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The Latest | A second ship sinks in Yemen's Houthi rebels' Red Sea campaign against Israel-Hamas war
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Latest | A second ship sinks in Yemen's Houthi rebels' Red Sea campaign against Israel-Hamas war

The Independent  

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U.S. forces strike Houthi sites in Yemen for the fifth time
11 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. forces strike Houthi sites in Yemen for the fifth time

The Hindu  

U.S. forces conducted a fifth strike against Iranian-backed Houthi rebel military sites in Yemen as President Joe Biden acknowledged that the American and British bombardment had yet to stop the militants' attacks on vessels in the Red Sea that have disrupted global shipping. The latest strikes destroyed two Houthi anti-ship missiles that “were aimed into the southern Red Sea and …

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Gray whale deaths: How humans and climate change hurt oceans
3 years, 5 months ago

Gray whale deaths: How humans and climate change hurt oceans

LA Times  

SAN IGNACIO, Mexico — For thousands of years, the gray whales of the eastern Pacific have undertaken one of the longest annual migrations of any mammal — starting in the cold waters of the Arctic, then down past the densely populated coasts and beaches of California before finally finding refuge in the warm, shallow estuaries of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. …

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As cargo shipments boom, ship strikes imperil whales in California and worldwide
3 years, 5 months ago

As cargo shipments boom, ship strikes imperil whales in California and worldwide

LA Times  

Scientists from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center study a deceased fin whale that washed up at Bolsa Chica State Beach on May 20, 2021. “It was a straight collision course.” With the increase of cargo and cruise boat traffic the last several decades, ships have become one of the deadliest threats whales face in open oceans and coastal waters. Between …

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19 sailors killed as Iran missile strikes own ship
4 years, 8 months ago

19 sailors killed as Iran missile strikes own ship

The Hindu  

An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15, Iran’s state media reported on Monday, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. The statement significantly raised the death toll in Sunday’s incident from what was reported just hours earlier, when Iran’s state …

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Whales face more fatal ship collisions as waters warm
4 years, 9 months ago

Whales face more fatal ship collisions as waters warm

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Climate change is imperiling the world’s largest animals by increasing the likelihood of fatal collisions between whales and big ships that ply the same waters. The phenomenon already has increased ship strikes involving rare North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and giant blue whales on the West Coast, researchers say. Conservationists, scientists and animals lovers …

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Coronavirus strikes Sunshine Coast man aboard Diamond Princess
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus strikes Sunshine Coast man aboard Diamond Princess

ABC  

A Sunshine Coast man who has been in quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship has tested positive for coronavirus and will be separated from his wife. Mr Williamson said he would be transferred to hospital and his wife would "remain on board at this stage". "It is surreal, it's quite bizarre," Mr Williamson, a former school principal, said earlier …

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