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Inquiry begins into massive oil leak
A federal inquiry into an oil spill off the northern coast of Western Australia last year will begin in Canberra today.
Oil and gas from the Montara well began leaking into the Timor Sea last August, causing thousands of barrels of oil and gas to spill into the ocean off the Kimberley coast.
The leak, which continued [...]
World’s smallest satellite tags to track rare Kittlitz’s Murrelet seabirds
Washington, September 6 (ANI): Scientists have attached the world’s smallest satellite tags to the members of the rare and rapidly declining Kittlitz’s Murrelet seabirds, in order to track them.
Most of these birds are found in remote, glaciated regions of Alaska, but their wintering grounds have long been unknown.
Thanks to tiny solar-powered satellites tags that [...]
Fashion may have emerged 80,000 years ago in form of shell beads
London, August 28 (ANI): A new study by an international team of researchers from France, South Africa, Germany, Israel and the UK has confirmed that 80,000-year-old shell beads found in caves in North Africa represent some of the earliest evidence of the use of personal ornamentation, which also [...]
Fashion may have emerged 80,000 years ago in form of shell beads
London, August 26 (ANI): A new study by an international team of researchers from France, South Africa, Germany, Israel and the UK has confirmed that 80,000-year-old shell beads found in caves in North Africa represent some of the earliest evidence of the use of personal ornamentation, which also points to the dawn of modern human [...]
The Arctic was an enclosed freshwater lake until about 38 million years ago
Washington, July 5 (ANI): An analysis by scientists has suggested that the Arctic was an enclosed freshwater lake until about 38 million years ago, when tectonic activity caused it to undergo a transition to an ocean.
Recent studies have suggested that beginning about 44 million years ago the Arctic underwent a transition from lake to ocean [...]
Human-generated sounds may be killing marine life
Washington, March 14 (ANI): A new study has determined that human-generated sounds significantly affect the lives of aquatic animals, from the individual animal’s well-being, right through to its reproduction, migration and even death of some species.
The study, led by Dr. Arthur Popper from [...]
Deep sea may hold possible cures for antibiotic-resistant illnesses
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): A team of scientists has called for new awareness of the potential for antibiotic-resistant illnesses from the marine environment, and pointed to the marine realm as a source for possible cures of those threats.
The group stated that newly completed studies of ocean beach users point to an increasing risk of staph [...]
