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Contamination under boats no worse than elsewhere in California bay, study says

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A yearlong federal study has determined levels of contaminated sediment found under obsolete, rotting government ships anchored in Suisun Bay, in central California, are no higher than those found elsewhere in local waters, ...





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U.S. agency: Calif. 'ghost ships' are safe

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2006 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The U.S. Maritime Administration says World War II-era ships are safe to move from Suisun Bay, Calif., to Texas scrap yards, a report said.


Discovery of the oldest European marsupial

Discovery of the oldest European marsupial

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Remains of one of the oldest known marsupials have been recovered in Charente-Maritime by a palaeontologist team from the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (CNRS, France) and the ...


4 more historic ships found off R.I.

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created May 15, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (15) | comments 0

With four more hulks spotted, Rhode Island can boast it has the world's "largest fleet of Revolutionary shipwrecks," a maritime expert says.


Study warns of pollution from ships

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Thousands of merchant ships chug in and out of South Florida's bustling ports each year, bringing boatloads worth of economic benefit to the region.


Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand (AP)

Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- Ships in the south Pacific Ocean have been alerted that hundreds of icebergs believed to have split off Antarctic ice shelves are drifting north toward New Zealand, officials said Tuesday.


IV drug treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may not improve long-term survival

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received intravenous (IV) drug administration during treatment, recommended in life support guidelines, had higher rates of short term survival but no statistically significant ...


Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines

Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oʻahu. They are the I-14, which ...


Ships warned about icebergs headed for New Zealand (AP)

Ships warned about icebergs headed for New Zealand

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.


Researchers forecast 1 in 3 chance of record low sea ice in 2007

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created Apr 19, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Colorado at Boulder researchers are forecasting a one in three chance that the 2007 minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low.


FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs (AP)

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.



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