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Ocean dead zone a mystery in Oregon
2013-09-01 15:36:36| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dalles Chronicle: The oceans cover over two-thirds of our planets surface, making it hard to imagine we humans could do them much damage. Unfortunately, along with ocean acidification, global warming and the Giant Pacific Trash Vortex, ocean dead zones are increasingly in the news. Dead zones are the popular name for hypoxic regions, areas in an ocean or large lake depleted of oxygen. When oxygen levels drop too low, fish or other animals that can move fast enough flee the area. Crabs, starfish, clams and other...
Washington State History Museum shines spotlight on D.B. Cooper mystery
2013-08-24 23:24:33| Airlines - Topix.net
You are waiting for a flight at the Portland airport, paging through a magazine.
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Investigators Release Facial Images of Mystery Woman
2013-08-23 19:42:52| IT Services - Topix.net
By Bay City News Service The San Mateo County district attorney's investigations unit today released facial reconstruction images of an unidentified woman who was found dead in Brisbane earlier this year.
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Australia: A scientist explains the mystery behind the 2010-2011 sea-level drop
2013-08-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: For the past couple of decades, the oceans have been steadily rising. Each year, sea-level increases by about 3 millimeters, a constant and ominous creep responding to climate warming. Scientists have been measuring this rise from satellites since 1993, using instruments called altimeters. But for an 18-month period that began in the middle of 2010, something surprising happened. Instead of rising, sea levels fell. Lake Eyre, a huge catch basin for eastern Australia's rainfall, typically collects...
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Crittercams and Crowdsourcing to Solve Mystery of Hawaiian Monk Seals?
2013-08-19 18:00:30| Airlines - Topix.net
In a move that has baffled scientists, one of the world's rarest marine mammals-the Hawaiian monk seal -is setting up shop on the populated islands of Hawaii.
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