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Human impacts on the marine ecosystems of Antarctica
A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States has warned that the native fauna and unique ecology of the Southern Ocean, the vast body of water that surrounds the Antarctic continent, is ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2011 |
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The mode of action of certain toxins that accumulate in seafood
Toxins released by certain microalgae can contaminate fish and shellfish which then become toxic to humans. French researchers from CNRS and CEA have, for the first time, identified the mechanisms of action ...
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Pioneering Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering deep-sea exploration robot -- one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships -- was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Space cannon to shoot payloads into orbit (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A physicist has proposed using a 1.1 km (3,600 ft) cannon to deliver cargo into orbit, and says the cost would be around $250 per pound, a massive saving on the $5,000 per pound ($11,000 per ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Shipping map helps combat invasive species at sea
Invasive species that hitch a ride on cargo ships pose a rising threat to marine biodiversity, with the potential to inflict costs in the billions of dollars.
Jan 12, 2010 |
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15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species
A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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From pythons to fungus, species invading US
(AP) -- A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the ...
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Seaway's 50th anniversary soiled by invasive species
Fifty years ago Friday, President Dwight Eisenhower and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II walked down a red carpet, climbed aboard a "floating palace" of a yacht named Britannia and ceremoniously sailed through the St. Lambert ...
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Quagga mussels are clogging Hoover Dam, colonizing lakes and rivers
It took some of America's best engineers, thousands of laborers and two years of around-the-clock concrete pouring to build the 726-foot-high Hoover Dam back in the 1930s. It took less time than that for the tiny, brainless ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Non-native lionfish reaches Keys, and industries brace for this 'perfect predator'
Becky Fowler was shipwreck-diving 66 feet below the surface, exploring a watery paradise, when she came face to face with a 4-inch-long, zebra-striped Cujo of the deep.
Jan 22, 2009 |
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