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Thousands lobby for Watsons release
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Tens of thousands of supporters of the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd have sent email messages of protest to the German Government calling for the immediate release of the group’s leader Paul Watson.
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Whales can adjust their hearing
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For many whales and dolphins, the world is shaped by sound; they hunt and navigate by listening for echoes. Navigating in this way requires super-sensitive hearing. And scientists have now found that, for some whales, this sense is adjustable.
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Bardot offers to take Watsons place in Prison
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Brigitte Bardot, the actress and animal rights campaigner, has offered to take the place of the founder of the Sea Shepherd marine conservation group in prison.
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Dolphins exploit work rota for food
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A school of bottlenose dolphins have figured out how to enjoy a free meal with the whelk waste from a seafood factory, marine researchers believe.
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Mass marine deaths in Peru
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Investigators believe an increase in usual ocean temperatures have driven a type of anchovy deeper into the sea, beyond the reach of many young pelicans – ultimately causing their deaths.
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UKs reserves paper parks
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What do the terms "marine reserve" and "marine-protected area" conjure up for you? Places in which, perhaps, wildlife is protected? In which the damaging activities permitted in other parts of the sea – such as trawling and dredging – are banned? Wrong.
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Big rise in North Pacific plastic
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The quantity of small plastic fragments floating in the north-east Pacific Ocean has increased a hundred fold over the past 40 years.
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Prince to give fisheries speech
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The Prince of Wales is to deliver a keynote address at the sixth World Fisheries Congress. The congress is organised by the World Council of Fisheries Societies which aims to promote international cooperation in fisheries science, conservation and management.
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Digital Ocean App Launched
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Wemo Media, the Venice, CA-based entertainment studio, on friday, 4 May 2012, announced the launch of "theBlu," a globally shared art and entertainment experience.
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Data sheds light on speed of glaciers
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Greenland's glaciers are not speeding up as much as previously thought, researchers have estimated. As a result, the ice rivers may be contributing "significantly less" to sea-level rise than had been thought.
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