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		<title>Jellyfish spread in world&#8217;s oceans, devastating fisheries, stinging millions; warming blamed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Casey</dc:creator>
		
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Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world

KOKONOGI, Japan — A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass. The fishermen leaned into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off New England, warming ocean drives fish away from shore _ and market bins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clarke Canfield</dc:creator>
		
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Warming drives off Cape Cod&#8217;s namesake, other fish

PORTLAND, Maine — Fishermen have known for years that they&#8217;ve had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.
A new federal study documenting the warming waters of the North Atlantic confirms that they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA finds fish in about half of nation&#8217;s lakes and reservoirs harbor hazardous chemicals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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EPA: Toxic chemicals in freshwater fish widespread

WASHINGTON — Nearly half of lakes and reservoirs nationwide contain fish with potentially harmful levels of the toxic metal mercury, according to a federal study released Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency found mercury — a pollutant primarily released from coal-fired power plants — and polychlorinated biphenyls in all fish samples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Airborne nitrogen pollution producing junk food for fish in Rocky Mountain Park lakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Kohler</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Nitrogen pollution worsens in Rockies lakes

DENVER — Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says.
A similar phenomenon is occurring in Sweden and Norway, according to the study of about 90 high-elevation lakes set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex for survival: Study shows male fiddler crabs will protect female neighbors _ at a price</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Gelineau</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival

SYDNEY — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection for females is, apparently, having sex with the neighbors, according to an Australian study published Wednesday.
Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found male fiddler crabs will happily defend a nearby female against intruders — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Russia plans extensive research program to support claim to Arctic Sea resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Russia plans research to support Arctic claim

MOSCOW — Russia is planning extensive research to support its claim to a broad swath of energy-rich territory beneath the Arctic Sea, a top official of the nation&#8217;s icebreaker fleet said Friday.
Icebreakers will lead research vessels into the Arctic in a series of missions over the next three years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fishermen rally in Mass. to call for changes to fishery law, &#8216;dysfunctional&#8217; management</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Fishermen school up to criticize new catch rules

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Hundreds of fishermen from the Northeast rallied in front of the headquarters of federal fishery managers Friday, demanding changes in the &#8220;dysfunctional&#8221; management that they say is destroying their industry.
Some fishermen held signs reading &#8220;Let Fishermen Fish&#8221;; other signs pictured Adolf Hitler with the word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salvage company considering another undersea expedition to the Titanic wreck site in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Szkotak</dc:creator>
		
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Another Titanic expedition possible in 2010

NORFOLK, Va. — The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic wants to make another expedition to the world&#8217;s most famous shipwreck in 2010.
RMS Titanic Inc.&#8217;s expedition would be the first by the salvor since 2004, though two other expeditions have been to the site since then, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic update: Scientists say global warming continues to melt Arctic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Global warming is messing with the planet&#8217;s thermostat.

That warning came Thursday from Richard Spinrad, head of research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in releasing the annual update of science&#8217;s Arctic report card.
Warming temperatures continue in the polar north, changing wind patterns, melting sea ice and glaciers and affecting ocean and land [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US oceans ambassador says more study is needed as countries deal with changing Arctic Ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The United States must move forward with science research to make good decisions about how to manage human activities in the Arctic Ocean, the ambassador for oceans and fisheries said Wednesday.

&#8220;The Arctic is certainly the least well understood ocean on the planet, and in particular the area of the western Arctic nearest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan catches 59 whales, 1 short of maximum allowed under international rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales — one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines — under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.

The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU officials warn cod is closer to disappearing from key European fishing grounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raf Casert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — The European Union&#8217;s executive body is calling for sharp cuts in the amount of cod fishermen can catch next year, pointing to estimates that the fish is close to extinction in some major fishing areas around Europe.

Officials warned Friday that only steep catch cuts will prevent the disappearance of a species prized for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British explorers say within a decade North Pole summers will be virtually ice free</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released Wednesday by a team of explorers who trekked through the Arctic for three months

The Catlin Arctic Survey team, led by explorer Pen Hadow, measured the thickness of the ice as it sledged and hiked through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Endangered AK beluga whale group declining, raising concerns over survival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A government study found that a group of endangered beluga whales in Alaska is declining, raising concern that bolstered protection for the animals is not coming quickly enough.

