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Oxygen-Free Creatures
Found Deep in
Mediterranean

Apr 9, 2010 3:24 AM CDT

Oxygen-Free Creatures Found Deep in Mediterranean

Species can live and reproduce in Ocean's dead zones

(Newser) - Scientists have discovered the first known creatures that can survive and reproduce without oxygen. The three new species from the Loricifera group were found deep in the "dead," or oxygen-free, zone of the Mediterranean Sea. One of the minuscule animals—approximately a millimeter long—looks like a jellyfish...

Giant Waves Kill Two
Cruise Ship Passengers

Mar 3, 2010 3:56 PM CST

Giant Waves Kill Two Cruise Ship Passengers

Accident occurs near French Mediterranean port

(Newser) - Greek and Cypriot officials say 26-foot waves have crashed into a cruise ship with nearly 2,000 people aboard off France, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers. Another six people suffered minor injuries. The accident occurred near the French Mediterranean port of Marseilles as the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty was...

Ethiopian Jet's
Black Box
Recovered

Feb 7, 2010 9:12 AM CST

Ethiopian Jet's Black Box Recovered

Plane had crashed outside Beirut in Jan. 25 thunderstorm

(Newser) - Lebanon's marine commandos today recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, a Lebanese army officer said. The Boeing 737 crashed Jan. 25 minutes after takeoff from Beirut during a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board died. The officer said the...

Ethiopian Jet Carrying 90
Crashes off Lebanon

34 bodies recovered

Jan 25, 2010 7:00 AM CST

Ethiopian Jet Carrying 90 Crashes off Lebanon

Boeing 737 goes down in Mediterranean Sea; 34 bodies recovered

(Newser) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people aboard crashed off the coast of Lebanon shortly after takeoff early today. Searching rescue crews recovered 34 bodies from the Mediterranean Sea, and no survivors were expected to be found. The cause was not immediately known, but authorities speculated the crash of the...

Israel Captures Alleged
Iranian Arms Ship

Nov 4, 2009 10:58 AM CST

Israel Captures Alleged Iranian Arms Ship

Smuggled weapons were headed for Hezbollah, Israel says

(Newser) - Israel has seized a cargo ship it says was being used to smuggle hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Though the ship has been sequestered, Israel tells the BBC it does not believe the crew was aware of the operation, and that the weapons were...

Raging Wildfires
Force Greeks to Flee

Aug 22, 2009 5:34 PM CDT

Raging Wildfires Force Greeks to Flee

Bracing for worsening conditions, officials struggle to tame blazes

(Newser) - Dozens of wildfires are raging across Greece today, forcing villagers to flee and threatening to scorch ancient landmarks, the BBC reports. Fanned by gale-force winds, the flames are also creeping up on the nation's capital, where one suburb has already received evacuation orders, the AP reports. "The coming night...

Greenpeace:
Mediterranean
a 'Sea of Hell'

Jun 30, 2009 2:51 PM CDT

Greenpeace: Mediterranean a 'Sea of Hell'

(Newser) - The Mediterranean Sea is in crisis because of global warming, according to Greenpeace. The group says its latest research documents the catastrophic effect climate change is having on the environmentally crucial body of water, which it dubs a “sea of hell.” Rising temperatures have sent foreign species like...

Surveyors Find Sunken
WWI Battleship

Feb 19, 2009 11:02 AM CST

Surveyors Find Sunken WWI Battleship

Danton in top condition deep under Mediterranean

(Newser) - A French battleship famously sunk by Germans in World War I has been found in “extraordinary” condition on the Mediterranean Sea floor, the BBC reports. A geosciences firm came upon the Danton while surveying the waters between Italy and Algeria for a planned gas pipeline, set to be diverted...

Mediterranean Fishermen Find There's A Catch

Jan 16, 2008 12:48 PM CST

Mediterranean Fishermen Find There's A Catch

As supplies dwindle, livelihoods at risk—and so are some species

(Newser) - Over-fishing is threatening the many species that fill the Mediterranean Sea—not to mention the livelihoods of local fishermen and the diets of the region's populace—but having 21 countries to deal with makes it difficult to wrangle out an agreement that would give stocks a chance to recover, the...

Israelis Eye Building Islands

Aug 17, 2007 4:02 PM CDT

Israelis Eye Building Islands

Israel approves plans for new international airport on artificial island

(Newser) - The Israelis want to build artificial islands in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Tel Aviv, and put an international airport on one of them. It's been talked about, on and off, for more than a decade; the project has finally been deemed feasable by a planning committee. The panel’...