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Of intellectual property but also becuse of tech transfer, and so the bargain here is, who comes together, these companies are not the only ones who know how to make mrna, will scientists come together and help them make it? will the companies come together and help them make it? they are setting up a hub, you may well see within months, actually, vaccine coming out, and thats the real hope. the australian government has vowed to strongly oppose a recommendation that the countrys great barrier r...

People, and the combination of all of those things, i hope, will give us protection. nicola sturgeon is expected to confirm a delay to the easing of coronavirus restrictions in scotland. the first minister indicated last week that the move to the lowest level in scotlands five—tier system was likely to be pushed back by three weeks. restrictions had been due to be eased onjune the 28th. un officials have upset the australian government, by recommending that the great barrier reef be placed on ...

Download 1.38 MB When you think of the Great Barrier Reef, you probably think of the colourful coral and the incredible marine life near the surface. What you probably dont picture, is giant donut-shaped reefs the size of a cricket ground, hidden away in much deeper, darker water. These so-called "halimeda donuts" are not easy to reach, but scientists are starting to unlock their mysteries. Duration: 3min 1sec

Seaweed-Loving Crabs Help Restore Caribbean Corals   MIAMI, Florida, January 28, 2021 (ENS) – With the dangers of climate change increasing at a rapid rate, Caribbean coral reefs are in decline, overcome by seaweed. Now scientists think that they have found a solution for the infested reefs – herbivorous crabs that enjoy a seaweed diet. On December 10, 2020, researchers with Florida International University, FIU, reported in the journal “Current Biology” that native crabs in the Flori...

Monday, 25 January 2021 - 8:31 Sri Lanka Naval Ship (SLNS) ‘Rathnadeepa’ boarded with a team of Navy divers reached MV ‘Eurosun’ that ran aground at Little Basses about 5.5 nautical miles (10km) off the southeastern coast of the island on 23rd January and preliminary investigation into the incident got underway. According to the preliminary investigation, no damage to the bulk carrier’s hull was reported and there was no sign of water leaking into the ship or oil into the ocean. It wa...

Coral reefs have had a challenging few years. Click to read more...

Corals Are Being Cooked: A Third Of Taiwans Reefs Are Dying 01/13/21 AT 3:35 AM Nearly a third of Taiwans corals are dying from bleaching caused by warming oceans in an alarming phenomenon that poses a severe threat to the islands delicate underwater ecosystem, conservationists warned Wednesday. An investigation conducted last year in 62 locations around the island by the Taiwan Coral Bleaching Observation Network (TCBON) showed bleaching had reached its worst recorded levels. Half of Taiwans r...

>> reporter: you can forget youre 50-odd-feet below the surface here. >> you really can. >> reporter: if you dont look out the window. the point of being down here is that actually living on the sea floor means scientists can do dre than just take the relatively short dives that are possible from the surface. they become, says marine ecologist mike heithause, sea creatures themselves. you can be the ocean down here. >> you really can be the ocean and you get a sense of change you dont with just ...

Whose recent indictment on corruption charges hed been expected to win but Libya has dismissed Mexicos announcement that its filing charges against it at the International Court of Justice Mexico accuses Bolivia of contravening diplomatic norms by intimidating its diplomats in the past though Bolivia denies doing so relations have plummeted since Mexico offered asylum last month to Bolivias former president Evo Morales the Bolivian foreign minister Karen longer rich said any filing of a court w...

Not just tombstones. those are all people. >> 30 years later, in 1992, he was running his own company in arlington, maine. but as christmas approached, and a left over. >> these leaves are real fresh and they were just made. i just didnt want to throw them away. >> he thought of arlington and all the space. when the cemetery approves, and a dozen volunteers, drove the reefs down and laid them on the headstones. and so it continued for years until a few christmases back, when an air force sergean...