Portugal

Portugal (Portuguese: [puɾtuˈɣaɫ]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, being bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Portugal–Spain border is 1,214 km (754 mi) long and considered the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union. The republic also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.

The land within the borders of current Portugal has been continuously settled and fought over since prehistoric times. The Celts and the Romans were followed by the Visigothic and the Suebi Germanic peoples, who were themselves later invaded by the Moors. These Muslim peoples were eventually expelled during the Christian Reconquista of the peninsula. By 1139, Portugal had established itself as a kingdom independent from León. In the 15th and 16th centuries, as the result of pioneering the Age of Discovery, Portugal expanded Western influence and established the first global empire, becoming one of the world's major economic, political and military powers.

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Vineyard Wind's first turbine arrived in New Bedford, signaling the start of a busy summer

The Herald News 26 May 2023
The UHL Felicity heavy load carrier will become a familiar site in New Bedford as it makes repeated trips from Portugal to deliver parts of Vineyard Wind’s offshore wind turbines to the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal....
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One 'Traumatized' Orca May Have Taught Whales to Sink Boats, But Some Experts Say They’re ...

Yahoo Daily News 25 May 2023
Getty A killer whale in Monterey Bay, California ... Related ... Alfredo López Fernandez, a marine biologist the University of Aveiro in Portugal, told Live Science he believes the interactions began after one orca, called "White Gladis" by scientists, experienced a “critical moment of agony" involving a boat ... Meanwhile, marine biologist Dr ... ....
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Publication of the first global macrogenetic map of marine habitat-forming species

Phys Dot Org 24 May 2023
... of Barcelona and the Biodiversity Research Institute of the UB (IRBio); Jean-Baptiste Ledoux and Aldo Barreiro, from the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) in Portugal, and Joaquim Garrabou, from the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)....
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Scientists are puzzled by Orcas sinking boats in a string of abnormal attacks

Yahoo Daily News 24 May 2023
The string of incidents since 2020 prompted one scientist in Portugal to say the attacks may indicate that the whales are intending to cause damage to sailing vessels ... At least 15 interactions between orcas and boats off the Iberian coast were reported in 2020, according to a study published last June in the journal Marine Mammal Science....
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White Gladis: Scientists fear vengeful orca is coaching its family to attack boats near Gibraltar

ITV 24 May 2023
Watch the moment a French boat off the coast of Portugal comes under attack by a pod of killer whales ... Alfredo Lopez Fernandez, a marine biologist at the University of Aveiro, in Portugal, told Live Science the original incident involving Gladis was likely a "critical moment of agony"....
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Revenge of the orcas? Killer whales have sunk 3 boats in unusual attacks.

Union Leader 22 May 2023
The leading theory is that a female orca suffered a traumatic incident with a boat — a “critical moment of agony” — that caused her to start attacking the vessels, Alfredo López Fernandez, a marine biologist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, told the industry publication Live Science....
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Killer whales attack boats, sink 3. Are the orcas taking revenge?

The Day 22 May 2023
The leading theory is that a female orca suffered a traumatic incident with a boat - a "critical moment of agony" - that caused her to start attacking the vessels, Alfredo López Fernandez, a marine biologist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, told the industry publication Live Science....
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Donna Rae Scriven

Scottsbluff StarHerald 09 May 2023
... theater for thousands of Marin County children ... That credential sparked a 20-year life chapter during which she taught English in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Chile and Costa Rica and then at home again in Marin, where she provided in home conversational English programs for adults....

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