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 Stories About: oceans AND toxics 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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Whale Killers
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04 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Whale Killers The killer whale population has declined 20 percent since 1995, and scientists think they've found one of the reasons why: whale watchers. The motorized boats that serve whale-watchers disrupt the orcas' sonar, reducing its efficiency by as much as 99 percent. That means whales have to swim harder and longer to find food; in so doing, their bodies consume more blubber, which is a storehouse of tox ... |
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| Topics: oceans, toxics, water bodies and marine life (all these topics) |
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