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• Tropical Triangle Reveals Rare Living Treasures (6/27/11)
• Coral Study May Influence Fishing Plans (6/26/11)
• Arctic-Crossing Algae, Whale Show Threat to Atlantic (6/26/11)
• Secrets of Migrating Salmon Unlocked by 'Scale Model' (6/24/11)
• Sick Oceans Threaten NZ's Seas (6/24/11)
• The Pacific Ocean's 'Corridors of Life' (6/23/11)
• Catastrophe Looms for Oceans - Report (6/22/11)
• Sick Turtles Wash up on North Queensland Beach (6/22/11)
• Study Reveals Long-Term Rise in Sea Level (6/21/11)
• Emperor Penguin Makes Epic Detour to New Zealand Beach (6/21/11)
• Marine Pollution Problem for China (6/20/11)
• World's Oceans in 'Shocking' Decline (6/20/11)
• Sympathy For The 'Demon Fish'(6/18/11)
• Fukushima Radioactive Water Clean-up Begins (6/17/11)
• Booby that Inspired Darwin Caught in an Evolutionary Trap (6/17/11)
• UK Beaches Achieve Record Cleanliness - With a Few Exceptions (6/16/11)
• More Sewage on EU Beaches Last Year: Watchdog (6/16/11)
• Sustainable Fish on Government Menu (6/16/11)
• IPCC 'Considering Sending Mirrors to Space to Tackle Climate Change' (6/16/11)
• Oil Spill Pelicans are Having Babies on Ga. Coast (6/15/11)
• Mississippi Floods Could Mean Huge Gulf "Dead Zone" (6/14/11)
• Shark Fin Soup Ban Mulled in Toronto (6/14/11)
• Are Fish Farms Eco-Friendly? (6/14/11)
• Explosion in Jellyfish Numbers May Lead to Ecological Disaster, Warn Scientists(6/12/11)
• Ocean Must be Better Protected, Experts Say (6/12/11)
• Wind and Waves Getting Stronger and Bigger (6/11/11)
• Administration Issues New Rules for Fish Farms (6/10/11)
• NASA Goes Below the Surface to Understand Salinity (6/9/11)
• Seabirds Such as Albatrosses Killed by Longline Fishing (6/8/11)
• Salmon Leaps in Fish Farm Boom (6/8/11)
• British Columbians More Likely to Consider Sustainability When Buying Seafood (6/8/11)
• 'Largest' Fin Whale Gathering Spotted in British Waters (6/7/11)
• Killer Whales Tracked in Remarkable Journey (6/6/11)
• Distaste Widening for Shark’s Fin Soup (6/5/11)
• Under the Sea, Coral Reefs in Peril (6/4/11)
• Philippines Files Charges Over Smuggled Corals (6/4/11)
• Information is Beautiful: Plenty More Fish In The Sea? (6/3/11)
• Ore. Senate Approves Ban on Sale of Shark Fin (5/31/11)
• Acid Oceans Turn 'Finding Nemo' Fish Deaf (5/31/11)
• Coral Reefs on Edge of Extinction (5/30/11)
• Ocean Acidification is Latest Manifestation of Global Warming (5/29/11)
• Bubbling Sea Signals Severe Coral Damage This Century (5/29/11)
• U.S. Declines to Protect the Overfished Bluefin Tuna (5/27/11)
• Unlocking the Secrets of the Arctic's Melting Ice (5/27/11)
• Acid Test for Local Action (5/27/11)
• Fishing: A Story of Less for More (5/26/11)
• EU Wants Safety-First Approach to Fishing Quotas (5/25/11)
• Poachers Destroy Hectares of Philippines Coral Reef (5/25/11)
• Scientists Look for Lingering Damage From BP Oil Spill (5/25/11)
• BLUEMIND: This Is Your Brain on Ocean (5/25/11)
• Tracking Whale Sharks With Astronomical Algorithms (5/24/11)
• California Assembly Bans Sale of Shark Fins (5/23/11)
• Seagrasses Face Extinction Threat (5/23/11)
• Whales Face Mass Beaching off Ireland After Two Found Dead (5/23/11)
• The Peril of Plastic (5/22/11)
• Hong Kong Bans Trawling to Save Fish Stocks (5/21/11)
• Fear for Mass Stranding of Whales on South Uist (5/20/11)
• Basking Shark Program Aimed at Reversing Fortunes in B.C. (5/19/11)
• Province Aims to Increase Protected Areas (5/19/11)
• Overfishing not Just an Issue for Big Fish, Study Finds (5/19/11)
• EU Fishing Head Wants Crackdown on Libya Tuna Trade (5/18/11)
• Sperm Whales Found to Speak in Accents (5/18/11)
• Smithsonian Scientists to Help Build Frozen Bank of Coral Cells from Great Barrier Reef (5/18/11)
• 'Greenhouse' Oceans Seen as Threat (5/17/11)
• Fish Species Discovered in Bali (5/16/11)
• Warming Arctic Opens Way to Competition for Resources (5/15/11)
• Deadly Diet of Marine Plastic Kills Seabirds (5/14/11)
• Mining to Blame for Islands to Sink Beneath Waves(5/13/11)
• In an Ocean of Noise, Sea Life Faces New Threat (5/13/11)
• Seal Whiskers Sense Fattest Fish (5/12/11)
• Wash. Bans Sale, Trade of Shark Fins (5/12/11)
• Ship Carrying Coal Runs Aground, Destroys Coral Reef in Philippine Marine Sanctuary (5/12/11)
• Icebergs Help Oceans Take up Carbon (5/11/11)
