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More dead marine life washes ashore in Sri Lanka after burning of containe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The carcasses of five dolphins and 31 sea turtles had been found along the western coast of Sri Lanka after the burning of X-Press Pearl cargo ship in the seas off the Colombo Port, Sri Lanka's Department of Wildlife Conservation said.
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Dead marine life washes ashore in Sri Lanka after burning of X-Press Pearl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka's government officials on Sunday said that bodies of more than 10 turtles, a dolphin, seabirds and fish have washed up on the country's beaches after the burning of the X-Press Pearl container ship.
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China's military expansionism in South China Sea threatens marine ecology
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): China's military expansionism in the South China Sea (SCS) through island construction, drilling activities, and overfishing has pushed the marine ecosystem of the region to the brink of collapse, and the destruction of coral reefs and the marine life they su
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Pramod Sawant assures to solve demands of Drishti's former employees
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 25 (ANI): A delegation of Goa Marine Life Saving Guards Union on Thursday met Chief Minister Pramod Sawant with their demands of regularisation in government services as Lifesaving Guards.
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Ingredients in sunscreen can damage freshwater ecosystems: Researchers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): The active ingredients found in sunscreen have detrimental effects on freshwater ecosystems, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists,
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Study reveals popular seafood species in sharp decline around the world
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): Fish market favourites such as orange roughy, common octopus and pink conch are among the species of fish and invertebrates in rapid decline around the world, according to new research published in the Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
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Study details catastrophic disease events in marine mammals
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Coronavirus crisis, has indeed, become an alarm to people across the globe to understand the ways in which certain infectious diseases can devastate a life. However, a recent study has expanded its research to identify the factors disturbing marine mamma
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Goa's Drishti Marine lifeguards step in to feed stray animals amid lockdow
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 23 (ANI): Drishti Marine, Goa's lifeguarding agency, has stepped in to provide water and a daily meal to stray animals across the beaches of Goa and in the inlands too amid the lockdown.
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Ganga flows cleaner in Haridwar, Varanasi as industrial discharge remains
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Uttarakhand/Uttar Pradesh [India], April 5 (ANI): The quality of water in River Ganga in Haridwar and Varanasi has improved significantly and marine life is now visible in the river as the nationwide lockdown has led to reduction in the dumping of industrial waste into it.
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Microplastics turning to be major environmental challenge: study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 9 (ANI): Microplastics are the tiny bits and pieces of plastic that have worked their way into our water systems causing potentially catastrophic conditions for humans and marine life, discovered researchers.
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Researchers uncover reason behind major mass extinction of Earth
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 1 (ANI): Around 420 million years back in the pre-historic Silurian Period, Earth suffered a major mass extinction, which wiped out almost 23 per cent of the marine life.
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Water scarcity threatens Thane's people, marine life
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): People from villages of Shahapur Taluka in Thane are facing troubles due to water scarcity in the area.
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