A U.S. agency has agreed to an in-depth environmental study into whether dredging a Georgia shipping channel in the spring and summer would threaten rare sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches—a review demanded by conservationists ...
Ecology
May 8, 2023
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A meteorite exploded over south Georgia during the overnight hours of September 26, 2022, spraying fragments across the small town of Junction City, Georgia, and Tellus Science Museum has already acquired a piece of the space ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 18, 2022
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in three bald eagles in Georgia Thursday. This is the first time the virus has been confirmed in the species in the state.
Ecology
Apr 15, 2022
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Researchers say a large spider native to East Asia that proliferated in Georgia last year could spread to much of the East Coast.
Ecology
Mar 8, 2022
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A federal agency on Monday granted a license for a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia.
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2021
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A federal agency expects to announce its decision Monday on whether to allow a launchpad that would send commercial rockets into space from coastal Georgia.
Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2021
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Data collected from a long-term study by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists shows declining populations of an already relatively rare Antarctic seabird, the South Georgia shag. Published in the journal Polar Biology, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2021
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Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), and international collaborators have this week published the first detailed research on the sounds made by southern right whales ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2021
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The mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on the important marine ecosystem of sub-Antarctic South Georgia is a success according to a team of researchers and engineers, from British Antarctic Survey ...
Environment
Apr 19, 2021
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An international research team led by UK scientists has revealed the return of critically endangered Antarctic blue whales to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, 50 years after whaling all but wiped them out. The new ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2020
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