Safe Beaches (MWV62)

Staying safe at the beach involves more than just sunscreen and lifeguards. Beaches and oceans are prone to unhealthy levels of bacteria which can cause sickness in people. Pathogens make their way into the water...

James Cameron descends into the depths of the ocean

U.S. director James Cameron has finally fulfill his dream of descending to the depths of the ocean and the only person who performed this feat, alone, in a bathyscaphe.Not that the filmmaker has gone mad nor is...

Singapore Strait

A fisherman fishing at Singapore Strait - Singapore Strait is a good place for fishing. Photo from Image of the day (Schahryar Fekri) - Copyright:  http://www.schahryar.com/photoblog/510

50 foot dead whale found near Thaa Atoll

" A 50 foot long dead whale has been discovered by Maldives National Defence Force MNDF Coast Guard, near Thaa Atoll while it was drifting on the ocean inwards to the Atoll. Major Abdul Raheem said the whale was...

Skype to Connect Kids Across Time and Space

Sixty-five years is an eternity for most ten-year-olds. Chances are, anything that happened that long ago would be ancient history in their young minds. But thanks to the marvels of 21st century technology, the significance of an event that took place long before they were...

2009's 3rd Highest Global Temperature: Support for Climate Change

2009 set a record for the third highest Global surface temperature average  since 1891. It tied with 2002, 2003 and 2006. The annual mean land temperatures where above average in most land areas, except for...

'Acidifying oceans' threaten food supply, UK warns

There being mentioned billions of people within this article and the rarely mentioned, made my hair stick up so to speak. Because there still seeming has been nothing said about growing populations, that will...

Sentinel-3 ESA’s Next Generation Satellite Scheduled to Launch in

Sentinel-3 satellite which is scheduled to launch in 2013 is the third in a series of five space missions European Space Agency (ESA) is developing for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. The missions main objective is to determine the...

Plastics in Ocean May Decompose and Release Toxic Chemicals

A new study shows that plastic waste floating in oceans, like those found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, may decompose much faster than expected and release toxic substances into the ocean. This comes as a surprise as plastic was believed to be relatively stable, and...

Missing Cargo Ship Arctic Sea Found

Russian navy has found the cargo ship Arctic Sea that went missing on July 30th. The crew is alive and unharmed, and have boarded a Russian anti-submarine ship, according to Russia's defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov . The Arctic Sea was found 300 miles from Cape Verde in...

How to Blow the Best Job in the World

This man, Ben Southall has to be one of the dumbest people in the world.  He is paid $150,000 to do what many would do for free or even pay to do it.  Yet he can't even make the effort to make a daily...

Japan does now jail polluters.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Japan is serious, when it comes to the environment. New legislation right in time for Earth day was passed and has been made law. Those laws are effective has of now with harsh Fines and even...

NJ Man Missing at Sea off Honduras

Philadelphia Inquirer reports the search has been called off for a NJ man missing off the coast of Honduras.

Undersea volcano erupts in Tonga, South Pacific

An undersea volcano has erupted near Tonga in the South Pacific, shooting smoke, steam and ash straight up into the sky. Scientists are on their way to inspect the volcano, and no islanders have been affected at this...

Newfoundland: Mourners Gather at Prayer Service

"Bells at the largest church in Newfoundland and Labrador tolled Wednesday evening for the 17 people lost last week when an offshore oil helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean." The Roman Catholic Basilica of...

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