Swell time (BBC News)
UK resort hopes artificial reef will help ride the waves

Pacific quest: The dive of a lifetime (Belfast Telegraph)
Chuuk Lagoon is a long way away. From anywhere.

Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Corrupted by wealth and power, your government is like a restaurant with only one dish. They've got a set of Republican waiters on one side and a set of Democratic waiters on the other side.

Dead zones spread across world's oceans (Mail and Guardian)
Man-made pollution is spreading a growing number of suffocating dead zones across the world's seas with disastrous consequences for marine life, scientists have warned.

Jellyfish invasion: Britain to fight them on the beaches (Independent)
The growing threat from swarms of jellyfish around Britain's coast is to be investigated for the first time by British and Irish scientists. Using the latest technology, researchers are planning to tag jellyfish to explore their life cycles and movement in a project known as Ecojel.

Pacific quest: The dive of a lifetime (Independent)
Chuuk Lagoon is a long way away. From anywhere. Which makes it all the more extraordinary that it should have been the setting for one of the most comprehensive defeats of the Second World War. In February 1944, the Americans launched Operation Hailstone, a two-day mission to wipe out the Japanese naval fleet, which was hidden in this distant Pacific atoll. It was a success; so much so that ...

Uni help for sustainable fishing (BBC News)
Experts from Bangor University help produce a sustainably sourced fish policy for a national supermarket chain.

Andy Tait: Never mind dolphins - what about turtles and sharks? (Guardian Unlimited)
Andy Tait: The tuna fishing industry has reduced its impact on dolphins, but we still need tougher measures

The Pill may put you off smell of your man and ruin your relationship (Times Online)
To millions of women it has been the great liberator over the past four decades, allowing them the freedom to control their fertility and their relationships. But the contraceptive Pill could also be responsible for skewing their hormones and attracting them to the ?wrong? partner.

Plan to help marine life launched (BBC News)
Organisations responsible for a marine Special Area of Conservation launch a plan to manage its habitats and wildlife.




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