• EU Fisheries Reform Would 'Privatise Oceans' (5/11/11)
• Taming the Lionfish: Can Predators Be Trained to Control an Invasive Species? (5/10/11)
• Ship Sails in Search of Sustainable Tuna (5/10/11)
• Overfished Bluefin Tuna's Status Should be Endangered: Expert (5/10/11)
• Fish Hooks Designed to Avoid the Wrong Catch (5/7/11)
• Man-Made Rock Reef is Part of a Welcome Seaweed Change (5/7/11)
• Study Warns of Mercury in Arctic (5/5/11)
• Fish Retail Labels 'Inadequate' say Conservationists (5/5/11)
• EU Unveils Plans to Pay Fishermen to Catch Plastic (5/4/11)
• Photos: One Year After Deepwater Horizon, Portraits of the Gulf Coast (5/4/11)
• Halting Species Loss has Economic Benefits, Says EU (5/3/11)
• Arctic Melting Faster, Could Raise Sea 5 Feet by 2100 (5/3/11)
• DNA Helps Scientists Track Threatened Sharks (5/3/11)
• An Antarctic Buffet Where Whales Gather to Feast (5/2/11)
• Spain’s Centuries-Old Almadraba Bluefin Tuna Fishing Threatened by Factory Fleet overfishing (5/2/11)
• Priced Off the Menu? Palau’s Sharks Are Worth $1.9 Million Each, a Study Says (5/2/11)
• New Plan Hopes to Boost Decimated Puget Sound Rockfish Populations (5/1/11)
• The Turtle's Scramble for Survival (4/30/11)
• Oregon House Passes Bill Banning Shark Fin Soup (4/29/11)
• Swirling Ocean Eddies Seen Spreading Life (4/28/11)
• A Grim Future for Japan's Fisheries (4/28/11)
• 'Neglected' Current Could Keep Europe Warm (4/27/11)
• Record Number of Whales, Krill Found in Antarctic Bays (4/27/11)
• Mercury Converted to Its Most Toxic Form in Ocean Waters(4/27/11)
• One Year After BP Oil Spill, At Least 1.1 Million Barrels Still Missing (4/25/11)
• Losing, But Slowly, In Struggle To Fight Back The Sea(4/25/11)
• Attitudes Shifting on Shark Fin Soup (4/24/11)
• Bird Feathers Show Pollution Rise Over 120 Years: Study (4/23/11)
• Where Have Millions of Pacific Salmon Gone? (4/22/11)
• Marine Life 'Flourishing' at Lamlash Reserve (4/21/11)
• Endangered Whales Gathering Off Cape Cod in Record Numbers (4/21/11)
• Record Litter Density on Beaches in Wales, Survey Finds (4/21/11)
• Stories From the Gulf, One Year On (4/21/11)
• Melting Arctic Ice Could Nearly Fill Lake Erie: Study (4/20/11)
• Assessment of Gulf Spill's Damage Submerged in Murky Legal Waters (4/20/11)
• Propellers' Effect on Marine Life Studied (4/19/11)
• A Year After BP Oil Spill, Fate of Gulf Ecosystem Remains Murky (4/19/11)
• The BP Oil Spill, One Year Later: How Healthy Is the Gulf Now? (4/19/11)
• Study: 40 Mediterranean Fish Species Could Vanish (4/19/11)
• Miniature Sensors to Measure the Ocean (4/18/11)
• Warming seas could push some fish species to limit: study (4/18/11)
• Earth's Dust and Plankton from Space: New Views from Envisat Satellite (4/17/11)
• Gulf Marine Life Still Lives In Spill's Horror (4/17/11)
• A Year Later, BP Oil Spill Still Marks The Gulf (4/16/11)
• Humpback Whale Song Spreads to Other Whales (4/14/11)
• Death -- Not Just Life -- Important Link in Marine Ecosystems (4/13/11)
• Shark Fin no Longer Preferred Dish at Wedding Banquets (4/13/11)
• West Antarctic Warming Triggered by Warmer Sea Surface in Tropical Pacific(4/13/11)
• Report: Effects of Spill Will Unfold Over Years (4/12/11)
• Penguins Suffer as Antarctic Krill Declines(4/12/11)
• U.S. Tightens Whale-Watching Rules (4/12/11)
• Gulf’s Complexity and Resilience Seen in Studies of Oil Spill (4/11/11)
• Squid and Octopuses Experience Massive Acoustic Trauma from Noise Pollution in the Oceans (4/11/11)
• BP Oil Spill: Dramatic Recovery of Gulf of Mexico One Year on (4/10/11)
• Protected Habitat Designated for Endangered Belugas (4/8/11)
• New York Set to be Big Loser as Sea Levels Rise (4/8/11)
• New Warning on Arctic Sea Ice Melt (4/7/11)
• Scientists Link Oil on Dolphins to BP Spill (4/7/11)
• House Passes Bill to Stop EPA Climate Program(4/7/11)
• Study: Fossil Reefs Give Clue to Future (4/7/11)
• Report: 30% of UK Consumers Seek Sustainable Fish (4/7/11)
• Toll of Deepwater Oil Spill on Human Health Still Unknown (4/6/11)
• New Study Warns on Coral Reef Diversity (4/6/11)
• Ozone Depletion Over Arctic 'Unprecedented' this Winter (4/6/11)
• Acid Eating at Ocean Creatures (4/5/11)
• Blowout Preventer Theory Debated In Oil Spill Inquiry (4/5/11)
• Leatherback Sea Turtle Nests Increasing in Florida (4/4/11)
• New Models May Reduce Seabird Bycatch (4/4/11)
• Glaciers Melting at Fastest Rate in 350 Years, Study Finds (4/4/11)
• 10-Year Window to Save Reef: Expert (4/4/11)
• Radioactive Water Leaking into Ocean (4/4/11)
• Declining Mangroves Shield Against Global Warming (4/3/11)
• Penguin Rescue Operation Under Way After South Atlantic Oil Spill(4/3/11)
• Blowout Preventer May Have Never had a Chance Against Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (4/3/11)
• U.S. Scientists Find 2,000-Year-Old Coral Near BP Gulf Well (3/31/11)
• EU Wants Freeze on Libya's Bluefin Tuna Catch (3/31/11)
• B.C.'s Sockeye Salmon may not Survive Climate Warming: Study (3/31/11)
• Scientists Grapple With BP Oil Spill's Cost to Bird Life (3/31/11)
• Plastic-Eating Bacteria Found in 'Ocean Desert,' Scientist Says (3/30/11)
• Shrinking Arctic Ice Threatens Polar Bears (3/30/11)
• Japan Fears Radioactive Contamination of Marine Life (3/30/11)
• Sea Turtle Deaths up Along Gulf, Joining Dolphin Trend (3/30/11)
• Arctic Ocean has Become Less Salty, More Unstable: Scientists (3/29/11)
• Marine Sanctuaries Draw in Tourists (3/29/11)
• Marine Life Faces Threat From Runoff (3/28/11)
• Oil-Soaked Rockhopper Penguins in Rehabilitation (3/28/11)
• Freshwater Content of Upper Arctic Ocean Increased 20 Percent Since 1990s, Large-Scale Assessment Finds (3/27/11)
• Volunteers Work to Repair Wetlands Damaged by Gulf Oil Spill (3/27/11)
• Antarctic Icebergs Play a Previously Unknown Role in Global Carbon Cycle, Climate (3/26/11)
• Calls to Ban Shark Fin Soup Growing Around the World (3/25/11)
• Arctic Sea Ice Ties for Smallest Area this Winter(3/25/11)
• A Race Against Time to Save Oiled Penguins (3/24/11)
• Study: Ocean Dolphin Groups Don't Mix (3/24/11)
• Spawning Coral set to Impress (3/24/11)
• The Plastic Found in a Single Turtle's Stomach (3/24/11)
• Report on Oil Spill Pinpoints Failure of Blowout Preventer(3/23/11)
• Pace of Polar Ice Melt 'Accelerating Rapidly' (3/23/11)
• Conservationists Develop Coral 'Stress Test' to Identify Reefs More Likely to Survive (3/22/11)
• Climate Change (3/22/11)
• Oil Washing Up on Shores Came From Gulf (3/22/11)
• Japan Tests Sea for Radiation Near Crippled Plant (3/22/11)
• Oil Spill in South Atlantic Threatens Endangered Penguins (3/22/11)
• Fault-Finding Coral Reefs Can Predict the Site of Coming Earthquakes (3/21/11)
• King Crabs Invade Antarctica (3/20/11)
• Ocean Garbage: Floating Land mines (3/19/11)
• Abandoned Gear a Threat to Marine Life (3/19/11)
• Sharks use Fish to Stay Clean, says Bangor Research (3/18/11)
• New Tool to Monitor Coral Reef 'Vital Signs'(3/17/11)
• Gulf Oil Spill Panel Offers Recommendations for Offshore Drilling in Arctic (3/16/11)
• UVI Scientists Explore Coral Reef 'Twilight Zone' (3/16/11)
• Beaked Whales 'Scared' by Navy Sonar (3/14/11)
• Call of the Whales Leads to a Retreat’s Discovery (3/14/11)
• Extent and Speed of Lionfish Spread Unprecedented; Invasive Marine Fish May Stress Reefs (3/14/11)
• Higher Sea Temperatures Endanger the Coral Triangle in Southeast Asia (3/14/11)
• Interior Approves Second Deepwater Drilling Permit for Gulf (3/14/11)
• Coral Reef Cryogenic Plan Gets Under Way (3/14/11)
• Report: Neurotoxin Found in Dead Sardines in SoCal (3/12/11)
• Ingestion of Plastic Found Among Small Ocean Fish (3/11/11)
• BP Oil Spill Offers Clues on Air Pollution: Study (3/11/11)
• Bill to Stop EPA on Climate Passes House Panel (3/11/11)
• Study: Weed-Eating Fish Keep Reefs Healthy (3/10/11)
• Blue Carbon: An Oceanic Opportunity to Fight Climate Change (3/10/11)
• Scientists Discover Commercial Fish Species in Arctic (3/10/11)
• Carbon Capture Projects up in 2010, Despite Costs (3/9/11)
• Few Great White Sharks Than Scientists Expected (3/9/11)
• Polar Ice Melt Raising Sea Levels Rapidly: Study (3/9/11)
• BP Chief: Gulf Spill Wasn't 'Black Swan' (3/9/11)
• Case for Saving Coral Reefs is Economic as well as Conservational (3/7/11)
• Deal Reached to Manage Fishing in Northeast Pacific (3/7/11)
• Interior to Assess Effects of Possible Arctic Oil Spill (3/7/11)
• Rising Ocean Temperatures Will be Devastating for Sea Urchins and Abalone (3/7/11)
• Hey True Blue! Hopes Rise a Gentle Giant's Back From the Abyss (3/7/11)
• Lessons From the Gulf (3/7/11)
• Researchers Find more Plastic in the Guts of Arctic Seabirds (3/6/11)
• Climate Change 'Will Wreak Havoc on Britain's Coastline by 2050' (3/6/11)
