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Ship that spilled oil in SF Bay blames U.S. (The Charlotte Observer) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
A container ship's owner blames the U.S. government for a major San Francisco Bay oil spill last year because the ship's pilot was granted a license despite a history of drug and alcohol abuse. A lawsuit filed earlier by the Justice Department claims the owner and the pilot of the Cosco Busan broke environmental laws when the ship struck a bridge support and spilled 53,000 gallons of oil in the ...
Posted on 2008-06-15
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Reporting for the reefs (Sun Star) :: from Yahoo! News
COME July, my uncle will be writing reports on the status of coral reefs not only in the Philippines but in other parts of the world as well. He will write live from the place where the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) will take place: Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Family prefers Great Lakes beaches to the ocean (SouthtownStar) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
HARRISVILLE, Mich. - Every summer, when I tell friends that my family is bailing out of steamy Washington D.C. to head for the beach, they assume we're off to Rehoboth or Dewey in Delaware, or another one of the usual suspects on the Atlantic Ocean. I get a lot of double-takes when I explain that we're headed toward the Great Lakes, in Michigan. Apparently, a lot of people outside Michigan ...
Posted on 2008-06-15
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Coral Reef student brings school to Indian village (Miami Herald) :: from Yahoo! News
While on a pilgrimage in India, Hardeep Saluja passed by the impoverished village of Karnakheri. It had no schools or electricity.
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Trip to the Keys can be called an adventure (The Florida Times-Union) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
I watch colorful fish swim beneath my feet, then a sea turtle slowly paddles into view.
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Will a deep-ocean marvel be preserved? (The Post and Courier) :: from Yahoo! News
This ancient landscape is alive. The thousand-year-old coral runs for miles in sweeping, spindling reefs and branches, towers and rock bottom mounds hundreds of feet tall, all swarmed by fish, sponges and other creatures deep under the Gulf Stream.
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Mandarin man studies red tide's effect on coral reefs (The Florida Times-Union) :: from Yahoo! News
Brad Bullington, 24, a University of North Florida senior and Mandarin resident, isn't a novice when it comes to working long hours on a research project.
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NOAA To Hold Meeting On Sanctuary Plan (New London Day) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
Stonington - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will host a public meeting from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. June 19 to hear comments about a
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Coral Reef High counselor finds new calling in battle with cancer (Miami Herald) :: from Yahoo! News
For 37 years, youngsters knew to go to Dr. Robin Sarantos for help, for encouragement, for tutoring. She was always there. But this week is her last at Coral Reef Senior High as an agriscience and engineering counselor: Sarantos is retiring to fight cancer.
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Fears for missing 'paradise' island divers (CNN.com) :: from Yahoo! News
Rescue teams were searching Friday for five people who did not return from a diving trip in Indonesia, officials said.
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Rope removed from humpback calf (Cape Cod Times) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
Whale rescuers freed a humpback calf from entanglement in rope Sunday in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, according to a spokeswoman for the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies.
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Study links lotion to coral bleaching (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) :: from Yahoo! News
Beachgoers slathering on lotions to prevent sunburn could be contributing to coral bleaching, says a study reported in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
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Rising ocean acidity poses threat (People's Daily) :: from Yahoo! News
Rising acidity in the ocean caused by seas absorbing greenhouse carbon dioxide could make low-lying island nations like Kiribati and the Maldives more vulnerable to storms as their coral reefs struggle to survive, say scientists. Ca ...
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Bush asked to protect S.C. reef (The State) :: from Yahoo! News
BLUFFTON — A quarter of a mile under the sea, rows of 500-foot tall coral reef pinnacles form a forest for deep water fish, shrimp, crabs and other marine species many scientists didn't know existed until a decade ago. The unique ecosystem is about 50 miles off the South Carolina coast and stretches 25,000 square miles from North Carolina to Florida. It extends more than a mile deep and could ...
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Word to the wise: Hungry sharks are expanding their range (San Francisco Chronicle) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
The Big Dude in the Gray Suit has been hungry this spring. He's also known as "The S Word" among surfers and divers, and some call him "Big Whitey." You may recognize him as the great white shark, but by any name, he's been creating havoc in Mexico in the...
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Southeast teacher sets sail for research (The Dalton Daily Citizen) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
This time, Kathryn Kornberg was the student. Kornberg, an earth systems science teacher at Southeast High School, spent a week aboard the ship Nancy Foster as part of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research cruise last month.
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Efforts to remove artificial tire reef ends for season (WTSP - Tampa Bay's 10 News) :: from Yahoo! News
Only 44,000 of the 700,000 tires have been removed from the ocean floor off Fort Lauderdale.
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Travel story: On the reef in Belize (Vail Daily) :: from Yahoo! News
TURNEFFE ATOLL, Belize — Rarely do tropical island-dwellers praise hurricanes, so Leigh and I listen up when Carlos Miller starts to explain how the periodic storms help sustain the mangrove-coral ecosystem of Cockroach Caye.
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Will Corals Survive Stormy Future? (Newswise) :: from Yahoo! News
Earthwatch-supported study reveals that climate change-related storms limit the number of coral recruits that enter a coral community.
Posted on 2008-05-13
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Whale-watching boats are putting whales in jeopardy, study says (Boston Globe) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
In the lush waters of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, whale watching is one of the region's most beloved - and jaw-dropping - experiences. When one of the animals is spotted in the dark, cold waters, boats filled with awestruck tourists make a beeline to watch the leviathan feed and, if luck is with them, breach.
Posted on 2008-05-13
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