The downward trend comes after two years where numbers for the Cook Inlet belugas appeared to have stabilized. But now numbers have slipped again to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French prosecutor studying toxic algae complaints after horse&#8217;s death on beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ingrid Rousseau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — The prosecutor&#8217;s office is studying up to 300 complaints linked to noxious green algae after the death of a horse this summer on a beach in Brittany, a judicial official said Friday.

Suspicions that tons of decaying green algae may be behind illnesses, comas or deaths reported over more than a decade gained credence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers, alters marine ecosystems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Ritter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SERMILIK FJORD, Greenland — With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker.

An orange tube fixed to a metal frame breaks the surface as the motorized winch stops groaning. Inside: data on the water temperature deep down in this glacial fjord off southeast Greenland.
&#8220;If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With an eye to the future, Saudi Arabia launches &#8216;world class&#8217; research university</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarek El-tablawy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Saudi Arabia has dug into its oil-fueled coffers to set up a new research university, a multibillion dollar coed venture built on the promise of scientific freedom in a region where a conservative interpretation of Islam has often been blamed for stifling innovation.

The King Abdullah Science and Technology University — complete with state-of-the-art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As ice melts, as court briefs fly, the white bear will hold center stage in climate drama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles J. Hanley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories — Henry Jr. slept in the arms of his father the unhappy hunter, who pondered the future of the boy born last Arctic winter, in the depths of a polar bear season he&#8217;d rather forget.

&#8220;It&#8217;s too late to be a hunter. I don&#8217;t want him to do that,&#8221; Henry Nasogaluak said of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. treasure hunters will cooperate with British government on famous shipwreck salvage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. — Florida deep-sea explorers said Friday that they will work with the British government to salvage artifacts from centuries-old shipwreck of a heavily armed vessel, and the company may continue to make money under the agreement.

Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration announced it was giving up its legal claim as part of the agreement with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. treasure hunters agrees to hand over claim on shipwreck artifacts to British government</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. — Florida deep-sea explorers say they have agreed to give the British government ownership of artifacts removed from a famous shipwreck.

Odyssey Marine Exploration said in a statement Friday that it will give up its claim to the wreck of the HMS Victory in exchange for 80 percent of the value of two brass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: Review shows gov&#8217;t rarely intervenes as Calif. mercury mines pollute water, fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California&#8217;s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state&#8217;s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people.

But an Associated Press investigation found that the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen of the hundreds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration submits salmon plan to boost fish protection in Pacific Northwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — The Obama administration says it will be more aggressive in protecting declining Pacific Northwest salmon runs and will study breaching some dams as a last resort in a long-awaited management plan.

The administration submitted the plan to a federal judge Tuesday in Portland. Called a &#8220;biological opinion,&#8221; it will guide hydroelectric dam operations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biggest US study finds male bass with female features in many rivers; women&#8217;s meds to blame</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Government scientists figure that one out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become.

The findings come from the U.S. Geological Survey in its first comprehensive examination of intersex fish in America, a problem linked to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii researchers explore previously unseen deep coral reef areas, find juvenile fish nursery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Audrey Mcavoy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU — Scientists over the past month explored coral reefs in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that until recently were considered too deep for scuba divers to reach.

Divers swam among previously unseen reefs as deep as 250 feet during a monthlong research trip to the islands by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel Hiialakai.
They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. science center on Cape Cod to build ocean monitoring stations to research climate change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FALMOUTH, Mass. — A Massachusetts ocean studies institute is building underwater data collection stations to help researchers understand the ocean&#8217;s role in climate change.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod has received nearly $100 million in federal grants to help develop and operate the underwater observatories.
Underwater stations will be built in locales worldwide, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drought-stricken coastal streams threaten California&#8217;s endangered coho salmon with extinction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Dearen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN GERONIMO, Calif. — California&#8217;s third year of drought has worsened the already dire outlook for endangered coho salmon, as coastal creeks used for spawning dwindle into disconnected pools where fish get trapped and die.

On a hot summer afternoon about 40 miles north of San Francisco, a group armed with fishing nets and buckets was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctoral program in aquaculture and fisheries approved for university at edge of Ark. Delta</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Parsons</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Studying fish once seemed so simple: find out where they were biting and keep it under your hat. Now the study of fish has evolved into Ph.D.-level programs that can make fish bigger, tastier and a larger part of the nation&#8217;s economy.

