And two the highest bidder goes Papua New Guinea’s government, mineral rights, and everything else is up for sale in this huge mid-year blowout sale.…
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A Cure Worse than Oil
It’s a good thing marine biologist Buki Rinkevich and his colleagues at the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Station decided to test the effects of detergents on corals before using them to clean up an oil spill.
The researchers reported recently in Environmental Science and Technology that millimeter sized coral fragments succumbed to the detergent before the oil itself.
Underwater Ticking Timebomb
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army, In 1964, mustard gas canisters are pushed into the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey. Millions of pounds were dumped…
View More Underwater Ticking TimebombMore Problems For Oil
Problems in no certain order… Number one problem…crude oil is now at $74 per barrel and may top out at $95 per barrel by fall. …
View More More Problems For OilMore Problems For Odyssey
Spanish police intercepted a ship belonging to US deep-sea explorer firm Odyssey on Thursday, officials said, in a row over a 370 mln eur treasure…
View More More Problems For OdysseyCanadians Should Root For Global Warming*
*note Global Warming is VERY BAD and title is sarcasm. Flashback to 1992, it’s early in the morning and a decrepit high school teacher stands…
View More Canadians Should Root For Global Warming*How safe is your sushi?
Even if you’re not pregnant, you have to be worried about toxic mercury levels in fish. Mercury is present in raw fish, like sushi, and canned fish, like tuna. High mercury content affects the nervous system and renal system, and diminishes the cardiovascular benefits of fish consumption, so eating fish may not benefit your health after all. So how safe is your sushi? More and more, it’s safe to assume your fish is polluted.
View More How safe is your sushi?Mining the Ocean Floor is Good!
The Mining Journal reports on statements by Nautilus representatives at the Numis Mining Conference with respect to criticism levied in Science. Norgate argued that the…
View More Mining the Ocean Floor is Good!Volvo and the Black Swan
More on the continuing saga that surrounds the Black Swan reported at the New Straits Times. This is going to get pretty confusing so I…
View More Volvo and the Black SwanIt Doesn’t Matter If I Kill Another Species…
if I look pretty. Whenever I travel, inevitably I come across a shop or two selling red coral jewelry. I know what the red coral…
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