• Soup Without Fins? Some Californians Simmer (3/5/11)
• Some Antarctic Ice Forms From the Bottom Up (3/4/11)
• Killer Whales Hunt in Silent 'Stealth Mode' (3/3/11)
• For Turtles, Earth's Magnetism Is A Built-In GPS (3/2/11)
• Interior Department Says More Deepwater Permits Coming (3/2/11)
• Ocean Acidification Threatens Marine Ecosystems (3/2/11)
• Extreme Winter Weather Linked to Climate Change (3/2/11)
• Seamounts: Undersea Mountains 'Litter' Ocean Floor (3/2/11)
• Sharks Navigate Using 'Mental Maps' (3/1/11)
• After the Spill, a 10-Year Health Study (3/1/11)
• Victory for Top Chef in Battle Over Fish Quotas(2/28/11)
• Where Call Reception Fades for Pilot Whales(2/28/11)
• US Approves First Deep-Water Well in Gulf (2/28/11)
• Officials Review Oil Containment System (2/28/11)
• Turtles now World's Most Threatened Vertebrates(2/28/11)
• The Gulf Oil Spill's Toxic Legacy (2/28/11)
• 'Fog Of Research' Clouds Study Of Oil's Effects In Gulf (2/24/11)
• U.N. Report Issues Warning for Coral Reefs(2/24/11)
• Migrating Sea Turtles Have Magnetic Sense for Longitude (2/24/11)
• Guam Senate Moves to End Shark Fin Trade (2/24/11)
• World's Coral Reefs Facing Serious Threats (2/23/11)
• Coral Reefs Heading for Fishing and Climate Crisis (2/23/11)
• Baby Dolphin Deaths Rise Along Gulf Coast (2/23/11)
• Coral Reefs Said Vital to Biodiversity (2/22/11)
• Brown Tide Culprit Sequenced: Genome of the First of Algal Bloom Species(2/22/11)
• Shaded Reefs Record Sea Level (2/22/11)
• Scott's Antarctic Samples Give Climate Clues (2/21/11)
• How Climate Change Affects our Health (2/21/11)
• Methane Gas Another Threat From BP Oil Spill (2/21/11)
• Polar Bear Status goes to Court Again (2/20/11)
• Scientist Finds Gulf Bottom Still Oily, Dead (2/20/11)
• Rising Seas Threaten 180 U.S. Cities by 2100: Study (2/17/11)
• BP Says Terms in Oil Spill Settlement Are too Generous (2/17/11)
• Health Study on Effects of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Revs Up (2/16/11)
• Japan Suspends whale Hunt After Chase By Activists (2/16/11)
• Suit Alleges BP Cut Back on Safety Before Oil Spill (2/15/11)
• Whale Tracked in 5,300-Mile Ocean Voyage (2/15/11)
• BP Investors Say Company Misled Them on Safety Before Gulf Spill (2/15/11)
• International Arctic Climate Study to Start (2/14/11)
• Warming Arctic Brings Invasion of Southern Species (2/14/11)
• Climate Change hits Alaska's National Parks (2/14/11)
• Cyclone Debris Poses 'Serious Threat' to Marine Life (2/14/11)
• Massive Flux of Gas, in Addition to Liquid Oil, at BP Well Blowout in Gulf (2/13/11)
• Pacific Herring Are Back in the Bay in Big Numbers, Three Years After a Major Oil Spill (2/12/11)
• Deep Drills Set for Gulf (2/12/11)
• National Oil Spill Commission Members say New Safety Regime Would Cost Oil Industry About 7 to 12 Cents a Barrel of Oil (2/11/11)
• North Australia Set to Face More Weather Extremes, Corals Show(2/10/11)
• Small Fish, Big Business: Asia's Billion Dollar Live Reef Fish Trade(2/9/11)
• Polar Bears Having Fewer Cubs Due to Global Warming (2/8/11)
• BP Oil Spill's Health Effects will be Felt for Generations, Scientist Warns(2/5/11)
• Good and Bad News for Reef in Yasi's Wake (2/5/11)
• Conservationists Push Action on Protected Turtles(2/4/11)
• Oil Spill, Redux: Revisiting a Mystery (2/4/11)
• Hot Plates Test Ocean Warming (2/4/11)
• Senate Bill Would Improve Pipeline Safety (2/4/11)
• Cyclone Yasi Likely to Have Ravaged Great Barrier Reef (2/4/11)
• Oyster Reefs Are Vanishing From Overharvesting (2/3/11)
• More Oil Drilling Rigs are in Gulf of Mexico than Before BP Oil Spill (2/3/11)
• Ready to Acquire a Taste for the 'Vacuum Cleaners of the Sea'? (2/3/11)
• Sea Urchin Embryos Could Be Used to Evaluate Quality of Marine Environment, Researcher Proposes (2/3/11)
• Gulf to Recover From BP Oil Spill by 2012: Feinberg (2/3/11)
• On Gulf Oil Spill’s Effects, Doing Science With a Deadline(2/2/11)
• Global Fish Consumption Hits Record High (2/1/11)
• Gulf Shrimpers Facing Oil-Spill Woes Urge U.S. to Extend Duties (2/1/11)
• Sustainability of Key Importance in Seafood Industry, SeaWeb President Says (2/1/11)
• Survey Measures Post-Oil Spill Seafood Attitudes (1/31/11)
• Experts Debate Limits of Fish Farming (1/31/11)
• Fertilizing Oceans Seen Fruitless in Climate Fight (1/31/11)
• The Cultural Life of Whales (1/30/11)
• Fake Seagrass Could Help Boost Fish Numbers (1/30/11)
• Anchors Used in Oil-Spill Response Weigh on Gulf (1/29/11)
• Arctic Current Warmer than for 2,000 Years: Study (1/28/11)
• Oil-Spill Lawyers Urge Clients to Settle (1/28/11)
• Shark Nations Failing on Conservation Pledges (1/27/11)
• Chemical In Dispersants Endured Long After Gulf Oil Spill, Study Finds (1/26/11)
• Obama Sets 2035 Clean Electricity Target (1/26/11)
• New Hybrid Whale Discovered in Arctic (1/25/11)
• West Coast Senators Push Pacific Shore Drilling Ban (1/25/11)
• Gulf Oil Spill, Coastal Restoration Omitted From State of the Union Address (1/25/11)
• 'Blacklisted' Meal Provokes 'Sustainable' Fisheries Debate (1/25/11)
• Atlantic Weather May Be Key Culprit In Fish Decline (1/25/11)
• New Shipping Rules Urged to Avert "Arctic Titanic" (1/24/11)
• Oil Spill Fund Administrator to Face More Questions from Congress (1/24/11)
• U.S. Seeks Ways to Help Alaska's Imperilled Polar Bears (1/24/11)
• Oyster Bed Restoration Among First Since Oil Spill (1/24/11)
• Day After Oil Spill, Coast Guard Ends Containment (1/23/11)
• Louisiana Tallies Gulf Tourism Losses (1/23/11)
• Record Death Toll Seen for Sea Otters (1/23/11)
• Testing of Key Oil Spill Evidence Delayed Again (1/21/11)
• Corals Moving North (1/21/11)
• India's ONGC Reports Oil Spill Near Mumbai (1/21/11)
• New Species of Crustacean Discovered in the El Cachucho Marine Protected Area (1/20/11)
• Landmark Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hundreds of Rare Species From Pesticides (1/20/11)
• U.S. Splits up Offshore Regulators After Oil Disaster (1/20/11)
• Thailand Closes Dive Sites to Halt Damage to Reefs (1/20/11)
• Panama First Central American Country to Add Longlining Restrictions (1/19/11)
• Debris Threatens Moreton Bay Marine Life (1/19/11)
• Ocean Acidity: Small Change, Catastrophic Results (1/18/11)
• Exploration Permits Spark Oil Spill Fear (1/17/11)
• BP Gulf of Mexico spill: The American Dream, Tarred by Oil (1/17/11)
• Scandinavian Sea May Get Too Warm for Cod (1/17/11)
• Sales of Sustainable Seafood Soar in UK supermarkets (1/17/11)
• Thaw of Earth's Icy Sunshade may Stoke Warming (1/17/11)
• Climate Secrets of Marianas Trench Probed (1/16/11)
• Gulf Oil Spill Creates Economic Boom for Some, Bust for Others (1/16/11)
• National Oil Spill Commission Urges Research on Toxicity of Dispersants (1/15/11)
• Dramatic Ocean Circulation Changes Caused a Colder Europe in the Past (1/15/11)
• Overfishing Blamed for Ocean Reef Loss (1/14/11)
• U.S. May File More Charges Related to Oil Spill, Official Says (1/13/11)
• Coral Rhythm Beats the Blues (1/13/11)
• Australia's Floods a Glimpse of Warmer Future (1/13/11)
• Foul Waters, Hard Lessons from BP Oil Spill (1/13/11)
• Tuna Fight Muddies Waters Over Damage From BP Spill (1/13/11)
• Jellyfish Blooms Plague the World's Oceans (1/12/11)
• 2010 Ties 2005 As Warmest Year On Record Worldwide (1/12/11)
• Study: Banded Penguins Die Sooner, Skewing Climate Data (1/12/11)
• In Oil Drilling Reform, a Call For Science And Safety (1/12/11)
• UPDATE: UK Increases North Sea Oil Rig Safety Inspections (1/11/11)
• Most Ocean Species Still Unknown After Census (1/11/11)
• 2010 Hottest Year on Record for Canada: Report (1/11/11)
• New Scheme Launched for 'Bleached and Dying' Coral Life (1/11/11)
• Fish Board to Address Bycatch To Aid Kodiak King Salmon (1/10/11)
• Oil Spill Panel to Urge Tougher Oversight of Offshore Drilling (1/10/11)
• BP Shuts Alaska Pipeline After Leak (1/10/11)
• Ocean Warming to Trigger West Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse by Year 3000: Study (1/10/11)
• Recognizing the Economic Benefits of Nature in 2011 (1/9/11)
• Deep-Sea Coral Reefs Get More Scientific Attention (1/9/11)
• Efforts Continue to Clean Islands Hit by Gulf Oil Spill (1/7/11)
• Scientists Hope Gigantic `Trap' Will Tell Tale of Polar Bear Populations (1/7/11)
• Sustainable Fisheries Possible Through Co-Management: Study (1/7/11)
• World Losing Biodiversity at Unprecedented Rate: UN (1/7/11)
• Did You Just Eat a Plastic Bag? How Plastic Pollution Has Entered Our Food Chain (1/6/11)
• Gulf Oil Spill Study's Surprising Find: Bacteria Ate Methane in Three Months (1/6/11)
• Report: Top 10 Places to Save For Endangered Species (1/6/11)
