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Author Archives: Richard Aspinall
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UK man jailed for importing clams and corals without CITES paperwork
the press release runs: A man from Greater Manchester in the UK, who tried to smuggle more than
700 rare and endangered corals and clams into the UK has been jailed for six months. Alex Montgomery, of Mottram Old Road, in Stalybridge, Tameside, admitted the offence at Manchester Crown Court. A Border Force spokeswoman said the animals had been discovered in 36 boxes after a search of air freight on 4 May. She said the 23-year-old was arrested while trying to collect the protected species at Manchester Airport. The corals and clams, which weighed more than 750kg (1,600 lbs), are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). International agreements More than 650 corals and about 60 clams without any CITES documentation had been sent to Montgomery from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.… More:
Posted in Conservation, Corals
Tagged business premises, chi minh city, corals, ho chi minh city, natural environment
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Cyro, The Robotic Jellyfish
Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have unveiled a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man, 5 foot 7 inches in length and weighing 170 pounds, as part of a U.S. Navy-funded project.… More:
Posted in Invertebrates, Science
Tagged cyro, new brunswick, salt waters, shallow coastal waters, u s navy
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Urchins evolve to deal with climate change
As the oceans become more acidic, many marine animals will have a harder time extracting the calcium from seawater that they need to build their skeletons. Marine biologists fear an ecological catastrophe could be imminent unless animals evolve to take up calcium more efficiently.… More:
Posted in Conservation, Invertebrates, Science
Tagged acidity, genetic change, genetic variability, marine biologists, rich water
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Oil From Deepwater Horizon Spill Broken Down By Hungry Ocean Bacteria, Researcher Says
New research from the University of Tennessee indicates that the Gulf of Mexico has a natural ability to clean itself, even in the wake of an environmental disaster like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that caused an estimated 210 million gallons of oil to flow into the gulf after an explosion on the oil rig killed 11 men and ultimately caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.… More:
Posted in Conservation
Tagged hazen, oak ridge national laboratory, offshore oil, oil spill, population explosion
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Are Jellyfish Taking Over Our Oceans? Expert to Explain During Special Lecture at Birch Aquarium at Scripps
As human activities continue to take their toll on the health of ocean ecosystems, it appears one group is thriving: jellies. The combined impacts of ocean warming, overfishing, pollution, ocean acidification, and other threats are creating ideal conditions for these resilient creatures to multiply—-and take over the ocean.… More:
Red Sea Inspiration
The Red Sea is a prime destination for many European divers, underwater photographers and reef addicts, the fact that it is less than six hours flying time from most of Europe and of course its year-round fantastic diving explains its popularity.… More:
Posted in Corals, Photography
Tagged Aquarium, egyptian economy, six hours, species associations, wave action
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USS Guardian finally removed from Tubbataha
Seventy three days after the USS Guardian ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, salvors finally removed the last section of the minesweeper from the atoll this week.… More:
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the first-ever, two-headed bull shark.
The study, led by Michigan State University and appearing in the Journal of Fish Biology, confirmed the specimen, found in the Gulf of Mexico April 7, 2011, was a single shark with two heads, rather than conjoined twins.… More:
Nano Coral Islands from Living Color
Artificial corals as decoration tend to divide opinion with many seeing them as the antithesis of everything they are aiming to achieve, whilst others see them as perfect for reducing impacts on natural populations of corals.… More:
Posted in Corals
Tagged antithesis, aquatic animals, beauty of the world, living color, natural populations
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Eye Surgery for Puffer Fish
A Puffer fish in Bristol Zoo in the UK is recovering after eye surgery.… More:
Posted in Fish
Tagged antibiotics, education charity, five continents, gills, intricacy
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Tiny plants devour reefs in warming, acidic oceans
A world-first scientific study has found that the world’s coral reefs are being weakened by microscopic borers and will erode more rapidly as the oceans warm and acidify.… More:
Posted in Conservation, Corals, Science
Tagged coral reef, livelihoods, reef organisms, reef studies, sponges
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Live bomb found in squid!
Possibly the best headline ever has been repeated across the web thanks to a fishmonger gutting a squid at his market stall in southern China who found the device inside a squid he was gutting.… More:
Posted in Funny, Invertebrates
Tagged 20cm, cephalopod, fishmonger, prawns, web thanks
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