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Invasive Parasite Spreading Among West Coast Estuaries
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A parasitic isopod that scientists identified five years ago has all but decimated mud shrimp populations in coastal estuaries ranging from British Columbia to northern California - with the ...
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A 'shrimp cocktail' to fuel cars and trucks
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Call it a "shrimp cocktail" for your fuel tank. Scientists in China are reporting development of a catalyst made from shrimp shells that could transform production of biodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, ...
Indonesia mud volcano may last 30 years: expert
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Indonesia's devastating 'mud volcano' could keep spewing for the next 30 years, filling the equivalent of 50 Olympic-size swimming pools every day, a top Australian expert warned.
Mud pots signal possible extension of San Andreas Fault
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2008 |
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A linear string of mud pots and mud volcanoes suggest surface evidence for a southern extension of the San Andreas Fault that runs through the Salton Sea, according to a paper published in the August issue of the Bulletin of ...
Timing is Everything for Northern Shrimp Populations in the North Atlantic
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even for Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), which support commercial fisheries worldwide, timing is everything in life. The tiny creatures, eaten in shrimp rolls and shrimp salad, occupy ...
Global trade in tiger shrimp threatens environment
Feb 14, 2008 |
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The cultivation of shrimp and fish in tropical coastal areas is often described as an environmentally friendly way to alleviate poverty, but in fact this cultivation has negative consequences for both the local population ...
Waste water treatment plant mud used as 'green' fuel
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Catalan scientists have shown that using mud from waste water treatment plants as a partial alternative fuel can enable cement factories to reduce their CO2 emissions and comply with the Kyoto Protocol, as well as ...
Report confirms drilling, not earthquake, caused Java mud volcano
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 09, 2008 |
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A two-year old mud volcano which is still spewing huge volumes of mud, has displaced more than 30,000 people and caused millions of dollars worth of damage was caused by the drilling of a gas exploration well, ...
Loggerhead turtles on decline in Florida
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Apr 20, 2008 |
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The number of loggerhead sea turtle nests is on the decline throughout Florida, indicating a potential threat to the animals, wildlife experts say.
Brine-Loving Microbes Reveal Secrets to Success in Chemically Extreme Environments
Apr 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have completed the first study of microbes that live within the plumbing of deep-sea mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions may resemble those in extraterrestrial ...
Shrimps see beyond the rainbow
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May 14, 2008 |
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A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals.
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