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Brazil dam burst: environmental crisis reaches Atlantic in pictures
A mudslide at an iron ore mine in Brazil, in which at least 13 people died, has reignited calls for safer ways to dispose of millions of tonnes of waste as toxic mud leaks into the Atlantic ocean
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Raising the Dead
At the bottom of the biggest underwater cave in the world, diving deeper than almost anyone had ever gone, Dave Shaw found the body of a young man who had disappeared ten years earlier. What happened after Shaw promised to go back is nearly unbelievable, unless you believe in ghosts. By Tim Zimmermann. (2005)
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Brazil Dam Toxic Mud Reaches Atlantic via Rio Doce Estuary
A wave of toxic mud in the Rio Doce river in Brazil from a collapsed dam at an iron ore mine reaches the sea amid concerns of severe pollution.
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Landlocked Islanders
Can Marshall Islanders whose lives are tied to the sea maintain their culture in Oklahoma? By Krista Langlois.
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Brinicles: What are 'Icicles of Death'?
When icicles form beneath the sea, you better get out of their way.
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The Next Gold Rush Will Be 5,000 Feet Under the Sea
Rabaul, a township on the northern tip of Papua New Guinea’s New Britain island, is still covered in the ash of a volcano that exploded decades ago. Eruptions have twice decimated the city, once in 1937, and once in 1994. Both times, locals rebuilt and soldiered on. Today, if you’re driving across Rabaul, you’ll pass long stretches where ash is still piled on the shoulder and even on the middle of the road; it’s so thick you’ll want to close the windows to keep ...
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Can Sylvia Earle Save the Oceans?
She's been alone in total darkness thousands of feet down, hovered under a Russian ship as it pinged her submarine, and been charged by huge sharks. But one thing does frighten Sylvia Earle: the dire state of our overfished and polluted seas, something she spends every waking hour trying to change. By Ian Frazier.
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Scientists say Greenland just opened up a major new ‘floodgate’ of ice into the ocean
As the world prepares for the most important global climate summit yet in Paris later this month, news from Greenland could add urgency to the negotiations. For another major glacier appears to have begun a rapid retreat into a deep underwater basin, a troubling sign previously noticed at Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier and also in the Amundsen Sea region of West Antarctica. And in all of these cases, warm ocean waters reaching the deep bases of marine...
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Growing corals bathe themselves in acid without suffering damage
Acidic water may be a sign of healthy corals, says a new study, muddying the waters still further on our understanding of how coral reefs might react to climate change. Andreas Andersson of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, and his colleagues carefully monitored a coral reef in Bermuda for five years, and found that spikes in acidity were linked to increased reef growth.
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Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months
In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days. This is his story. By Jonathan Franklin.
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Melting ice in west Antarctica could raise seas by three metres, warns study
Nasa research finds ice in the region has gone into ‘irreversible retreat’ and claims effect is ‘unstoppable’
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The Deep Blue by Jorge Cervera Hauser
Way out into the blue, right where you lose all sight of land — and feel overwhelmed, as if devoured by the sea — you will find the beautiful creatures of the open ocean, who live in the ‘pelagic’ zone. Today, we are fighting to protect them.
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Letting Go of Paradise
Three years after Superstorm Sandy slammed into New Jersey’s coast, few local communities want to accept that the Shore’s glory days are numbered. By Steven Ashley.
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The noise we’re creating in the sea can be deadly
Researchers are decoding a secret world of underwater chatter – and discovering the plight of animals harmed by our noise.
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One of the World’s Most Notorious Illegal Fishing Crews Is Fined $17 Million
Sea Shepherd’s dogged pursuit of the vessel Thunder has resulted in jail time, big penalties, and a breakthrough in how to catch ocean poachers.
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The oceans are becoming too hot for coral, and sooner than we expected
Corals are experiencing only the third global bleaching event in recorded history, caused by warming seas. But worse is yet to come.
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New Zealand to create giant marine sanctuary
Waters north of New Zealand will become one of the world's largest ocean sanctuaries, covering an area roughly the size of France, with a full ban on fishing and mining
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Voyage Traces Stirred-up Arctic heat
Oceanographers gather evidence of a 'vicious circle' of wind-driven turbulence in the Arctic Ocean, stirring up heat from the depths.
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Melting Ice Threatens To Submerge Entire Villages
“As it stands now, my current home may not exist 10 years from now,” declares Millie Hawley, president of the tribal council of the small Alaskan town of Kivalina. The Washington Post reports that Hawley used these blunt words before introducing President Barack Obama on Sept. 2 at a speech during his visit to Kotzebue, located approximately 75 miles southeast of Kivalina.
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The Wild Spirit of Oregon’s Coast
Over the years, Oregonians have fought hard to preserve the natural beauty and monuments of their coast. Today, the 363-mile shoreline remains as wild as ever.
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