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YUGOSLAVIA: CYANIDE SPILL/POLLUTION SITUATION UPDATE (2)
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U-N scientists have begun taking water samples from the Danube River to assess the damage caused by a cyanide spill in Romania that has polluted rivers and killed thousands of fish in Yugoslavia and Hungary.
Serb...
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CITES discusses protecting US and European eels
A proposal for the conservation and trade of the Anguilla species of eel was discussed at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17) in Johannesburg on Sunday. Countries including Canada, Japan, the USA, Morocco,...
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Algae could be the solution to the world's most complex problems
1. Set up shot of algae open system at Broculo
2. Algae farmer stirring the pool with algae
3. Peddle supports water movement in the open system
4. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Carel Callenbach, Director of Ingrepro:
"Algae are very small and...
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Scientists Use River Model to Fight Erosion
Nats of birds on Lake Hermitage
THIS LOUISIANA FISHING VILLAGE – ONCE SURROUNDED BY MILES OF LUSH MARSH AND CENTURIES-OLD LIVE OAKS – TODAY JUST A SHELL OF THE PARADISE CLAY BOUDREAUX REMEMBERS AS A CHILD.
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Pearls analysis to help determine whether they are natural or cultured
Pearls are alluring gems that symbolise purity, status and have always been very highly prized.
But when the Japanese started producing cultured pearls early last century differentiating between the "man-made" and natural pearls became...
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MALAYSIA: FRESHWATER FISHERIES DEVELOP NEW BREED OF FISH
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Scientists in Malaysia are trying to come up with a bigger, tastier freshwater fish.
Dwindling marine fish stocks and pollution have seen many Malaysian's adding freshwater fish to their diet.
And they look set to remain on...
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Scientists seek cause of freshwater mussel die-off
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Scientists seek cause of freshwater mussel die-off
Running 300 miles through Appalachia, the Clinch River is one of the most important rivers for freshwater mussels in the world.
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Mexico's so-called water monsters, as the Axolotl salamanders are known, have been spotted in the waters of the Xochimilco lake, calming scientists' fears that they may have disappeared.
Mexico's so-called water monsters, as the Axolotl salamanders are known, have been spotted in the waters of the Xochimilco lake, calming scientists' fears that they may have disappeared.
The admittedly ugly creature has a slimy tail,...
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Scientists use massive river model to fight erosion
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US Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive replica of the lower Mississippi River.
The multi-million US dollar...
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Reduction in number of water snakes causes concern
Tonle Sap Lake -1 August 2006
1. Water snake fisherman Ly Vy paddling small boat through sunken forest on Tonle Sap lake
2. Reflection of Ly Vy paddling
3. Ly Vy and family in boat
4. Close-up of water snake entangled in a gill net
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Levels in Lake Victoria dropping alarmingly
1. Various of fishermen bringing their catch from Lake Victoria to shore
2. Boat on dry ground by pier
3. Various of piers showing low water levels
4. Set up of hydroelectric dam operation official
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Mayanja,...
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Scientists use massive river model to fight erosion
LEADIN:
US Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive replica of the lower Mississippi River.
The multi-million US dollar...
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Scientists reveal extent of Lima river pollution
A recent study by scientists in Peru has found that the waters of the Chillon River, on the outskirts of Lima, are laden with pollutants.
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California drought could doom endangered fish
US DROUGHT FISHSOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 4:09SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionDixon, California, US - 14 July 20151. Pan left of researchers pulling trawl net...
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Biologists are studying fish in Tennessee Valley Authority lakes by using "electrofishing" to stun them. After they are temporarily incapacitated by a low level current, fish eerily rise to the surface where they are examined and tossed back. (April 7)
SOMETHING FISHY IS GOING ON IN ALABAMA'S WHEELER LAKE...(nats) BUT THESE FISH AREN'T DEAD...THEY'VE JUST BEEN TEMPORARILY STUNNED.
SOUNDBITE (English) John Justice, TVA fisheries biologist:
"Generally speaking they recover within, you...
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UK: CHINESE MITTEN CRABS CAUSING CHAOS ALONG RIVER THAMES
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Chinese Mitten Crabs are causing chaos on one of the U-K's most important rivers.
Tens of thousands of the creatures are digging their way into mud banks along London's River Thames to create homes and, as a result, forcing...
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USA: WASHINGTON: FINAL RESULT OF NATIONAL SPELLING BEE COMPETITION
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Rebecca Sealfon is this year's U-S National Spelling Bee champion.
The 13-year-old from Brooklyn screamed out the letters as she spelled her final word, "euonymn".
Then, she yelled for joy.
She'll take home the grand...
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After several delays, NASA launched five rockets Tuesday from Virginia that are part of The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment that will help scientists understand the jet stream.
HEADLINE Raw Video: NASA launches ATREX
CAPTION: After several delays, NASA launched five rockets Tuesday from Virginia that are part of The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment that will help scientists understand the jet stream....
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Emergency on Indian Ocean submersible; crew safe
A British scientist and her American pilot had to make an emergency ascent from 250 metres (820 feet) beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles on Tuesday after smoke filled the cockpit of their two-person submersible.
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Nekton mission resumes after submersible emergency
A subsea drama in which a submersible made an emergency ascent from 250 metres below the Indian Ocean was caused by condensation burning out a small motor in the cockpit, the director of the British-led Nekton Mission said on Wednesday.
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Venezuela's broken oil industry threatens fishermen
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