Shipwreck

Beachcomber and historian Tracy Williams discovered her first Tjipetir block in the summer of 2012. Now, she runs a Facebook group collecting photos and stories of other blocks that have washed up on beaches throughout northern Europe.

We finally know why these mysterious ‘Tjipetir blocks’ are washing up on European beaches

Environment

You never know what’s going to wash up on the beaches of Cornwall, England. In recent years, among the seaweed and driftwood, mysterious 100-year-old blocks of rubber have appeared. But an amateur historian from England might have cracked the case.

Cash-strapped governments turning to sunken treasure

Environment

NOAA Surveys US Coastal Waters for Leaking Shipwrecks

Arts, Culture & Media

Ruling on the 1804 Spanish Galleon Sunken Treasure

Global Politics
The World

New technology unearths sunken treasure

The World

Marine life flourishes in Venice

Environment

There’s a new flood barrier in Venice known as the Moses project, which is holding back the waters, and it’s also creating a haven for marine life, but some environmentalists say it’s doing damage