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Tassie chance at monster glory

VIA – THE MERCURY AUSTRALIA   Tassie chance at monster glory   HELEN KEMPTON   |   February 08, 2012 12.01am Tyler Hollmer-Cross surfs a monster wave at Shipstern Bluff. Picture: ANDREW CHISOLM TASMANIAN extreme surfing is holdings its breath to find out if two local thrill-seekers landed the biggest wave in Australasian waters last … Continue reading Tassie chance at monster glory →

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INCREDIBLE PHOTOS AND VIDEO OF MASSIVE 40 FOOT SHARK IN KARACHI SELLS FOR $18,750

INCREDIBLE PHOTOS AND VIDEO OF MASSIVE 40 FOOT SHARK IN KARACHI SELLS FOR $18,750 By Chris Nomad Here are some amazing photos and video from around the web showing the massive 40+ foot whale shark that washed up dead in Karachi.  After the fishermen were able to bring it in, they auctioned it off for … Continue reading INCREDIBLE PHOTOS AND VIDEO OF MASSIVE 40 FOOT SHARK IN KARACHI SELLS FOR $18,750 →

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Cranes struggle to ‘fish’ out 40 foot dead shark from Karachi sea

  VIA – TRIBUNE PK Cranes struggle to ‘fish’ out dead shark from Karachi sea By Wasiq Muhammad / Web Desk Published: February 7, 2012 KARACHI: Citizens of Karachi in large numbers flocked to Charai Fishery on Tuesday as a 40-foot long shark was found dead by the pier. Two cranes were called in to fish … Continue reading Cranes struggle to ‘fish’ out 40 foot dead shark from Karachi sea →

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Vanuatu braces for Cyclone Jasmine

VIA – ABC ASIA Vanuatu braces for Cyclone Jasmine PHOTO A radar image of Cyclone Jasmine, which formed off the Queensland coast on February 4, 2012. The cyclone is intensifying as it nears Vanuatu. [Bureau of Meterology] VIDEO from Australia Network News Cyclone bearing down on Vanuatu Created: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:39:37 GMT-0800 AUDIO … Continue reading Vanuatu braces for Cyclone Jasmine →

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Surf's up: Group keeps lookout for tsunami debris on area beaches

VIA – PENINSULA DAILY NEWS   Surf’s up: Group keeps lookout for tsunami debris on area beaches By Arwen Rice Peninsula Daily News   NEAH BAY — If there is anyone who knows about beach debris, it’s surfers. Surfers often travel the world seeking the perfect wave — but to get to the waves, they … Continue reading Surf's up: Group keeps lookout for tsunami debris on area beaches →

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BC's Japan Tsunami Debris Problem

Maybe Japan could pay the whaling ships or use some of the relief funds they are using to whale on cleaning up the garbage? BC’s Japan Tsunami Debris Problem Tuesday, 27 December 2011 Trevor Williams Image courtesy U.S. Navy. Debris from the March 11th 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami is rapidly approaching the BC coastline … Continue reading BC's Japan Tsunami Debris Problem →

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Sea Shepherds monitor Japanese whaling with drones

VIA – CTV Sea Shepherds monitor Japanese whaling with drones In this photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, its ship Steve Irwin and a helicopter chase down a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. (AP / Sea Shepherd, Gary Stokes) The Canadian Press Date: Saturday Dec. 24, … Continue reading Sea Shepherds monitor Japanese whaling with drones →

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Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds

VIA – NEWPORT BEACH PATCH Editor Nisha Gutierrez-Jaime [email protected] Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds “It’s not a good thing,” says researcher after discovery that a radioactive isotope of iodine was absorbed by kelp off Laguna Beach and Corona del Mar a month after the disaster in Japan. … Continue reading Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds →