UK's undersea 'ticking timebombs'
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Wrecks and abandoned munitions around the British coast risk exploding unpredictably, an expert says.
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A Royal Commission warns species are at risk unless steps are taken to close up to a third of UK fishing grounds.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Mar. 8--Any region that gets deluged like we did late last week is going to find parts of itself under water.
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It sounds insignificant alongside the  Indian Ocean tsunami, yet an almost imperceptible annual rise  in the world's oceans may pose a huge threat to ports, coasts  and islands by 2100.
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It has been a while since anyone could say the sun never sets on the British Empire. But Britain is again trying to extend its reach Â this time to potentially lucrative seabeds in the Antarctic and the Atlantic Ocean.
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COUNTRIES around the Atlantic rim could be hit by killer tsunamis at any time between now and the next 10,000 years, the British government's chief scientific adviser said today.
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Japanese and US experts were helping efforts to contain the Philippines' worst oil spill as the coastguard warned of a &quot;looming ecological timebomb.&quot;
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The UK's marine environment could already be suffering the consequences of climate change, a report suggests.
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Research into the oceans is under funded despite its benefits to humanity, a committee of MPs warn.
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Al Qaeda will attempt an attack on a key maritime target in the next 12 months with potentially devastating economic consequences, UK security experts said on Friday.
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Key failings identified in response to summer floods in England that caused billions of pounds in damage
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By Anna Jeys BEACH lifeguards set a course for landlocked Birmingham to teach children the dangers of the sea. As thousands of families prepare for seaside holidays, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is touring city schools to teach youngsters how to stay safe.
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The tsunami brings fears that some Maldives islands may be evacuated for good, reports the BBC's Barnaby Phillips.
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Blog: No need to reset your watch yet, but redistribution of ocean mass could make days a fraction of a second shorter in the next 200 years.
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: British life is still riven by class - and the gulf is growing wider. But politicians seem bent on denying it.
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Four second-hand submarines bought from Britain by the Canadian navy in 1998 were found to have serious problems that have delayed their going into service, including leaks in their exhaust valves, a report said.
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Microscopic plastic debris could be poisoning the world's oceans, according to a British team of scientists.