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The sea as a rubbish tip

Biologists have prepared guidelines for a more precise investigation into marine pollution from microplastic particles.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When your ship comes in

Every day, thousands of cargo containers from around the world pass through our nation's sea ports carrying items we need, and possibly some that are not so welcome: drugs, explosives, chemical, biological, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cliffhanging corals avoid trawler damage

Bottom trawling fishing boats have devastated many cold water coral reefs along the margin of the North East Atlantic Ocean. Now, researchers have found large cold water coral colonies clinging to the vertical ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Denmark names first Arctic envoy

Denmark, which is planning to lay a claim to the North Pole sea bed, on Tuesday named its first permanent envoy to the resource-rich Arctic.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New species of 'spiral poo worms' found in the Atlantic

They could be mistaken for exotic blooms, but the colorful creatures captured in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean actually belong to a family of recently discovered acorn worms.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mongolian 'kamikaze' wreck found off Japan coast

The 13th century wreck of an invading Mongolian ship that fell victim to a famous typhoon known in Japan as the "kamikaze" or "divine wind" has been found off the country's southern coast.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oil slick hits N.Z. coast as storm threatens ship

Oil from a stranded container ship began washing up on the shore of New Zealand's Bay of Plenty Monday, as salvage crews battened down the crippled vessel in the face of a looming storm.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Denmark moves forward on North Pole claim

Denmark on Monday presented its "Arctic Strategy" for the next decade, confirming that it intends to lay claim to the North Pole sea bed by 2014 at the latest.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 10

Soft coral builds strong reefs

Scientists have long believed soft corals, one of the many endangered elements of marine life, are only minor contributors to the structure of coral reefs. But that's not true, says new research from Tel Aviv ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China urges US oil giant to hasten clean-up

China has called on the US energy giant behind a massive oil spill to speed up its clear-up efforts and issue a public apology after it missed a deadline to clean the sea bed, state media said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wind farm in North Sea has positive net impact on fauna

A North-Sea wind farm has hardly any negative effects on fauna. At most, a few bird species will avoid such a wind farm. It turns out that a wind farm also provides a new natural habitat for organisms living ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ocean floor muddies China's grip on '21st-century gold'

China's monopoly over rare-earth metals could be challenged by the discovery of massive deposits of these hi-tech minerals in mud on the Pacific floor, a study on Sunday suggests.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 03, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 21

This is what the margins of the Ebro looked like 6 million years ago

A Spanish research team, using 3D reflection seismology, has for the first time mapped the geomorphological features of the Ebro river basin between five and six million years ago. The images obtained show ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Venice turns to floating barriers to fight floods

Flood-prone Venice has launched an ambitious plan to build mobile barriers at the mouth of its lagoon to protect the city from rising sea levels.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Fukushima: Sea contamination likely to be local - scientists

Radioactive contamination of the sea from Fukushima is likely to be only a local problem, but could lead to an exclusion zone if there is a major release of long-term pollutants, scientists say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1