May 25 2011
Resurrecting the Dead Sea
With the Dead Sea drying up as a result of rising water demand, the historic body of water may one day disappear.
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May 23 2011
Anti-Pirate Software Tracks Risks at High Seas
Jack Sparrow beware: A Navy software program combines multiple data to pinpoint areas at risk of pirate attacks.
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May 20 2011
Dolphin, Whale Blubber Harbors Chemicals
Since we tend to eat the same fish as these marine predators, this is bad news for humans, too.
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May 10 2011
Boat Would Sail on Saturn Moon’s Sea
NASA is looking at sending a probe to explore the methane oceans of Titan, a prime contender for finding life beyond Earth.
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May 03 2011
Oceans Could Rise 5 Feet by 2100
Melting ice and snow due to climate change has already accounted for 40 percent of recent increases in ocean levels.
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Apr 20 2011
BP-Like Spill in Arctic Would Be Disastrous
Unpredictable ice and bad weather could make it nearly impossible to respond to a spill on the scale of what was seen in the Gulf a year ago.
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Apr 19 2011
BP Oil Spill Anniversary: Where Are We Now?
Life around the Gulf for humans has largely returned to normal a year after the BP oil spill. For wildlife, however, it may be a different story.
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Apr 19 2011
Sea Urchins Turning into Cannibals
Sea urchins have become a trendy food, and because of our feeding and overcrowding them, they're even starting to eat each other.
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Apr 14 2011
Drifters Could Monitor Ocean Radiation From Japan
The ocean-going floats could track radioactive material as it approaches Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast.
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Apr 06 2011
Japan Plugs Radioactive Leak from Nuclear Plant
Plugging the water leak boosts efforts to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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