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 Cigarette Butts Are 
 Toxic Waste: Study 

Cigarette-soaked water kills fish

Nov 9, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The chemicals in cigarette butts are lethal to fish, and the finding is bolstering researchers who want coffin nails classified as toxic waste. San Diego State University researchers submerged filters from smoked cigarettes in tanks of water for 24 hours, then added fish. Within 5 days, half the fish died.... More »

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pollution • smoking • ocean • fish • carcinogens • toxic waste • cigarette

 Blaze Erupts on Aussie Oil Rig 

Leak spewing 400 barrels of oil daily

Nov 2, 09 1:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A massive blaze has erupted from an oil rig in the Timor Sea off northwest Australia. The fire was sparked as workers battled to plug an undersea leak that has spewed 400 barrels of oil a day for the past 10 weeks. No one was injured in the fire and... More »

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oil • Australia • ocean • sea • oil rig • fire • oil leak

Dad Let Toddler Drown in Sea as He Macked on Mistress

'We heard a plop,' father recalls

Oct 9, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British dad let a stroller holding two of his children roll from a promenade into the sea where one of them drowned as he made out with his mistress. “I let go of the buggy and seconds into that kiss we heard a plop," married dad of... More »

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parenting • ocean • death • drowning • father • Britain

 US Lensman 
 Captures 
 Life-Size 
 Whale Pics 

Photog praises 'gentle, friendly' beasts

Oct 6, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A US lensman who has opened an exhibit of life-size whale photographs in Norway calls the great beasts "the most friendly and inquisitive carnivores on the planet." Bryant Austin spent five years, including days diving with "exceptional individual" whales he could touch, to collect enough photos to... More »

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art • ocean • Norway • sea • photographers • minke • whales • Bryant Austin




 Acid Ocean 
 Will Dissolve 
 Sea Creatures' Shells 

Researchers uncover another devastating impact of global warming

Oct 5, 09 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waters around the North Pole are absorbing so much carbon dioxide that acid in the ocean will soon begin dissolving sea creatures' shells, scientists warn. By 2018 10% of the Arctic Ocean will be corrosive, spelling potential disaster for the food chain as crustaceans begin to die off, reports the... More »

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carbon dioxide • global warming • ocean • North Pole • sea • Arctic Ocean • crustacean • sea creatures

(Newser) - Snorkelers and scuba divers aren’t the worst threat to the embattled coral reefs of the world—climate change, commercial fishing, and pollution take top honors—but the casual tourist can lessen, and even mitigate, the damage he or she causes, Slate reports. Of course, snorkelers shouldn’t purposefully snap... More »

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climate change • environment • pollution • global warming • tourism • ocean • coral reef • diving • snorkeling

 Jellyfish Journeys 
 May Affect Climate 

Creatures' movements may carry carbon dioxide to ocean depths

Jul 30, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jellyfish may be secretly affecting the climate of the oceans: Their movements appear to help change the balance of carbon in the atmosphere, NPR reports. Many jellyfish hide from predators deep underwater during the day and head to the surface at night for a snack, says an oceanographer. When they... More »

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climate change • environment • carbon dioxide • global warming • water • study • ocean • research • carbon • jellyfish

(Newser) - Improved security along the US-Mexico border has pushed enterprising smugglers to the sea in any manner of craft, the New York Times reports. Authorities have been catching twice as many illegal immigrants as usual—and seized 7 times the typical quantity of drugs—in recent months from boats and beaches,... More »

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Mexico • ocean • Mexican border • sea • illegal immigration • smuggling • drug smuggling

 Sharks Enjoy a Cuddle 


Jun 3, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - British aquarium managers are going to begin training sharks with rewards and even hugs after US scientists have discovered that certain breeds of the toothsome fish enjoy human cuddles, reports the Telegraph. "Zebra sharks will even roll over to have their tummies scratched or allow themselves to be lifted... More »

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shark • ocean • fish • captivity • sea • Jaws • training • scientific research • aquarium • Sea Life • animal training

(Newser) - An underwater photographer has died of the bends while filming for National Geographic, reports the Telegraph. Carl Spencer, 37, was part of team exploring the the British World War I hospital ship HMHS Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic, off the coast of Greece. He collapsed and was airlifted... More »

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ocean • sea • National Geographic • bends • National Geographic Society • scuba • deep-water dives • dive • decompression sickness

