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 Stories About: Australia AND water bodies and marine life
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20,000 Toxins Under the Sea
Ocean Mammals Getting Pummeled by Pollution |
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27 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| 20,000 Toxins Under the Sea Ocean Mammals Getting Pummeled by Pollution New research indicates that human-made toxins have infiltrated deep and remote parts of the ocean. The Ocean Alliance, a Massachusetts-based research organization, has found troubling levels of DDT, PCBs, and other contaminants in the blubber of sperm whales. Scienti ... |
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| Topics: Australia, marine life, oceans, pollution and waste, toxics, United States, water bodies and marine life, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Bass Ackwards
International Team Chases Illegal Fishing Vessel Across High Seas |
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20 Aug 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Bass Ackwards International Team Chases Illegal Fishing Vessel Across High Seas It's kind of like "Pirates of the Caribbean," only it's set in the Indian Ocean. Australian and South African customs ships are hunting down the Viarsa, an Uruguayan fishing vessel suspected of poaching millions of pounds of endangered Patagonian toothfish. The high drama on the high seas has covered more than 1,000 miles from A ... |
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| Topics: Australia, water bodies and marine life (all these topics) |
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Send in the Marine Reserves
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11 Oct 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Send in the Marine Reserves Australia has unveiled plans to create the world's largest marine reserve in 16 million acres of the Indian Ocean, 2,500 miles off the nation's southwest coast. The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve will be twice the size of Switzerland and will protect one of the world's most pristine marine environments from exploitation, including fishing and oil and mineral extraction. T ... |
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| Topics: Australia, water bodies and marine life (all these topics) |
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