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Tire-related chemical is largely responsible for adult coho salmon deaths in urban streams
Every fall more than half of the coho salmon that return to Puget Sound’s urban streams die before they can spawn. In some streams, all of them die. But scientists didn’t know why.
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Penguin Escapes Killer Whales by Jumping into Sightseeing Boat
Watch a lone penguin flee a pod of killer whales in Antarctica and escape by jumping into a sightseeing boat full of tourists. The post Penguin Escapes Killer Whales by Jumping into Sightseeing Boat appeared first on Nerdist.
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As many corals growing in the Pacific as trees in the Amazon, new study finds
Analysis suggests the risk of extinction of some species may not be as high as previously thought, but researchers warn local depletion still has a devastating impact
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We're Killing One Of The Ocean's Most Important Weapons Against Climate Change
It’s winter in Miami. Many New Englanders come here to escape the snow, although none opt for snorkeling on this windy January morning. We pull off the side of the highway with specific instructions about where to find a particular species of seagrass from Laura Eldredge, manager of the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves.
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Sawfish populations halved as nations fail to enforce conservation laws
Sawfish have lost 59% of their historical distribution and are heading toward complete extinction due to overfishing, a new study says, posing a threat to ocean biodiversity and indicating that policies worldwide to protect the world's largest ray are not being enforced.
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Scientists Discover 400-Year-Old Greenland Shark Likely Born Around 1620
Researchers used radiocarbon dating of eye proteins to determine the ages of 28 Greenland sharks, and estimated that one female was about 400 years old. The former vertebrate record-holder was a bowhead whale estimated to be 211 years old.
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Oysters return to Belfast Lough after more than 100 years
Native oysters have unexpectedly returned to the shores of Belfast Lough after more than 100 years, researchers have discovered – though scientists are still unsure how they got there. Ostrea edulis, the European flat oyster, is listed as threatened and/or declining by the Ospar conservation scheme and is the focus of numerous biodiversity projects around Europe. But now it has impressed scientists by establishing itself in Belfast Lough without the aid of a reintroduction programme.
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Couple's incredible $800k find during romantic beach stroll
A couple’s romantic stroll along a beach in Thailand has become life-changing after they stumbled upon a precious substance that could be worth around $792,345. Veera Juengboon, 31 and his wife Monruedee, 26, travelled to Phuket, to see a friend when they noticed a yellowish lump on the beach.
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Florida diver finds giant megalodon shark tooth at sea
A diver in the US state of Florida has found a giant prehistoric shark tooth during a weekend trip out to sea. Mike Nastasio runs Black Gold Fossil Charters out of Venice and regularly takes groups out on the water to go searching for megalodon shark teeth.
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Abandoned tanker containing 1 million barrels of oil could cause ‘devastation’ in Red Sea, scientists warn
An oil tanker which has been abandoned since 2015 is deteriorating, seeping oil and could cause an environmental catastrophe if the 1 million barrels of crude it contains becomes a more serious spillage. The vessel, called the Safer, is decaying in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah, where access is controlled by the Houthi faction.
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Humpback whale spotted in New York Harbor near Statue of Liberty
A humpback whale was ready for its close-up frolicked in front of the Statue of Liberty, One World Trade Center and other iconic sights off New York Harbor on Tuesday.
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A Race Against Time to Rescue a Reef From Climate Change
When Hurricane Delta hit Puerto Morelos, Mexico, in October, a team known as the Brigade waited anxiously for the sea to quiet. The group, an assortment of tour guides, diving instructors, park rangers, fishermen and researchers, needed to get in the water as soon as possible. The coral reef that protects their town — an undersea forest of living limestone branches that blunted the storm’s destructive power — had taken a beating.
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A Dolphin Saved Hundreds of Lives in the Early 1900s
It isn’t groundbreaking news that dolphins are smart. ‘How smart’ has always the question. After all, it’s not like we can give them a written test. Their cognitive abilities are part of ongoing research. For example, a recent study by Georgetown University revealed that dolphins have the longest lasting memory of any non-human species, including elephants.
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Scores of pilot whales dead in New Zealand stranding
Almost 100 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, conservation officials said Wednesday. Most of the marine mammals beached themselves over the weekend but rescue efforts were hampered by the area's isolated location, about 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of the South Island, the Department of Conservation (DOC) said.
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More than 100 beached whales saved off Sri Lanka
More than 100 whales stranded on a Sri Lankan beach have been guided to the sea in an overnight rescue operation. Three pilot whales and one dolphin died of their injuries following the mass beaching near the city of Panadura, south of the capital Colombo. The rescue was conducted by the navy, with help from environmental protection officers, police and local residents.
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Save Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises From Extinction, Urge 300 Scientists From 40 Countries
A controversial environment chief in the Trump administration has said he has no intention of leaving his post after a US district court judge deemed his tenure and ongoing occupation of the position illegal. William Perry Pendley, head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), said this week that the judge’s ruling “has no impact, no impact whatsoever”.
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A suspected toxic spill in Russia's Far East has killed 95% of marine life on the seabed
A suspected toxic spill along a beach on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has killed 95% of marine life on the surrounding seabed, local scientists have said, following a weeks-long campaign to investigate the mysterious incident.
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Developing Coronavirus Vaccines Are Harming Shark Species
As vaccines candidates are being developed to cure coronavirus, some developers use squalene - an ingredient found in shark liver oil. Wildlife experts fear that millions of sharks may be killed if vaccine developers don't look for alternative sources.
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Half a million sharks 'may be killed in effort to make Covid vaccine'
Around half a million sharks may be slaughtered in an effort to make a Covid-19 vaccine, wildlife experts have claimed. The top predators are harvested for squalene, a natural oil made in the liver of sharks, which is used medicine - including in current flu jabs.
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Unsustainable fishing worsens threats to Great Barrier Reef
Under-regulated fishing along the Great Barrier Reef is putting the world’s biggest coral reef system at further risk as it deals with repeated mass bleaching events, the Australia government’s marine park authority has found. Conservationists and recreational fishing groups have told Guardian Australia the Queensland government’s rollout of major fisheries reforms, designed to tackle the issues along the reef, has stalled.
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