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Anchorage Hosts 2013 Alaska Marine Science Symposium
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Marine Science Symposium opened in Downtown Anchorage Monday, with a keynote speech on the topic of marine debris. The five-day symposium at the Hotel Captain Cook brings together more than 1,000 marine scientists and resource managers from...Tags: Marine Science, Science, Science and Technology
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Homer: Biologist Finds No Invasive Species on Drill Rig
Brian Smith, Peninsula ClarionA Homer-based biologist says shells attached to a drill rig moved from Singapore to Cook Inlet did not carry invasive species. Senior biologist David Erikson of URS Corp. concludes that organic marine debris attached to the rig did not survive the...Tags: Biology, Trips and Vacations, URS Corporation, Science and Technology, Travel
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Bun Lai, Miya's Sushi Get Star Turn on "Saturday Night Live"
If you watched this past Saturday's season finale of "SNL," one headline on the "Weekend Update" segment (with returning special guest Amy Poehler) may have caught your attention. "A sushi chef in Connecticut is planning to use cicadas this summer in...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Sushi and Sashimi, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Bizarre Foods (tv program), Travel Channel (tv network)
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Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U....
Tags: Water, Ecosystems, Lakes and Ponds, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Zebra mussels make their unwanted presence felt
Nevada, Mo. – Biologists have found zebra mussels in a lake at the Schell-Osage Conservation Area, which is in Vernon and St. Clair counties in west central Missouri. Zebra mussels are an invasive species from Eurasia that can cause ecological and...
Tags: Biology, Aquaculture, Floods, Lakes and Ponds, Fishing
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Getting rid of garlic mustard, one day at a time
The first year, the invasive species garlic mustard looks like a violet, says Jacqueline Pilette, wetlands specialist with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. The next year, however, the biannual invasive plants shoots up, flowers and...
Tags: Onions, Cheese, Mustard, Cheese Corn, Cabbage
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Lionfish: If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em
In recent years, the Indo-Pacific lionfish — a dramatically striped, finned and armored aquarium fish — has invaded Atlantic and Caribbean coral reefs. It has been spotted off the Southeastern United States, throughout the Caribbean Sea, in...
Tags: Bodies of Water, Ecosystems, Population, Conservation, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Watching Michigan loons in the face of disease
PETOSKEY — A few years ago Peggy and Phil Millard were kayaking on Round Lake and saw a pair of loons trying to drive a third away from the lake. "They were charging at it and being aggressive toward it," said Peggy, who lives on the Petoskey-...
Tags: Botulism, Biology, Lakes and Ponds, Natural Resources, Conservation
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Study of shipping routes maps delivery of invasive organisms
When giant container ships sail into major ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, it's not just clothing and cars that they deliver. They also carry critters. The specimens — microscopic algae cells or larger castaways, such as eggs of fish or...Tags: Biology, Water, Ecosystems, Shipping Service, Conservation
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Sally Jewell affirms Everglades `a high priority'
She came, she saw, she toured by airboat, and she reaffirmed that the Obama administration remains committed “to the people of Florida to make the Everglades restoration a high priority.” Sally Jewell, less than three weeks into her job...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Everglades National Park, Water Supply, Boynton Beach, Wildlife
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April: National Invasive Plant, Pest and Disease Awareness Month
April is National Invasive Plant, Pest and Disease Awareness Month and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) urges residents to help stop the threat that invasive plant pests pose to the state’s agricultural and...
Tags: Globalization, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture
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Giant, rat-sized snails invade south Florida
South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster. More than 1,000 of the mollusks are being caught...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Religious Events, Rituals, Meningitis, Gainesville
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