The University of Arkansas&#8217; board of trustees on Friday approved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Bigeye tuna stocks in danger because limits on fishing in Pacific Ocean ineffective</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/study-bigeye-tuna-stocks-in-danger-because-limits-on-fishing-in-pacific-ocean-ineffective-158597/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Casey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, Thailand — Environmentalists want tougher restrictions on the industrial-scale fishing of bigeye tuna in the Pacific Ocean after new research showed current measures are failing and will do little to sustain stocks of a fish that is popular in sushi bars the world over.

The findings will intensify a debate between the multibillion dollar fishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Washington gets $126M to create Northwest seafloor observatory</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phuong Le</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — The University of Washington has received about $126 million in federal money to build an ocean observatory in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington and Oregon.

The vast network of fiberoptic and power cables and stations will relay continuous scientific data and video images from the depths of the seafloor via the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant garbage patch in Pacific Ocean&#8217;s possible effect on marine life worries researchers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/giant-garbage-patch-in-pacific-oceans-possible-effect-on-marine-life-worries-researchers-151932/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Rindels</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A tawny stuffed puppy bobs in cold sea water, his four stiff legs tangled in the green net of some nameless fisherman.

It&#8217;s one of the bigger pieces of trash in a sprawling mass of garbage-littered water, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where most of the plastic looks like snowy confetti [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers: Garbage patch in Pacific Ocean that&#8217;s bigger than Texas threatening marine life</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/researchers-garbage-patch-in-pacific-ocean-thats-bigger-than-texas-threatening-marine-life-151920/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Rindels</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A tawny stuffed puppy bobs in cold sea water, his four stiff legs tangled in the green net of some nameless fisherman.

It&#8217;s one of the bigger pieces of trash in a giant patch of garbage-littered water — one that&#8217;s bigger than Texas — where most of the plastic looks like snowy confetti [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers: Texas-sized garbage patch in Pacific Ocean possibly killing marine life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO — Researchers say a Texas-sized garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean is possibly killing marine life and birds that are ingesting the trash.

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Thursday announced findings from an August expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, about 1,000 miles west of California. The patch is a vortex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research finds higher ocean acidification off Alaska that could threaten fishing industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Erosion threatens to topple coastal Alaska villages. Melting ice threatens polar bears. Now, a marine scientist says the state&#8217;s marine waters are turning acidic from absorbing greenhouse gases faster than tropical waters, potentially endangering Alaska&#8217;s $4.6 billion fishing industry.

The same things that make Alaska&#8217;s marine waters among the most productive in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal study reveals widespread mercury contamination in fish from air pollution, mining</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — No fish can escape mercury pollution. That&#8217;s the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the country.

The toxic substance was found in every fish sampled, a finding that underscores how widespread mercury pollution has become.
But while all fish had traces of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic decomposes at sea, releasing potentially dangerous chemicals, report says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Environmentalists have long denounced plastic as a long-lasting pollutant that doesn&#8217;t break down. A new study indicates that, in the oceans, plastic does decompose, but says that&#8217;s not a good thing either.

Thousands of tons of plastic debris wind up in the oceans every year, some of it washing up on coasts, some being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t study reveals widespread mercury contamination in fish from air pollution, mining</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — No fish can escape mercury pollution.

That&#8217;s the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the country. The toxic substance was found in every fish sampled, a finding that underscores how widespread mercury pollution has become.
But while all fish had traces of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists, regulators consider protection plan for massive stretch of deep-sea coral reefs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Skoloff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FIFTY MILES OFF CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Deep beneath the crystalline blue surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. lies a virtual rain forest of coral reefs so expansive the network is believed to be the world&#8217;s largest.

A 23,000-square-mile area stretching from North Carolina to Florida is just part of that entire reef [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii inflicts financial pain on those who break coral in effort to protect precious reefs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Audrey Mcavoy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU — Wrecking coral will cost you in Hawaii.

A Maui tour company is paying the state nearly $400,000 for damaging more than 1,200 coral colonies when one of its boats sank at Molokini, a pristine reef and popular diving spot. Another tour operator faces penalties for wrecking coral when it illegally dropped an anchor on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish dinners not so endangered: Collapse of fisheries less likely, but fight&#8217;s not over yet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fish-dinners-not-so-endangered-collapse-of-fisheries-less-likely-but-fights-not-over-yet-125647/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Crabcakes and fish sticks won&#8217;t be disappearing after all.

