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US House passes bill for gas drilling in Atlantic, Pacific Oceans
2013-07-01 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The US House has passed a bill to expand oil and natural gas drilling operations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Warming oceans could kill 'Hoff,' the David Hasselhoff crab
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The hairy-chested Yeti crab, which survives in an environment of no light, little oxygen, extreme temperatures and tremendous pressure, may not be able to survive a warming ocean, scientists say. The alien-like crab -- nicknamed the "Hoff" in honor of David Hasselhoff's similarly hairy torso -- was discovered in 2009, living on the perimeter of hydrothermal vents thousands of feet beneath the Indian and Arctic oceans. The area around the hydrothermal vents is beyond extreme. The vents heat the...
06.12.13 -- Ships Designed To Combat Plastic Pollution In World's Oceans
2013-06-11 06:23:58| pollutiononline News Articles
06/12/13 Pollution Online Newsletter
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DNV Designs Ship To Combat Plastic Pollution In World's Oceans
2013-06-10 07:17:27| pollutiononline News Articles
By the end of this decade there will be an estimated 230 million tons of plastic polluting the world’s oceans, enough material to make 400 million two-liter beverage bottles
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Warming oceans are killing baby puffins
2013-06-04 21:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Atlantic puffins - sometimes called the clowns of the sea because of their squat bodies and odd waddles - are finding themselves in a particularly unfunny predicament. Scientists think warming ocean temperatures are driving the puffins` normal meals of herring away from the coastlines; they`re being replaced with other fish that are too large for puffin fledglings to swallow. We told you in May that record-breaking Atlantic coastal water temperatures were driving some fish away. And on Friday...
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