Explorer Says Titanic Should Be Protected
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Legendary explorer Robert Ballard was nervous this summer as he prepared to return to the Titanic for the first time since he discovered the famous shipwreck nearly two decades ago.
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By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 19--A federal judge Monday called invasive species possibly stored aboard the ballast water of ships an "irreparable" degradation to the nation's coastal environment, and ordered federal regulators to take a much tougher stand.
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&quot;In the unlikely event that it did hit, it would be quite serious. Weâre talking either a tsunami if it hit in the ocean, which would be likely, or significant ground damage&quot; - Dr Donald Yeomans, NASA Near Earth Object Program manager.
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Survivors of a fatal fire on a submarine today spoke of their experience as Canadaâs defence minister said he could not rule out suing the British Government.
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Survivors of a fatal fire on board a submarine yesterday said they felt lucky to have escaped with their lives as Canada&#39;s defence minister, Bill Graham, said he could not rule out suing Britain over the incident.
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It is trying to protect its world-famous bounty of fish with marine protected areas.
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Spain wants ships to slow down and watch out for whales while passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, one of the world's busiest maritime routes.
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By ESPINER, Colin; STEWARD, Ian  Conservation Minister Chris Carter is warning of an environmental disaster if a Japanese whaling ship foundering off the Antarctic coast spills oil into the Ross Sea.
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Recent damage caused some to question the need to better protect undersea communication cables from attack.
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The star of the long-running hit TV show "Cheers" on Thursday called for better practices to protect the world's oceans from overfishing and mercury contamination.
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Alaska's Aleutian Island chain, where  a broken cargo ship has been leaking fuel oil for five days,  needs the type of environmental protections that are given to  better-known areas, a marine wildlife activist said on Monday.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown must ensure the protection of the UK's marine wildlife, the RSPB urges.
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A deck log from a ship that searched for bodies after the Titanic sank sold for more than $100,000 as part of a Christie's auction Thursday of memorabilia from the doomed oceanliner.
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Holidaymakers who thought they had lost out on a cruise after the collapse of Travelscope may have a lifeline.
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Divers are preparing to film and collect artefacts from the wreck of RMS Carpathia, which rescued 705 people from the Titanic.
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Russia and St. Petersburg in particular are not to blame for the lion's share of pollution in the Baltic Sea, an expedition into the Gulf of Finland by a ship carrying representatives of the local office of the ...
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The wreck of a World War II German submarine off Norway's coast should be covered with sand to contain its cargo of environmentally damaging mercury, a study said Tuesday.