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Wendy Heller | Jan 17, 2008 2:00 AM
A four-man science team led by British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) Dr Andy Smith has begun exploring an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet
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Jason Heller | Jan 17, 2008 2:00 AM
"All whaling activities have come to a halt," said Captain Paul Watson from onboard the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship Steve Irwin
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Wendy Heller | Jan 17, 2008 2:00 AM
he bright, metallic sheen of fish skin is due to a sophisticated system of crystals that enhance light reflection and may help fish hide from predators in the wild, scientists in Israel are reporting
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Wendy Heller | Jan 17, 2008 2:00 AM
The fight over how humans should, and should not, interact with whales has moved from the waters off Antarctica, where environmental campaigners have been harassing Japanese whalers, to the White House.
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Wendy Heller | Jan 16, 2008 2:00 AM
Anaerobic microbes in the Earth's oceans consume 90 percent of the methane produced by methane hydrates - methane trapped in ice - preventing large amounts of methane from reaching the atmosphere
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Wendy Heller | Jan 15, 2008 2:00 AM
Violent confrontations on the waterfront and arson attacks were an unsavory feature of the intense hunt for sponges on Florida's fragile coral reef in 1918. But the real victims were the sponges themselves
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Wendy Heller | Jan 15, 2008 2:00 AM
Britain's own underwater "Atlantis" could be revealed for the first time with hi-tech underwater cameras
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Wendy Heller | Jan 14, 2008 2:00 AM
Increasing amounts of ice mass have been lost from West Antarctica
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Wendy Heller | Jan 14, 2008 2:00 AM
A team of international scientists is hoping to unlock some of the secrets of the deep Southern Ocean, and the effects of climate change, using a state-of-the-art, unmanned submersible
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Wendy Heller | Jan 14, 2008 2:00 AM
Greenpeace conservation activists say they have disrupted the Japanese whale hunt near Antarctica's coast by chasing a factory ship out of the whaling zone
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