• New Orleans Fish Market Struggles After Gulf Spill (1/6/11)
• Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak May Give Arctic Climate Clues (1/6/11)
• Essex University's £50,000 Fish Tank is for Coral Reef Research (1/6/11)
• Oregon Dungeness Crab Makes Sustainable Products List (1/6/11)
• BP Cost-Cutting Blamed for 'Avoidable' Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (1/6/11)
• 'Great Garbage Patch' in the Pacific Ocean not so Great Claim Scientists (1/6/11)
• Seaweed Could be Used to Clean up Polluted Waters (1/6/11)
• Atlantic Ocean Warming Confirmed by Corals (1/5/11)
• NOAA Proposes Habitat Protection for Pacific Smelt (1/5/11)
• Study Backs Community Management to Save World's Fisheries (1/5/11)
• Turtles' Cross Ocean Navigation Tracked (1/5/11)
• BP Shares Rise on Report Shell Mulled Bid after Oil Spill (1/5/11)
• Great Barrier Reef Under Threat from Floods (1/5/11)
• Huge Coral Reefs Discovered off Puerto Rico (1/5/11)
• Eco-label Award First for Menai Strait Fishery (1/5/11)
• Record Tuna Sold in Tokyo (1/5/11)
• Ice Collision Creates Floating Antarctic Climate Lab (1/5/11)
• The Gulf Oil Spill and the Fate of the Remaining Oil (1/4/11)
• Gulf Deepwater Drilling Resumes Without Changes To Spill Liability (1/4/11)
• NOAA Launches Website Archive of Deepwater Horizon Response (1/4/11)
• Meetings on Offshore Drilling Held Throughout Arctic (1/4/11)
• Gulf Oil Spill Tarballs Continue To Wash Ashore On Fort Morgan, Alabama Beach (1/4/11)
• Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Protect Wild Salmon (1/3/11)
• New Breast Cancer Drug Found Deep in the Sea (1/3/11)
• A Look at How the Gulf Oil Spill Impacted Oysters in the Chesapeake (1/3/11)
• Technology 'Solution’ to Curb Illegal fishing (1/3/11)
• Scientists Hunt for Ice Cover Timeline (1/3/11)
• Shrimp Sales Reach Record Levels (1/3/11)
• Oil Cleanup Crews Head Back to Barrier Islands (1/3/11)
• Endangered Mediterranean Monk Seal 'Haven' Discovered (12/31/10)
• Challenging Cleanup Ahead for Gulf Coast (12/31/10)
• 250,000 Microscopic Plastic Fragments Pose Danger in Mediterranean (12/31/10)
• Deep-sea Coral Reefs a New Frontier for Marine Scientists (12/30/10)
• Japan and Taiwan to Resume Fishery Talks (12/30/10)
• Animal Rescue Centers Pushed for Future Oil Spills (12/30/10)
• Coral bleaching? The Picture's not Black and White (12/29/10)
• Oil Spill Clarifies Road Map for Sea Turtle Recovery (12/29/10)
• Manatees Paddle to Warm Water to Escape Fla. Chill (12/29/10)
• Oil Industry Plans Record Spending in 2011 (12/29/10)
• Carbon Dioxide is Threatening our Fisheries(12/29/10)
• UNEP Warns of Fish Stock Depletion (12/29/10)
• Top 10 Seafood Stories of 2010 – Europe (12/28/10)
• A New Year’s Wish for Less Trash (12/28/10)
• Professional Chefs Reveal Hottest Restaurant Trends (12/28/10)
• Shell Pushes Forward To Drill Well In Arctic (12/28/10)
• BP to Consider Ways to Locate Boom Anchors (12/27/10)
• Panel Challenges Gulf Seafood Safety All-Clear (12/27/10)
• Is Dispersant Still Being Sprayed in the Gulf? (12/27/10)
• Scientists Warn Ocean Acidification Destroying Caribbean Coral (12/27/10)
• Scientists Worry About Ocean Energy's Effect on Sea-Creature Migration (12/26/10)
• Sea Urchin Could Lead to Knives that Never Need Sharpening (12/25/10)
• Senators Vote on Project Over Illegal Fishing in the Antarctic (12/24/10)
• Habitat Loss Putting Ocean Fish at Risk (12/22/10)
• Study Shows Marine Reserves Send Fish Far and Wide (12/22/10)
• Fossil Hunters Uncover Complete 252m Year-Old Underwater World (12/22/10)
• Lawyers Urge Judge to Order Changes to BP Spill Fund Rules (12/22/10)
• Gulf Residents, Businesses Say They're Still Suffering From BP Oil Spill Effects (12/22/10)
• Shark Conservation Bill Headed to Obama (12/21/10)
• Mercury in Canned Tuna Still a Concern
• UN Launches Supreme Science Panel for Biodiversity (12/21/2010)
  
• Warning Lights Mark Shellfish That Aren't Safe to Eat (12/20/10)
• Senate Passes Shark Protection Bill (12/20/10)
• New U.S. guidelines Aim to Prevent Politics From Messing With Science (12/17/10)
• Coast Guard: Little Seafloor Oil From Gulf Spill (12/17/10)
• Sand Islands off Louisiana Stopped Little Oil in Gulf Spill, Commission Finds (12/16/10)
• Climate Goal Too Late for Some Coral Reefs (12/16/10)
• U.S. Sues BP, Eight Others for Gulf Spill Damage (12/16/10)
