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China’s Olympic co-host city Qingdao has appealed for help
from nearby ports to contain an algae bloom that has coated large
swaths of offshore waters in green muck 40 days ahead of the Games.

Power purchasing

The Vancouver Organizing Committee’s procurement department
is kicking into high gear as focus shifts from venue construction to
the operational side of the Games.

Undersea Chesapeake Crater Offers Hints to Mars Life

A bloom of microbes detected near a crumbling underwater crater suggests that early Mars may have also hosted life in subsurface areas struck by asteroids.

Global protest over arrest of Japanese whale activists

Greenpeace today peacefully demonstrated in front of the Japanese Embassy in Ottawa to demand justice for two Greenpeace activists who have been unnecessarily detained in Japan for exposing a major scandal involving whale meat.

The demonstration at 255 Sussex Drive in Ottawa was part of a series of peaceful protests at some 20 Japanese embassies around the world calling for the immediate release of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki.

In addition to the demonstrations, Greenpeace is encouraging people to send emails of protest to the Japanese government. So far, more than 180,000 emails have been sent to the Japanese Government calling for the release of the activists, dubbed the Tokyo Two.

Squid, Lobster Numbers Rise as Fish Fall Due to Warming

Rising sea temperatures are causing a shift in the abundance and types of species living in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, a trend that is most likely widespread, a new study says.

VIDEO: Penguins Strangled by Grass

Australian conservationists are racing to clear an important little penguin breeding site of an invasive species of tall grass that tangles up the birds and kills some of them.

Global protest over arrest of Japanese whale activists

Global protest continues to mount with protests and vigils in front of Japanese embassies around the world and more than 180,000 letters being sent to the Japanese government demanding the release of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki — the Tokyo Two.

A network of Japanese lawyers have called the arrests a violation of human rights and a challenge to the freedom of expression in Japan.