As far as cruise ships go, though, the Sea Cloud Spirit appears to be on the less damaging end of the spectrum by at least using less planet-warming dirty fuel than other similar vessels. TikTokers ...

This article is about the ship from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. For the films' ship, see the Black Pearl.

A new study has quantified the risk for whale-ship collisions worldwide for four geographically widespread ocean giants that are threatened by shipping: blue, fin, humpback and sperm whales.

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