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Knocking on Heaven's Shore: Bluefin Tuna Carrying Safe Fukushima Nuclear Radiation

Carl Safina | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Tsunami, Tuna, Radiation, Yellowfin, Albatross, Fukushima, Sushi, Sea Turtle, Sashimi, Bluefin, Tuna Mercury, Tuna Radiation, Green News
Carl Safina

We know the whole world is connected, but we didn't quite think about how some of the connectors travel awfully far awfully fast. Long before tsunami debris arrives on shore, some California sport fishermen are catching radiation packages.

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The Best Shots From The Masters

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Phil Mickelson, Masters Highlights, Louis Oosthuizen Double Eagle, Phil Mickelson Flop Shot, Masters 2012, The Masters, Masters 2012 Highlights, Bubba Watson 10th Hole, 2012 Masters, The Masters 2012, Bubba Watson Masters, Louis Oosthuizen Albatross, Golf, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson Eagle, Bubba Watson Shot, Albatross, Pga, The Masters Highlights, Louis Oosthuizen, Masters, Oosthuizen Double Eagle, Slidepollajax, Pga Tour, Bubba Watson Woods Shot, Sports News

It must have been a memorable final round at the 2012 Masters when the pair of hole-in-one shots is an afterthought. Although Louis Oosthuizen was bes...

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Oosthuizen Gets A Piece Of History

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 04.09.2012

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Even if he doesn't have a place in the champion's locker room at the Masters, Louis Oosthuizen can say he has a spot in the Albat...

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WATCH: Historic 'Albatross' At Masters

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Video, Golf, Oosthuizen, Masters 2012, Albatross, The Masters, Golf Albatross, Masters Albatross, Louis Oosthuizen, Masters, Louis-Oosthuizen-Albatross, The Masters 2012, Oosthuizen Albatross, Sports News

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Even if he doesn't have a place in the champion's locker room at the Masters, Louis Oosthuizen can say he has a spot in the Albat...

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Climate Change May Help Some Birds ... In The Short-Term

Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Wandering Albatross Climate Change, Albatross, Wandering Albatross Birds, Oceanic Birds, Birds, Seabirds, Climate-Change, Animals, Green News

Surprisingly, climate change may actually benefit one species ... in the short-term. The Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), which has the larg...

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15 Crazy Superstitions People Used To Believe

Tru TV | David Moye | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Egg Superstitions, Hats on the Bed, Mirrors Bad Luck, Albatross, Crazy Superstitions, Bobbing for Apples, Cigarette Superstitions, Owl Superstitions, Dog Superstitons, Black Cats, Counting Crows, Weird News News

Back in the old days (you know, the 1990s), science, medicine and technology were in their infancy and most people had no explanation for why bad thin...

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Lewis Carroll Turns an Albatross Into a Postage Stamp

Carolyn Vega | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Postage Stamps, Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll Papers, Albatross, Sylvie and Bruno, Charles Dodgson, Harry Furniss, Lewis Carroll Letters, Caricaturist, New York News
Carolyn Vega

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How to Avoid Eco-Despair

Lisa Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Midway Island, Chris Jordan, Plastic, Pacific Ocean, Albatross, Photojournalist, Life Cycle, Photojournalism, Death, Green News
Lisa Bennett

What happens when we sense that we are surrounded by death -- when we recognize that we are living in an age characterized by unprecedented levels of death and destruction in our natural world?

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What You Need to Know About Antarctica

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ornithologist, South Georgia, Antarctica, Explorer?S Quest, Zodiac, Icebergs, Drake Passage, Continent, Ushuaia, Expedition Jacket, Island, Glaciers, Body-Sled, Birds, Marine Biologist, Whales, Historian, Cheli Larsen, ?€“ All Are Important When It Comes to Understanding This Unique Continent. I Chose Quark Expeditions, Drake Lake, Last Pristine Universe on Earth, Penguin Chicks, Austral Summer, Polar Plunge Club, Global Warming, Passengers, Falklands, Geologist, Beach, Pink and White Dolphins, Seal, Antarctic Peninsula, Sea Ice, Sea, Seal Pup;, Albatross, Penguin Rookeries, Sea Sickness, Ocean, Travel News
Margie Goldsmith

I have just returned from Antarctica, the loneliest, driest, most desolate place in the world. The only way to get there is by ship. So why go?

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Endangered Bird Discovered Nesting In U.S. For 1st Time

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animals, Albatross, Endangered Animals, Albatross Nest, Endangered Albatross, Hawaii Albatross, Short-Tailed Albatross, Albatross Hawaii, Green News

HONOLULU — A bird conservation group says the endangered short-tailed albatross has nested in the far northwestern edge of the Hawaiian islands ...

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12 Connections Between Oil Spills and Plastic Pollution

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Sea Turtles, Plastic Pollution, Coastal Pollution, Plastic Bag Ban, Pacific Gyre, Clean-Up, Microplastics, Tourism, Oil Industry, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Albatross, Oil, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Plastic, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Green News
Wallace J Nichols

Both oil spills and plastic pollution kill ocean wildlife in obvious, quick ways and slow, insidious ways.

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Lesbian Albatrosses Successfully Incubate Their Chick

The Independent | Kathy Marks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lesbian Albatrosses, Lesbian Albatross Chick, Female Mating, Otago Peninsula, Albatross, Taiaroa Head Royal Albatross Centre, Animals, Green News

When two female royal albatrosses at a New Zealand breeding colony embarked on a lesbian relationship, there were some raised eyebrows. But when the p...

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Planet Earth - Your Lymph Nodes Have Cancer

Mary Liz Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ocean Policy Task Force, Damage From Plastic, Chris Jordan Photography, Midway ?€“ Photos From the Gyre, Albatross, Plastic Vortex, Environment, Midway National Wildlife Refuge, Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch, Midway Atoll, Chris Jordan, Dead Birds, Pacific Ocean Gyre, Green News
Mary Liz Thomson

We humans have been in a comfortable denial, enjoying the convenience of throwaway items with no thought to the consequences. Now we face a planet despoiled by toxic plastic.

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Michelle Obama's Popularity Surging: Survey

The Washington Monthly | Posted 05.25.2011

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SO MUCH FOR BEING AN 'ALBATROSS'.... In January, Fox News contributor Juan Williams went after Michelle Obama, describing her as a political "liabilit...

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