• State Adopts Network of Protected Marine Areas (12/16/10)
• WikiLeaks: BP Suffered Well Blowout Before Gulf (12/15/10)
• Over-Fished Cod Get Some Reprieve in EU Quota Deal (12/15/10)
• Panel to Vote on Protected Area Off Calif. Coast (12/15/10)
• Effort Falters on San Francisco Bay Delta (12/14/10)
• Antarctic Melting as Deep Ocean Heat Rises (12/14/10)
• EU Considers Blocking Icelandic Boats in Fish Row (12/14/10)
• Animal Rehab Centers Still Working After BP Spill (12/14/10)
• Stricter Testing Sought for Gulf Seafood (12/13/10)
• (Editorial) The Oceans' SOS (12/13/10)
• Iceland Walks Out of Fishing Talks (12/13/10)
• In Rough Year for Sea Turtles — Cold, Oil Spill — Biologists are Surprised to Find More Nests (12/12/10)
• (Editorial) They Haven’t Learned (12/12/10)
• Group Backs Low-Ball Oil Flow (12/12/10)
• Gulf Oil Spill Hurt SC Businesses (12/11/10)
• Nets Called Biggest Threat to Bigeye Tuna Numbers (12/11/10)
• Cold Blamed for Record Number of Manatees Deaths This Year (12/11/10)
• Snowbirds Help Gulf Recovery (12/10/10)
  
• Shearwaters in Crisis (12/9/10)
• Cancun Climate Change Summit: Climate Change Killing Polar Bears (12/9/10)
• EU Loophole 'Allows Illegal Shark Finning to Continue' (12/9/10)
• At Climate Summit, the Real Action is Behind the Scenes (12/9/10)
• Fisheries Restricted to Help Steller Sea Lions (12/8/10)
• Group Wants Government to Buy Gulf Coast Seafood (12/9/10)
• Gulf Residents’ Seafood Diet a Risky One? (12/8/10)
• An Alert on Ocean Acidity (12/8/10)
• UN Chief Warns Climate Talks are Too Slow (12/8/10)
• What's Going On At The Bottom Of The Gulf (12/7/10)
• (Editorial) Set Gold Standard for Ocean Health Care (12/7/10)
• Seafaring Bottle Gives Clues into Behaviour of Oil Spills (12/7/10)
• Meeting to Address Overfishing of Bigeye (12/6/10)
• If an Island State Vanishes, is it Still a Nation? (12/6/10)
• Volunteers Give a Lifeline to Turtles Trapped on Cape (12/6/10)
• Sperm Whales Full of Pollutants (12/6/10)
• 'Killer Shrimp' Threatens British Angling (12/6/10)
• Satellite Tagging of Orcas Proposed (12/5/10)
• Reduced Halibut Catch Has Brokers Buying (12/4/10)
• 'Salmon Summit' Over Decimated Species (12/4/10)
• Dispute Hinders Gulf Leak Studies (12/4/10)
• Ocean Dead Zones Could Cut Tuna Numbers (12/3/10)
• Cancun Climate Summit: Britain's Salmon at Risk from Ocean Acidification (12/3/10)
• World is Running Out of Places to Catch Wild Fish, Study Finds (12/2/10)
• Ocean Acidification May Threaten Food Security: U.N. (12/2/10)
• Gulf Oil Spill Problems Run Deep (12/2/10)
• Sea-Level Rise Could Sink Tourism in Caribbean (12/2/10)
• U.S. Halts Plan to Drill in Eastern Gulf (12/1/10)
• Obama Reverses Oil Drill Expansion After BP Spill (12/1/10)
• Climate Science Chief Sees `Huge Gaps' in Research (12/1/10)
• Marine `Dead Zones' on the Rise (12/1/10)
• Deep-Sea Sharks Protected as EU Sets Fish Quotas (11/30/10)
• US Environmentalists Urge Bluefin Tuna Boycott (11/30/10)
• Boom Anchors Pose a Threat (11/30/10)
• Deep-Water Dive Reveals Spilled Oil On Gulf Floor (11/29/10)
• Richmond-Based Ship Search for Ways to Clean Up Offshore Garbage Patch (11/29/10)
• Grand Threat (11/29/10)
• Atlantic Ocean Sharks Get New Protections (11/28/10)
• BP to commission film about oil spill (11/28/10)
• Climate change will cost a billion people their homes, says report (11/28/10)
• Hammerheads, other sharks protected at fisheries meet (11/27/10)
• Group votes to keep fishing levels of bluefin tuna stable (11/27/10)
• US sets aside 'critical habitat' for polar bear in Alaska (11/25/10)
• US closes shrimping near oil spill as 'precaution' (11/25/10)
• Scientists question fisheries health test (11/24/10)
• Worst offshore oil spill linked to systemic failure (11/24/10)
• Scientists back early government report on Gulf spill (11/23/10)
• Florida Keys declare open season on the invasive lionfish (11/22/10)
• Global warming: carbon dioxide emissions worldwide fell in 2009 (11/22/10)
• One picture worth 1,000 barrels of oil? (11/23/10)
• Low estimates of gulf spill said to hurt efforts (11/22/10)
• Oil spill findings released by panel (11/22/10)
• Returning to the Scene of the Grime (11/21/10)
• BP Claims a Gamble: Get Check Now, Risk Less Later (11/21/10)
• Indonesia Declares Protected Zone to Save Coral Reef (11/21/10)
• More than a Million Atlantic Sharks Killed Yearly (11/21/10)
