News: New Hypoxic Event Found Off Oregon Coast
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For the second time in three years, a hypoxic "dead zone" has formed off the central Oregon Coast. It's killing fish, crabs and other marine life and leading researchers to believe that a fundamental change may be taking place in ocean conditions in the northern Pacific Ocean.
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YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. June 4 (Interfax) - Oil spills have been discovered near two wells operated by Russian oil company Rosneft (RTS: ROSN) in the north of Sakhalin, non-governmental organization Sakhalin Environmental Watch (EVS) said in a press release on Monday.
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Description: New evidence is reported that rising global temperatures could have rapid effects on the Antarctic ice pack and on ocean levels.
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(CP) - An 18-metre fishing vessel is on fire off the coast of Newfoundland, and a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter has been dispatched to pluck six people from the water.
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BOSTON - The Coast Guard was searching Thursday night for a 52-foot fishing vessel with two crew members on board after detecting a distress signal, officials said.  The Lady Luck out of Newburyport was last reported about 12 miles southeast off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 2 a.m.
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Washington state's top polluter isn't a pulp mill, a power plant or refinery. It's the newly awakened Mount St. Helens. Since the volcano began erupting in early October, it has been pumping out 50 to 250 tons a day of sulfur dioxide, the lung-stinging gas that causes acid rain and contributes to haze.
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By By Brian Hendrickson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Jun.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. A team of 20 scientists is joining the search for a missing H-bomb off the coast of Georgia. The government believes a report of some unusual radiation readings might be coming from a hydrogen bomb that was lost near Tybee Island in 1958.
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By Anonymous  In a new report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Center for Coastal Ocean Sciences has found a continuing decrease in toxic organic chemicals in mollusks, specifically mussels and oysters, collected at more than 230 sites nationwide.
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By EASTON, Paul  NEW ZEALAND scientists have met at the University of Otago to explore the threat more acidic oceans might pose to the health of marine life.
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By Clarissa Aljentera, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 2--A sheen seen off Monterey on Friday turned out to be diesel fuel and was likely dumped the night before.   It was discovered about 10:30 a.m.
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By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jan. 31--The mystery of what happened to Microsoft engineer Jim Gray deepened Tuesday, with leads of a possible sighting of his boat turning up nothing despite a massive search from Monterey Bay to Oregon.
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SEATTLE -- A toxic algae bloom almost 50 km wide has been detected off the northwest coast of Washington state, the largest and most potentially lethal yet found by scientists in the region.
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Federal officials have stepped up the alert level on Mount Saint Helens in southwestern Washington state. The Level Three alert indicates a possible threat to life and property.
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By 6 pm Wednesday the 60-mile buoy off of Alabama&#39;s Gulf Coast was already recording 52-foot waves. That occurred with the eye of Hurricane Ivan still more than 75 miles away.
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[World News]: Sydney/Colombo, Dec 27 : Did the smaller and earlier tremor last week off Tasmania in Australia trigger the tsunami that devastated many areas in South and Southeast Asia.
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A maverick prospector plans to scoop gold and silver from the bottom of the sea. Is it an environmental improvement or the beginning of a disaster? Plus: Nautilus Minerals' video calling card and a podcast with writer Joshua Davis from Wired magazine.