Water environment

Water environment

• Locals say shifting sea ice frees trapped whales

  About a dozen killer whales trapped under sea ice appeared to be free after the ice shifted, village officials in Canada's remote north said Thursday, ... 

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  Thai government ordered to clean up polluted creek

  A Thai court on Thursday ordered the government to clean up a lead-polluted creek and pay nearly $4 million in compensation to local villagers as part ... 

• UN finds rising mercury emissions, need for treaty

  Mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past century, part of a man-made problem that will require international ... 

• Giant squid filmed in ocean depths for 1st time

  After a hundred dives deep into the Pacific, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat ... 

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  Rare San Francisco river otter stumps researchers

  A rapt crowd followed a trail of bubbles that zipped over the surface of a seaside pond in the ruins of a 19th century bath in San Francisco. 

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  APNewsBreak: Feds say delay made oil spill worse

  Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.'s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River made an oil spill far worse than it otherwise ... 

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  Few tests done at toxic sites after superstorm

  For more than a month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that the recent superstorm didn't cause significant problems at any of the ...