News tagged with boat
Lead poisoning threatens a vulnerable albatross population
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Populations of Laysan albatross face severe declines due to widespread lead poisoning of chicks unless comprehensive cleanup measures gain momentum, according to a recent study.
From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day's catch.
Study: Loggerhead turtles put at risk by fishing
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch.
Fishing boat lands World's oldest underwater human bone
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 26, 2009 |
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A fishing boat trawling for mussels off the Dutch coast has instead landed a 40,000 year-old human bone, German scientists said on Sunday after examining the find.
Third of open ocean sharks face extinction: study
Jun 25, 2009 |
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A third of the world's open water sharks -- including the great white and hammerhead -- face extinction, according to a major conservation survey released Thursday.
Abalone are treasured -- nearly to extinction
May 13, 2009 |
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The authorities popped him near the docks in Port Angeles. On a March afternoon in 1994, a sleek fishing boat -- not-so-subtly named the Abalone Made -- came ashore after puttering around Freshwater Bay. The waiting cops ...
Researchers measure health effects of Chicago's waterways
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health are conducting a study to determine the health effects associated with recreational activities such as boating, canoeing, kayaking and fishing on ...
New super-bouyant material: Life preserver might float a horse
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Here's a story that might float your boat: Researchers in China are reporting the development of miniature super-bouyant boats that float so well that an ordinary life preserver made from the same material might support a ...
Baby beetles inspire researchers to build 'mini boat' powered by surface tension (Video)
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Inspired by the aquatic wriggling of beetle larvae, a University of Pittsburgh research team has designed a propulsion system that strips away paddles, sails, and motors and harnesses the energy within the water's surface. ...
