News tagged with marine debris
SEA to conduct expedition dedicated to measuring plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Scientists ready to set sail for 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch,' in name of research
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Hoping to learn more about one of the most glaring examples of waste and environmental pollution on Earth, a group of scientists will set sail from San Francisco Tuesday to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a massive vortex ...
Marine debris will likely worsen in the 21st century
Sep 19, 2008 |
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Current measures to prevent and reduce marine debris are inadequate, and the problem will likely worsen, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. The United States and the international ...
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NOAA report finds threats to California's Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary
Jun 19, 2009 |
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A new NOAA report on the health of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary indicates that the overall condition of the sanctuary's marine life and habitats is fair to good, but identifies several emerging threats to sanctuary ...
'Microplastics' may pose previously unrecognized pollution threat
Oct 29, 2007 |
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Microscopic particles of plastic debris that litter marine environments may pose a previously unrecognized threat to marine animals by attracting, holding, and transporting water pollutants, a new study by ...
Scientists find 'great Pacific Ocean garbage patch'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Scientists have just completed an unprecedented journey into the vast and little-explored "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch."
Leonid meteor shower peaks Tuesday, Nov. 17 (w/ Video)
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Leonid meteor shower best viewing this year will be in the hours before dawn on Nov. 17.
Orionids Meteor Shower Lights Up the Sky
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Earth is currently passing through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, lighting up the night sky with the "fireworks" of the annual Orionids meteor shower.
NOAA report states half of US coral reefs in 'poor' or 'fair' condition
Jul 07, 2008 |
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Nearly half of U.S. coral reef ecosystems are considered to be in "poor" or "fair" condition according to a new NOAA analysis of the health of coral reefs under US jurisdiction. The NOAA report says that the nation's coral ...
Expedition observes hundreds of marine creatures in oil slick
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The area affected by the Montara oil spill off the Kimberley coast contains a huge amount of marine life, including some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean, according to ...
Prehistoric Turtle Threatened by Modern Menace
Mar 13, 2009 |
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They survived the extinction of the dinosaurs. They're descendants of one of the oldest family trees in history, spanning 100 million years. But today leatherback turtles, the most widely distributed reptiles ...
The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst ...
Station Prepares For New Spacecraft, Monitors Debris
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 06, 2009 |
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The station crew prepared Friday for the arrival of the Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) which is scheduled for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Nov. 10. The MRM2 will arrive at the ...
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