News tagged with ship collisions

Blue whales found near NY, off their usual path

(AP) -- There's a monster lurking off the coast of New York. Experts in a Cornell University acoustics program said Thursday that blue whales have been positively identified in the area for the first time.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Ship noise boosts stress in whales, 9/11 reveals: study

The steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes not only alters whale behaviour but can affect the giant sea mammals physically by causing chronic stress, a study published Wednesday has reported ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Differing dangers at sea

The probability of being killed at work is 25 times higher for a coastal fisherman than for an offshore worker, according to a study from the UiS. Seafarers also run a high risk of accidents.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

AUVs: From idea to implementation

Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This fo ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New computer program promises to save the whales

Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed a computer programme that enables regulators to evaluate the ecological and economic tradeoffs between marine mammal conservation, whale watching and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Hubble movies provide unprecedented view of supersonic jets from young stars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have combined two decades of Hubble observations to make unprecedented movies revealing never-before-seen details of the birth pangs of new stars. This sheds new light on how stars ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

PPPL lets teachers hitch a ride on NASA's Zero-G

Time seemed to stop. Teachers Alison Miller of South Brunswick High School and Darrell Williams of Fisher Middle School in Ewing floated over their science experiments, wearing olive-drab green jumpsuits -- ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Cape Cod Bay holds hidden risk for dining North Atlantic right whales

Tracking their dinner may be the best way to help North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay avoid being hit by recreational and commercial boats, according to a team of researchers who studied the whales ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

WWII shipwrecks could threaten US coast

On the evening of Feb. 2, 1942, an unarmed tanker with 66,000 barrels of crude oil on board was steaming in the Atlantic, about 90 miles off Ocean City, Md. Without warning, it was struck by German torpedoes. The attack set ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 11

Debris threat avoided at space station: NASA

A piece of Soviet space debris is not likely to collide with the International Space Station after all, and astronauts have moved ahead with restocking the orbiting lab, NASA said Monday. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Is ocean garbage killing whales?

Millions of tonnes of plastic debris dumped each year in the world's oceans could pose a lethal threat to whales, according to a scientific assessment to be presented at a key international whaling forum this ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4


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