states are given under the law of the sea, imply that states perform different functions in ...