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Accidents and Spills

Shipwreck hotspots threaten oceans
BBC | 07 Jun 2013
Researchers find that some of the worst locations for accidents at sea are also some of the most environmentally sensitive areas.

Accidents and Spills | Sea Transport

Water leak at Fukushima nuclear plant
BBC | 06 Jun 2013
Radioactive water is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima power plant, following several other recent leaks and power failures.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

Fukushima radioactivity not a health risk
World Fishing | 05 Jun 2013
New research has shown that radiation found in tuna contaminated by the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident poses the same threat to consumers as from one dental x-ray.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Fish | Water Pollution

Fukushima tuna safe to eat - study
Guardian Unlimited | 04 Jun 2013
Earlier this year, a media storm ensued when researchers confirmed that Pacific bluefin tuna caught in Californian waters were marked by radioactive elements absorbed from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. But now researchers have released a paper intended to allay fears about eating the fish.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Fish | Water Pollution

Report: 36 Shipwrecks Scattered Across U.S. Sea Floor May Pose Oil Pollution Threat
NOAA's National Ocean Service | 22 May 2013
This week, NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. sea floor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation's coastal marine resources. Of those, 17 were recommended for further assessment and potential removal of both fuel oil and oil cargo.

Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

As Canada takes Arctic Council helm, experts stress north's vulnerability to spills, emergencies
EurekAlert | 14 May 2013
As Arctic Council chairmanship passes from Sweden to Canada May 15, experts say it is crucial that northern nations strengthen response capabilities to shipping-related accidents foreseen in newly-opened northern waters, as well as to more-common local emergencies such as floods, forest fires and rescue situations. And Canada needs to lead by example.

Arctic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Polar Region | Sea Transport

Divers try to free Rena debris
New Zealand Herald | 14 May 2013
Six containers of pollutants remain to be emptied by divers working on the fast-disappearing hulk of the Rena.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Marine Debris

Shipping chemical 'unsafe for birds'
BBC | 13 May 2013
Conservation organisations call for the regulations to be tightened on the use of a shipping chemical that has killed or injured thousands of seabirds.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Seabirds

Fish company investigated after salmon farm pollutes Scottish loch
Guardian Unlimited | 10 May 2013
Marine Harvest, one of the world's largest fish-farming companies, is under investigation after its salmon farms polluted a Scottish loch with toxic pesticide residues hundreds of times above environmental limits.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Aquaculture | Fish Farming

Seven ships probed after Britain's worst seabird pollution disaster in decades
Telegraph | 08 May 2013
Investigators probing the seabird pollution disaster have identified a possible seven ships responsible for the deadly chemical leak, it has emerged.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Seabirds

AAAS leverages innovative technique to confirm oil slicks in Turkmenistan
EurekAlert | 07 May 2013
Analysis by the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) confirms the release of oil into the waters of the Caspian Sea off Turkmenistan, and demonstrates an innovative new use of publicly available imaging technology.

Accidents and Spills | Remote Sensing

Seafood Safety and Policy
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 07 May 2013
Part 6 of an eight-part series on the impact of Fukushima on the ocean and human health

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Fish | Water Pollution

Tale of the Tuna
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 06 May 2013
Part 5 of an eight-part series on the impact of Fukushima on the ocean and human health. One species that has become emblematic of the disaster is a shimmering giant: the Pacific bluefin tuna.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Fish

Rena disaster: Plastic nurdles still litter Bay of Plenty coast
New Zealand Herald | 05 May 2013
How much longer the 24 hour-a-day operations removing plastic nurdles off Bay of Plenty beaches will go on isn't known.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills

How Is Fukushima's Fallout Affecting Marine Life?
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 03 May 2013
The Fukushima nuclear disaster delivered an unprecedented amount of radioactivity into the sea over a relatively brief time. How did that pulse of cesium and other radioisotopes make its way through the marine food chain?

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

Nearly 3,000 birds die from chemical spill in English Channel
Guardian Unlimited | 03 May 2013
Nearly 3,000 birds have been killed or injured by a chemical spill in the English Channel, conservationists said on Friday.The RSPB, RSPCA and local wildlife charities described it as one of the worst UK marine pollution incidents in decades and said it was more devastating than the MSC Napoli disaster six years ago.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Seabirds

Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill
EurekAlert | 02 May 2013
(University of California - Davis) Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Fish

Radioisotopes in the Ocean
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 02 May 2013
What's there? How much? How long?

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

WHOI to Host Public Event on Fukushima, the Ocean, and Human Health
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 02 May 2013
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will host a free, public forum exploring the impact of Fukushima on the ocean and human health on May 9, 2013.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

'White graphene' to clean up spills
BBC | 01 May 2013
A material called boron nitride - originally touted as useful for next-generation electronics - turns out to be a high-performance pollutant "sponge".

Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

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