Monthly Archives: May 2010

Current Could Push Oil Spill Up East Coast

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is expected to strike the Louisiana coastline , and officials are bracing for impacts to shorebirds, turtles, shellfish and other endangered wildlife. But many ocean scientists are now raising concerns that a powerful current … Continue reading

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World’s first coral reef atlas published

The coral reefs of the Central Indian Ocean have now been quantified and mapped in the world’s first coral reef atlas, prepared by the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad. The atlas, called the ‘Coral Reef Atlas of the World’, also … Continue reading

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Russia and Norway Reach Accord on Arctic Border

The leaders of Russia and Norway resolved a 40-year-old dispute over dividing the Barents Sea and part of the Arctic Ocean into clear economic zones extending to the edge of Europe’s northern continental shelf. The agreement could herald oil and … Continue reading

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Endangered Sea Turtles at Risk from Gulf Oil Spill

Endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico are likely to be affected by the oil spilling from the broken Deepwater Horizon wellhead during their peak migration to nesting beaches, warn scientists and conservation workers who have invested … Continue reading

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