The FDA suspended its proposal on the processing of raw oysters. FDA backs down on raw oyster proposal Last month, the FDA planned a proposal to mandate the processing of...
One more proof of Anthropogenic impact on environment. It is not the high temperature led snow melting but the excessive groundwater use that is adding to sea level rise. This finding of the research by Hydrabad, capital of Indian state of Andhrapradesh, based Geophysical...
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...
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...
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A boat carrying Haitian migrants overtruned and sank off the Coast of Turks and Caicos Islands. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that at least two people are dead and 85 are missing.The boat reportedly struck a...
" SHARKS are to be trained like dolphins to feed from keepers and even roll over and have their tummies tickled.Brave keepers at British aquariums will use the techniques after research showed the predators responded well to tuition. Experts hope the training...
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"Egypt- the country that has been on the top of my "places to see" list since I started writing a list (since I was in primary school). Over time the list has changed a bit, but Egypt has always held it's top place. "To explore Egypt, I did a 15 day budget tour with 23...
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"Barack Obama has only four years to save the world. That is the stark assessment of Nasa scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen who last week warned only urgent action by the new president could halt the...
An entangaled humpback whale had to be freed after getting trapped in prawn traps off the coast of Port McNeill in British Columbia, and luckily a Department of Fisheries and Oceans official with training in these matters was only 45 minuntes away when it happened. " Paul...
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PLEASE REPOST WIDELY Joe Dunsavage, an Edison NJ resident, remains missing at sea since disappearing off Roatan Island, Honduras a week ago Sunday. Military search and rescue efforts have been called off, but...
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As reported recently on Off Radar News, the recent decision by those countries signatory to the Antarctic Treaty to ban cruise ships carrying more than 500 passengers entering the waters of Antarctica and limiting the number of passengers ashore at any one time to just 100,...
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The Arctic sea ice is at its thinnest ever starting this spring as researchers in the area say that over 90 percent of it is less than two years old, so it is thinner and much more vulnerable than any other ice that could exist there. The researchers are with NASA and the...
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Palma del Mallorca, Spain - Cruise ship passengers have had to be rescued from the sea after stong winds caused a gangway to collapse on Thursday. An eighty year old Egyptian man is being treated in the...