Etiqueta: atlántico
Tickled ink: Virgin Atlantic allows cabin crew to display tattoos
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Virgin Atlantic is to allow its cabin crew to display tattoos, the first UK airline – and leading carrier worldwide – to do so. The airline is to announce the change in policy to its staff, a month after it launched a...
Extreme Atlantic hurricane seasons now twice as likely as in 1980s
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Extremely active Atlantic hurricane seasons are now twice as likely as they were in the 1980s due to global heating, according to new research that warns the climate crisis is supersizing storms that threaten life and...
Atlantic fishing nations agree to ban catches of mako, world’s fastest sharks
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North Atlantic fishing nations have pledged to ban catches of the shortfin mako, the world’s fastest shark, in an attempt to save the endangered species. Conservationists, who have for years sought to better protect t...
Canary Islands lava peninsula in the Atlantic doubles in size
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Lava from the volcano in Spain’s Canary Islands that began cascading into the ocean two days ago has already covered an area bigger than 25 football pitches. By late Thursday, the newly wrought peninsula on La Palma h...
Informes de Virgin Atlantic 600% aumento de las reservas de vuelos a EE. UU.
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Virgin Atlantic ha informado de una 600% surge in flight bookings to the US and British Airways reported a jump in searches after the US said it would lift restrictions to allow fully vaccinated passengers from the UK and ...
North Atlantic right whales critically endangered by climate crisis, nuevo estudio encuentra
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Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the population of the North Atlantic right whale to plummet, leaving the species critically endangered and conservationists desperate for safeguards,...
Blue whales returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after 40-year absence
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Blue whales, the world’s largest mammals, are returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast after an absence of more than 40 años. The first one was spotted off the coast of Galicia in north-west Spain in 2017 by Bruno Díaz, a...
Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic plans stock market listing
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The British airline Virgin Atlantic is considering raising funds on the London Stock Exchange in an attempt to shore up its balance sheet. The listing, which is expected to be announced in the autumn, is likely to see...
‘I’d never seen a boat come in with so many bodies’: mortal cost of Atlantic migrant route
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At 6.30am on Friday 28 Mayo, three fishermen at work four miles off the southern coast of Tobago spotted a large white boat adrift on the dawn waters of the Caribbean. As they drew closer, the trio saw the boat’s shape...
Iran sends warship on rare Atlantic mission amid Venezuela speculation
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An Iranian destroyer and support vessel are now sailing in the Atlantic Ocean on a rare mission far from the Islamic Republic, Iran’s state TV has reported, amid speculation that the ships could be bound for Venezuela...
US-UK to sign post-Covid Atlantic charter in echo of wartime accord
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Boris Johnson and Joe Biden will draw comparisons to Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt by signing a new Atlantic charter in an attempt to show UK and US leadership can frame a post-Covid order in the same way...
North Atlantic whales shrinking due to fishing gear entanglements
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Whales in the north Atlantic are shrinking in size, los investigadores han encontrado, with entanglements in fishing gear blamed for the steady decline in the length of the animals over recent generations. De media, a right wh...
Ana becomes first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season
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Ana became the first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season at the end of last week. It obtained tropical storm status with maximum sustained winds reaching 45mph. This is the seventh year in succession where the firs...
Endangered North Atlantic right whales produce most calves since 2015
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North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed three years ago when the critically endangered spe...