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Great Barrier Reef to get Eco-Friendly Floating Hotel
Timesonline.co.uk | May 18, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation

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Scientists Expose Skeleton Of Massive Blue Whale in P.E.I. Dig
Canadianpress.com | May 18, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
The bones of a massive blue whale that died 20 years ago off Prince Edward Island are being laid bare in a unique project to preserve one of the largest creatures ever to live on Earth
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Monk Seal Pupping Season in Full Swing
Khnl.com | May 17, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Two monk seal pups born earlier this week are creating some excitement among NOAA scientists
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Ikelite Housing for Canon 450D/Rebel XSi
Digifish.nl | May 17, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Photo
Ikelite has introduced a full-featured yet affordable underwater housing for the Ikelite #6841.7 underwater housing for Canon 450D / Digital Rebel XSi Digital SLR Camera
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Scientists Aim to Unlock Deep-Sea 'Secrets' of Earth's Crust
Eurekalert.org | May 16, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth’s crust
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Atmosphere Threatened By Ocean Pollutants
Tamu.edu | May 16, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
A large quantity of nitrogen compounds emitted into the atmosphere by humans through the burning of fossil fuels and the use of nitrogen fertilizers enters the oceans and may lead to the removal of some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, concluded a team of international scientists led by Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences Robert Duce
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Odyssea 1 Decomissoned After Heavy Storm Damage
Underwater.com.au | May 15, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Dive
MV Odyssea 1 was badly damaged in a very bad storm on Sunday evening. As such, we will not be able to provide liveaboard services with immediate effect and all cruises chartered or booked are cancelled
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Whales are 'Cheetahs of the Deep'
Bbc.co.uk | May 15, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Super-fast pilot whales have been observed sprinting after prey, likely to include giant squid
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Shrimp Can See Beyond The Rainbow
Reuters.com | May 15, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
A giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef can see a world beyond the rainbow that is invisible to other animals, scientists said on Wednesday
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Squaring the Diamond Mesh- WWF
Panda.org | May 15, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
A new report from WWF encourages the switch from the unselective diamond-mesh nets currently used by bottom-trawlers in the Mediterranean to more selective square-mesh nets, sooner than the obligatory deadline of 2010
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Olympus E-520 and PT-E05 underwater housing
Digifish.nl | May 15, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Photo
Olympus have announced the PT-E05 housing for the E-520 DSLR
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Japanese Whalers Stealing Meat
Iol.co.za | May 14, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Greenpeace on Thursday accused Japanese whalers of stealing meat from the country's annual research hunt in the Antarctic and selling it on the black market
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Canadian Zoo Investigates Puzzling Stingray Deaths
Reuters.com | May 14, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Officials at the Calgary Zoo remained baffled on Tuesday as they tried to puzzle out just why 34 of their stingrays suddenly died
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Antarctic Melt Releasing DDT, Tainting Penguins
Nationalgeographic.com | May 13, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Poisonous chemicals that had been locked in ice for decades are now being released as climate change melts Antarctic glaciers, researchers report
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American Tortoise Rescue Celebrates World Turtle Day May 23rd
Tortoise.com | May 13, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
California Sanctuary Sponsors Day To Honor One of the World's Oldest Creatures
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New Batch of Walruses Gets Tagged
Bbc.co.uk | May 12, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Ten walruses in Greenland have been fitted with satellite tags in a new bid to confirm whether the blubbery beasts spend their summers in Canada
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Weddings Boost Shark's Fin Consumption in Singapore
Ap.org | May 12, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Shark's fin consumption more than doubled in Singapore last year from 2006, with demand driven by an economic boom and an increase in wedding celebrations, a report said Saturday
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Hugh Bradner, Inventor of Wetsuit, Dies
Sfgate.com | May 11, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Dive
Hugh Bradner, a UC physicist whose love of the ocean and curiosity about everything in it led him to revolutionize diving by inventing the neoprene wetsuit
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'Sex Pest' Seal Attacks Penguin
Bbc.co.uk | May 08, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin
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Whaling: Japan not off the hook
Iol.co.za | May 08, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Sydney - Australia was still considering taking its whaling dispute with Japan to international courts, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Thursday
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Byron Underwater Festival-Winners
Underwaterfestival.com.au | May 07, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Photo
The 2008 Byron Underwater Festival took place from the 30th of April through the 4th of May in Byron Bay, check out the winners of the underwater photo shoot out competition
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Six Sea Lions Shot to Death on Salmon-rich U.S. River
Reuters.com | May 07, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Investigators searched for clues on Monday in the shooting deaths of six protected sea lions at a dam between Washington state and Oregon, while officials halted a controversial trapping program aimed at stopping the mammals from eating endangered salmon
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HSI and The HSUS Seal-Hunt Observers: Video Evidence Proves Innocence
Hsus.org | May 07, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Today, representatives of The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International return to court to refute charges relating to technical violations of Canada's Fisheries Act during the 2006 commercial seal hunt
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Mangrove Loss 'Left Burma Exposed'
Bbc.co.uk | May 06, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
Destruction of mangrove forests in Burma left coastal areas exposed to the devastating force of the weekend's cyclone, a top politician suggests
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Climate Change Warms Arctic, Cools Antarctica
Iol.co.za | May 04, 2008 12:00AM MDT | Marine Conservation
The Arctic and Antarctica are poles apart when it comes to the effects of human-fuelled climate change, scientists said on Friday: in the north, it is melting sea ice, but in the south, it powers winds that chill things down
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