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New Tsunami Warning System

Technology that oil rig operators and governments currently use to monitor ocean currents could be retooled to give coastal communities more accurate warnings before a tsunami strikes, a new study shows. Despite their size and power, tsunamis are notoriously difficult to measure or monitor before they crash into shorelines. But in a report published this […]

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Oil still leaking from Penglai Oil field in Bohai Bay, China

Oil continues to leak at ConocoPhillips’s two platforms in northeast Bohai Bay more than two weeks after Chinese authorities ordered a shutdown of their output, said China’s oceanic watchdog on Friday. Remote satellite sensing and a survey made by a patrol boat of the sea area on Wednesday and Thursday, both conducted by the China […]

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China takes it seriously in Pacific Ocean

On Tuesday, the world’s first manned submersible, Jiaolong for the first time reached of 5,057 meters in the Pacific Ocean. After its successful dive, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) is hoping that the Jiaolong will pave way to for a record-breaking 7,000-metre test dive in 2012. It has been told that Jiaolong has got its […]