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Retired missile tracking ship to be sunk (Miami Herald) :: National Marine Sanctuary

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Officials overseeing the transformation of a retired U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship into an artificial reef off Key West said Saturday they are planning to sink the ship May 15. The General Hoyt S. Vandenberg is currently at a Norfolk, Va., shipyard, where workers are preparing it for sinking by removing environmental hazards. Plans are to scuttle the ship in the Florida Keys National …

Whale counts successful despite weather (The Garden Island) :: National Marine Sanctuary

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Angela Tillson, the site leader for the Ahukini Ocean Count, was trying to make light of the blustery weather that greeted her group of nine whale counters yesterday morning.

Ship to become reef in May (Sun-Sentinel) :: National Marine Sanctuary

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Vessel to be sunk near Key West Officials overseeing the transformation of a retired U.S. Air Force missile-tracking ship into an artificial reef off Key West said Saturday that they are planning to sink the ship May 15.

DeWitt Junior High School receives reef aquarium (DeWitt-Bath Review) :: from Yahoo! News

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DEWITT — The DeWitt Middle School’s media center recently received a 50-gallon reef aquarium from the Mid-Michigan Marine Club (MMMC). The classroom reef provides a hands-on and fun learning experience for students.

World’s Coral Reefs Face Renewed Threats (NPR) :: from Yahoo! News

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Researchers gathered in Washington this week to launch “The Year of the Coral Reef.” That work has taken on renewed importance in the wake of two new studies showing that reefs are facing more threats than ever.

2005 a deadly year for Caribbean coral (TODAYonline) :: from Yahoo! News

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View of a coral reef. The Caribbean’s fragile coral reefs were devastated in 2005 by a doubly whammy of record-high temperatures and 13 full-on hurricanes, according to a UN-sponsored report released Monday.

Admiral says oil spill alert was too slow (Vallejo Times-Herald) :: from National Marine Sanctuary News

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A new report on the response to a November ship collision and fuel leak in San Francisco Bay found shortcomings in the Coast Guard’s public communications but concludes that crews re-sponded rapidly to the spill, the agency’s top officer in California says.

Caribbean Coral Reefs Under Increasing Threat – UN (Scoop.co.nz) :: from Yahoo! News

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28 January 2008 – Warming temperatures and increasing storms are posing serious threats to Caribbean coral reefs and the people who depend on them for their livelihoods, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today.

‘Generalist bacteria’ discovered in coastal waters may be more flexible than known before | Science Blog :: from del.icio.us Bookmark

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Now, new research led by a marine microbial ecologist at the University of Georgia is showing for the first time that the roles played by bacteria in coastal waters aren’t nearly as specific as some scientists suspected.

Oil Spill Fouls Shores in San Francisco Area – New York Times :: from del.icio.us Bookmark

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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8 — A South Korean container ship hit one of the stanchions of the Bay Bridge in a dense fog on Wednesday, spilling 58,000 gallons of bunker oil.