Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Tasmania"

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    • Australia records 470 stranded whales in ongoing rescue 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 24, 2020, on page B4)
      Rescuers raced against the tide Wednesday to free whales beached off the Australian coast, with more than half the estimated 470 mammals in the country’s biggest stranding on record already believed dead. The pod of ...

    • Hundreds of whales dead in Australia stranding 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, September 24, 2020, on page 15)
      Hundreds of pilot whales have died in a mass stranding in southern Australia despite efforts to save them, with rescuers racing Wednesday to free a few dozen survivors. Another 200 long-finned pilot whales were discovered ...

    • Mystery giant jellyfish washes up in Australia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, February 7, 2014, on page A-27)
      Scientists were Thursday working to classify a new species of giant jellyfish that washed up on an Australian beach, describing it as a "whopper" that took their breath away. The 1.5-metre (4 foot 11 inch) specimen was ...

    • Pilot whales in Australia: Nearly 500 stranded, 380 dead 

      Associated Press (AP) (BusinessMirror, September 27, 2020, on page A7)
      More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. Authorities had already ...

    • Rescuers race to save 180 stranded whales in Australia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2020, on page 3)
      Rescuers faced a race against time to save nearly 200 whales stuck in a remote Australian harbour on Tuesday, hoping to prevent the toll of 90 dead from rising further after managing to free “a small number” of the stranded ...

    • Whale poo could help seas absorb CO2, say scientists 

      Askin, Pauline (BusinessWorld, April 30, 2010, on page S3/9)
      Whale droppings have emerged as a natural ocean fertilizer which could help combat global warming by allowing the Southern Ocean to absorb more carbon dioxide, Australian scientists have found. New research from the ...