Oceans
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Animals
Animals USA1:0 for Endangered Whales against Oil Corp: Offshore Activity Stopped for 5 Years
A federal court in Alaska, United States, ruled in favor of protecting the critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale by restricting oil and gas activities as they are considered harmful to the mammal and other species.
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Technology
Technology USATelecommunication Cables Can Help Detect Earthquakes – Here’s How
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology, United States found a way to detect earthquakes using what's already there: the more-than-a-million kilometers of fiber optic telecommunication cables that lie at the bottom of the oceans.
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Technology
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Environment
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Environment
Environment USAFully Protect a Third of the World’s Ocean to Benefit… Fishing!
Launched in 2008, this ambitious project has set a brand new mission: to fully protect a third of the world’s ocean not only for the sake of biodiversity, but also for fish stock that needs replenishing and carbon that need to be stored.
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Environment
Environment USAGiant Crabs to the Rescue of Corals in the Florida Keys
The overgrowth of algae has been suffocating coral reefs in the Florida Keys, United States, but the Caribbean king crab may help solve this crucial problem: the crustacean gobbles on algae and seaweed, helping to restore the natural balance and improve overall coral health.
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Environment
Environment USASea Urchins Munch Through Enough Algae to Save a Coral Reef
The introduction of nearly 100,000 urchins over the last two years in the Kāne’ohe Bay, on the hawaiian island of Oahu, helped save the coral reef by grazing through an invasive non-Hawaiian species of algae introduced in the 1970s.
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Environment
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Environment
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Environment