Two years after a study warned that overfishing could cause a collapse in the world&#8217;s seafood stocks by 2048, an update says the tide is turning, at least in some areas.
&#8220;This paper shows that our oceans are not a lost cause,&#8221; said Boris Worm of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US deep sea explorers file objection to judge&#8217;s recommendation to award treasure to Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Armario</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA, Fla. — Deep-sea explorers based in Florida filed an objection Tuesday to a judge&#8217;s recommendation that they give 17 tons of shipwreck treasure back to Spain.

The dispute concerns the 200-year-old wreck of a Spanish galleon that carried thousands of silver coins and other artifacts estimated to be worth $500 million. The ship is believed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Airborne pesticides in Central Valley carry to Sierra, where they threaten frogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FRESNO, Calif. — A new study shows frogs in the Sierra Nevada mountains are threatened by airborne pesticides that drift eastward from California&#8217;s Central Valley.

Researchers at Southern Illinois University and the U.S. Geological Survey measured toxicity levels of two pesticides, chlorpyrifos and endosulfan, to Pacific treefrogs and foothill yellow-legged frogs. Both species native to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOAA chief: New ocean uses such as wind power creating conflicts, show need for more planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Leblanc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — New pressures on the nation&#8217;s oceans, from wind turbines to fish farms, are increasingly sparking conflicts with more traditional activities such as shipping and recreational boating and show the need for better planning, the head of the agency overseeing federal ocean research services said Monday.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surfers, environmentalists, Native Hawaiians trying to shut down shark tours in Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Audrey Mcavoy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HALEIWA, Hawaii — Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu&#8217;s North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed into the water by a tour company.

Tourist Kim Duniec said the experience of coming eye-to-eye with sharks was exhilarating. &#8220;Their eyes were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspectors weed out toxin-laced fish from Southern California&#8217;s Asian communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Taxin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WESTMINSTER, Calif. — John Fallan&#8217;s trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers.

Authorities say the white croaker has become a popular catch in local Asian communities. But when reeled in off a stretch of California&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green machines: Pentagon looks to algae as tomorrow&#8217;s fuel for fighter jets, cargo planes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOGAN, Utah — Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for Uncle Sam.

If he and others like him around the country are successful, algae-based biofuel could one day power one of the world&#8217;s biggest gas guzzlers: the U.S. military.
Heady [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastiki ship made of bottles to sail Pacific on voyage highlighting the perils of plastic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Locke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — You&#8217;ve heard of a ship in a bottle. How about a ship made of plastic bottles? That would be the Plastiki, designed to sail the Pacific on an 11,000-mile voyage highlighting the dangers of living in a throwaway world.

&#8220;Waste is fundamentally a design flaw. We wanted to design a vessel that would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding carbon dioxide to oceans causes fish ear bones to grow larger, scientists find</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/adding-carbon-dioxide-to-oceans-causes-fish-ear-bones-to-grow-larger-scientists-find-92134/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Listen up! Carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans is having a puzzling effect on fish — their ears get bigger.

Now, that doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re going to reel in the Mr. Spock of the sea. Fish ears are inside their bodies.
But, as in humans, their ears perform a major role in sensing movement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whaling talks ponder compromise deal but breakthrough said to be no closer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Hatton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LISBON, Portugal — The International Whaling Commission on Monday began discussing a possible compromise deal that would reduce the number of whales killed each year.

However, environmental groups expressed little hope of a breakthrough in the two-decade dispute at the start of IWC&#8217;s weeklong annual meeting in Portugal&#8217;s Madeira islands. Japan, Iceland and Norway run commercial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia, New Zealand plan non-lethal study of Antarctic whales in challenge to Japan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/australia-new-zealand-plan-non-lethal-study-of-antarctic-whales-in-challenge-to-japan-85492/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Lilley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Australia and New Zealand announced Thursday a non-lethal whale research expedition to the Antarctic, a direct challenge to Japan&#8217;s research program that kills up to 1,000 whales a year.

The six-week expedition, to set sail in a New Zealand ship early next year, will prove that whales can be studied without killing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s first global warming report dire, but offers hope; &#8216;Not too late,&#8217; one official says</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-first-global-warming-report-dire-but-offers-hope-not-too-late-one-official-says-83493/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Rising sea levels, sweltering temperatures, deeper droughts, and heavier downpours — global warming&#8217;s serious effects are already here and getting worse, the Obama administration warned on Tuesday in the grimmest, most urgent language on climate change ever to come out of any White House.

But amid the warnings, scientists and government officials seemed to [...]]]></description>
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