 Pirates Kill Brit Yachtsman 

Wife hears sounds of a scuffle, then silence

Mar 25, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British yachtsman was killed off the coast of Thailand by three fisherman-pirates who locked his wife in the cabin, reports the Times of London. The body of the vacationing 64-year-old businessman was not found, but police believe he was thrown overboard after his throat was cut. His wife managed... More »

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Thailand • yachting • ocean • piracy • sailing • sea • pirates • yachts • fishermen

OPINION

Crash Reminds Us of Dangers of Nuke-Armed Subs

Cold War is over, but dangerous machines still stalk the oceans

Feb 26, 09 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The Cold War is over, and the threats of terrorism and economic collapse have made it easy to forget about the possibility of sudden, total annihilation by nuclear weapons. Until, that is, last week’s collision between French and British nuclear submarines, Clemens Höges writes for Der Spiegel. It's... More »

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nuclear weapons • ocean • nuclear reactor • crash • missile • Cold War • submarine

 Did Google Ocean 
 Find Atlantis? 

Or just seabed measurements collected by boats?

Feb 20, 09 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - A mysterious grid of lines spotted by a British aeronautical engineer using Google Ocean may be the fabled lost city of Atlantis, experts tell the Telegraph. The rectangular region—roughly the size of Wales—is located near the Canary Islands in a region believed to be a likely spot for... More »

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Google • Atlantic Ocean • ocean • Atlantis • Google Ocean

Acidic Oceans Could
Confuse Fish: Study

Global warming hiking up oceanic acidity levels

Feb 3, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Climate change could be a disaster for marine life, a new study finds. As the atmosphere fills with CO2, the ocean absorbs it, and becomes more acidic, Wired reports, and clownfish, which navigate by scent, lose their ability to do so in water as acidic as the ocean is expected... More »

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climate change • ocean • fish • scientific study • acidification

 Google Earth Adds 'Depth,' 
 Tackling World's Oceans 

Underwater volcanoes, shipwrecks now available to program's users

Feb 2, 09 3:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Google has added a new feature to its Google Earth software, which now enables users to explore the world’s oceans and access information from scientists and explorers, AFP reports. “Google Earth is equipping itself with a new dimension: depth,” an engineer said. Surfers can “dive beneath... More »

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Google • Internet • Google Earth • ocean • marine animal • software • Google Maps • scientific research • Google Ocean

(Newser) - In the search for renewable energy, Europe and the US are turning to one of the earth’s most abundant resources—the tides, Bloomberg reports. Technology developed three decades ago to turn tidal energy into electricity in developing countries is finally finding traction in the West. The largest grid-connected turbine,... More »

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environment • power grid • ocean • electricity • green energy • turbines • tides

 Centuries of Trouble Already 
 Locked In by Warming 


Expert warns that CO2 has triggered 1,000 years of change

Jan 27, 09 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The damage from global warming will continue for centuries even if emissions could possibly be brought under control immediately, warns one of the world's leading climate experts. The heat and carbon dioxide being soaked up by the world's oceans now will be released regardless of what's done to mitigate the... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • ocean • carbon emissions • greenhouse-gas emissions

Fishermen Rescued After
25 Days in a Floating Cooler

Men say rainwater and fish kept them alive

Jan 21, 09 6:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Aussie authorities are probing the story of a pair of Burmese fishermen found floating in an industrial-sized cooler, the Independent reports. The men were rescued after a customs aircraft spotting them waving frantically. They told officials they had been adrift for 25 days after their fishing boat sunk in heavy... More »

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Australia • shipwreck • ocean • Burma • survivors • fishermen

 Pacific Salmon Face 
 Uncertain Tides 

Oceanic changes doomed '08 crop, but scientists can't agree on what caused them

Jan 7, 09 6:43 PM CST
(Newser) - West Coast fisheries has seen a 90% drop in salmon spawn since 2004, and while many blame rivers degraded by dams and diversions, some experts believe the problem has been pushed out to sea, reports Salon. Wind direction and water temperature have changed, bringing less food to the ocean’s... More »

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California • science • ocean • salmon • fish • Oregon • dams • fishermen • cod

Coral Reef's Slow Growth Worries Scientists

They blame climate change for trouble

Jan 2, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Great Barrier Reef isn't growing as fast as it should, and the consequences could be devastating for the vast species of marine life that it supports, say Australian scientists. A 13% decline in coral growth rate since 1990 is the first such drop in 400 years, says their report... More »

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global warming • ocean • threatened species • coral reef • Great Barrier Reef

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