Lewis Smith - The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic is not just opening up the fabled North-West Passage to shipping. It has made it possible for explorers to row to the North Pole. A team of British adventurers is about to cast off in an attempt to be the first people in the [...]
Archive for 05/31/2011
Melting polar ice creates a new challenge for British adventurers
Posted: 05/31/2011 in all marine newsMark Willacy - Greenpeace says data from its radiation monitoring in the ocean off Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant shows massive levels of contamination in seaweed and other marine life. The environmental group is warning that both the environment and people are at long-term risk. After taking samples of fish, shellfish and seaweed collected in [...]
ABC News - The Fijian government has again asserted ownership over a reef also claimed by neighbouring Tonga. The Minerva Reefs lie south of Fiji and Tonga, and were claimed by Tonga nearly four decades ago. But Fiji has again disputed the claim, stating the area is within Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The Fiji Village [...]
Alister Doyle - Venice may be less at risk than feared from rising sea levels because damaging storm surges are likely to get less frequent this century as a side-effect of climate change, an expert said on Thursday. Shifts in storm patterns in the Adriatic Sea could be a local impact of global warming, and [...]
NPR - Alas, poor Harald. Wired up to a satellite transmitter, he had much to teach science about the life of the great sturgeons of the Danube River and Black Sea. His probable demise is a cautionary tale of the multiplying threats to the great sturgeons, sought since Roman times for the wealth they yield [...]
BFBS.com – The campaign to stop a Second World War submarine rusting away is to receive a share of £11 million of heritage lottery funding. HMS Alliance is the last surviving `A’ class submarine in the UK. More than three million pounds is being made available to repair the bow and stern and fix extensive [...]
