cruise ships

Large cruise ships will be banned from entering the Venice lagoon as of August 1, the Italian government announced Tuesday. It follows years of warnings they risk causing irreparable damage to Venice’s ecosystem. “The decree adopted today represents an important step for the protection of the Venetian lagoon system,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said […]

You might have known that cruise ships are some of the world’s worst polluters. Now, there is more disturbing news from the shipping industry thanks to a bombshell investigation that found that global shipping companies have spent billions to equip their ships with “cheat devices” that get around new emissions standards by dumping pollution into […]

A cruise ship reportedly owned by the Church of Scientology has been quarantined in the port of St. Lucia after a case of measles was confirmed on board, health officials said Wednesday. There are almost 300 passengers and crew on the ship, which has the same name as a ship owned by the church, NBC […]

By Donna Hauser, Harry Stern and Kristin Laidre Americans often associate fall with football and raking leaves, but in the Arctic this season is about ice. Every year, floating sea ice in the Arctic thins and melts in spring and summer, then thickens and expands in fall and winter. As climate change warms the Arctic, […]

A German cruise operator is under fire after one its employees shot a wild polar bear dead on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago after the animal injured a cruise ship guard. The incident occurred Saturday after the tour ship MS Brennan docked on the island, Norwegian authorities confirmed. In a statement, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises said the guard, whose […]