• Leaking Siberian Ice Raises a Tricky Climate Issue (11/21/10)
• Falling Stocks a Fishy Problem (11/20/10)
• A Call to Action on Ocean Acidity (11/19/10)
• US Calls for Reduction in Bluefin Tuna Catch: Official (11/19/10)
• Flake Takes Battering in Green Fish List (11/19/10)
• Fishing Nations Gain Ground on Bluefin (11/18/10)
• North Sea Fisheries Madness (11/18/10)
• Harm to Gulf from Oil Spill Unclear (11/17/10)
• Poor Decisions Set the Stage for Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Panel Finds (11/17/10)
• Callum Roberts: This Practice is No Good for Fishermen or Fish (11/17/10)
• Caribbean Reef Repair Likely 'Beyond Our Lifetimes' (11/17/10)
• BP Deep-Cleaning Gulf Beaches Amid New Worries (11/17/10)
• BP Failed to Learn from Past 'Near Misses': Panel (11/16/10)
• BP and Minerals Agency Faulted in Gulf Spill (11/16/10)
• Fading Fish Stocks Driving Asian Sea Rivalries (11/16/10)
• Feds: Put Rare Hawaii Dolphin on Endangered List (11/16/10)
• Qatar is Also Said to Have Seen Dramatic Coral Death (11/16/10)
• Fishing Nations Gear Up for Tuna Quota Talks (11/15/10)
• Researchers Find That Beached Dolphins are Often Deaf (11/15/10)
• La. Oyster Season Opens Monday, But on Small Scale (11/15/10)
• After BP Oil Spill, Thousands of Ideas Poured in for Cleanup (11/14/10)
• Gulf Corals Adapt to Warmer Water, But Still in Peril (11/14/10)
• Is Climate Change to Blame for Bigger Ocean Waves? (11/14/10)
• As Glaciers Melt, Science Seeks Data on Rising Seas (11/13/10)
• UC Santa Cruz Scientists Find Toxic Algae in Open Ocean (11/13/10)
• Challenge to Protect Marine Life Around Welsh Coast (11/12/10)
• Study: More Money in Tourism, Fishing Than Oil (11/12/10)
• Oil Spills Pose Threat to China's Oceans, Says Think Tank (11/12/10)
• Timor Fishermen Forgotten in Oil Spill Disaster (11/12/10)
• Tony Hayward: Public Saw us as 'Fumbling and Incompetent' (11/11/10)
• Environmentalists Urge Action at Tuna Talks (11/11/10)
• EU Calls for 50 Per Cent Cut in Cod Fishing (11/11/10)
• France Signs Death Warrant for the Eel (11/11/10)
• Report Challenges Offshore Drilling Plans in Arctic (11/10/10)
• Experts Discuss Marine Effects of Proposed Desalination Plant (11/10/10)
• (Editorial) We Can't Avoid Another Deepwater Disaster (11/10/10)
• Fish Stocks Dwindle as Trawlers Empty Asia's Seas (11/9/10)
• Australian Tuna Fishermen Back Tougher Controls on Bluefin (11/9/10)
• US Panel Supports Many of BP’s Gulf Spill Findings (11/9/10)
• State Reopens Waters to Commercial Crabbers (11/9/10)
• State Plans to Promote Safety of Gulf Seafood (11/9/10)
• Porpoises Return to SF Bay - Scientists Study Why (11/8/10)
• Coral Reefs Under siege from Acidic Oceans (11/8/10)
• Thirty-Three Whales Die After Becoming Beached off Irish Coast (11/8/10)
• Oil Traveled Up the Gulf Food Chain, Scientists Say (11/8/10)
• Oil and Ice: Worse than the Gulf Spill? (11/8/10)
• Officials Gather for Oil Spill Restoration Talks (11/8/10)
• Researcher: Fish Numbers Triple After Oil Spill Fishing Closures (11/7/10)
• Will Oil Bring Death to Gulf's Rich Web of Life? (11/7/10)
• An Ocean of Questions (11/7/10)
• Unfathomable Depths (11/7/10)
• Hearing Loss May Play Role in Whale, Dolphin Strandings (11/6/10)
• Weekend Miniseason Puts Red Snapper Back on Anglers' To-Do List (11/5/10)
• Scientists Find Dead, Dying Corals Near BP Well (11/4/10)
• Industry Defends Trawl Carnage (11/4/10)
• Japan 'Cove' Town Should Try Ecotourism: Dolphin Activist (11/4/10)
• Plastic Debris 'Killing Adriatic Loggerhead Turtles' (11/4/10)
• Deep-Diving Narwhals Aid Arctic Research (11/3/10)
• Focus Changes for Louisiana in Oil Cleanup (11/3/10)
• Vitriol Mars Discussion on Village’s Dolphin Hunts (11/3/10)
• (Editorial) Starting to Make it Right (11/3/10)
• Toxic Chemicals Found Deep at Oil Spill Site (11/2/10)
• Spill Cleanup Proceeds Amid Mistrust (11/2/10)
• BP's Oil Spill Costs Grow, Gulf Residents React (11/2/10)
• Great White Sharks No Cold-Blooded 'Jaws' (11/2/10)
• Govt May Propose Intl Limits on Equatorial Bonito Fleet (11/2/10)
• Japan Dolphin Hunt Town Meets With Activists (11/2/10)
• Jindal: BP Funding Millions for Oil Spill Recovery (11/1/10)
• Oil Spill Talk 'Risky' Business for Feds (11/1/10)
• Gulf Seafood Is Safe, Officials Say (11/1/10)

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