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Invasive Parasite Spreading Among West Coast Estuaries

(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 ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Thai flood run-off threat to marine life

As billions of cubic metres of water flow away from Thailand's devastating floods, experts and campaigners are warning that millions of sea creatures could be the next victims of the disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New shrimp species found in Queensland waterhole

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the torrential downpours in Queensland this year roadside waterholes are abundant, and it is in one of these waterholes that professor Brian Timms has discovered a new species of shrimp. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Ancient shrimp monster not so fierce after all

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cambrian sea creature, Anomalocaris Canadensis, had long been thought to be a fearsome predator of trilobites, equipped as it was with barbed feelers and an armor-plated mouth, but new re ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Where's the oil? On the Gulf floor, scientists say

(AP) -- Far beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, deeper than divers can go, scientists say they are finding oil from the busted BP well on the sea's muddy and mysterious bottom.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Gulf seafood industry tries to shake an oily image

(AP) -- The rich fishing grounds of the Gulf of Mexico are beginning to reopen more than three months after crude began gushing from the sea floor. But those who harvest, process and sell the catch face a ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 4

New questions arise on dispersant use in oil spill

(AP) -- As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed against the company and Coast Guard for liberal use of toxic chemicals that ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Preparations for BP well 'kill' operation move ahead

Engineers moved ahead on Sunday with preparations for a well "kill" operation that officials hope will permanently plug the oil leak causing the worst US environmental disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Storm threatens BP efforts to plug Gulf well

The threat of a new tropical storm forced crews to make preparations to protect the damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well, which could delay plans to permanently seal the leak that led to the environmental disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

US oil spill clean-up resumes after storm

Clean-up work gathered speed in some areas of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Sunday, but heavy swells kept many boats docked, halting efforts to fight the ecological disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hungry grey whales face a ‘prey crisis’, scientists warn

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Bath have reported a dramatic fall in the number of grey whale sightings in British Columbia and are investigating the reasons for the disappearance of one ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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