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'We need people': With vaccines in high demand, so too are one Bourne company's services2021-05-14
Cape Cod Times: Show Caption Hide Caption Watch first COVID-19 vaccine transport trucks leave MI plant A small crowd gathered near the Pfizer manufacturing plant to watch the first trucks carrying the COVID-19 vaccine roll out. USA TODAY BOURNE – On Cape Cod, one...
A Rusting Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Is an Environmental Catastrophe Waiting to ...2021-05-14
Time Magazine: Nobody knows the FSOSafer like Ahmed Kulaib. The year he joined the Hunt Oil Co. as a loading master back in 1988 was the same year the Dallas-based oil producer installed a former oil tanker it had just converted into a floating oil storage and off-loading...
Photo Report: Australian Banana Industry Congress 20212021-05-14
Fresh Plaza: The Australian banana industry honoured the work of five of its valuable members at a gala event in Cairns. The BananaBall was a fitting end to Banana Congress 2021, which saw a record number of delegates take in a range of speakers, social events and...
Australia Plans Mega Marine Reserves2021-05-14
Voa News: Australia plans to add an area of the Indian Ocean bigger than France or the U.S. state of Texas to its network of marine parks. A reserve would be set up around Christmas Island, which is about 1,500 kilometers west of the Australian mainland. The island...
Below Deck spin-off lands at Peacock not Bravo2021-05-13
m&c: BelowDeckDown Under is the latest installment in the hit yachting franchise. Pic credit: Bravo One of the two upcoming Below Deck spin-offs has landed at Peacock, not Bravo. Hot on the heels of the news, Below Deck was adding Below Deck Norway and Below Deck...
Below Deck is officially heading Down Under and we’re so on board with this2021-05-13
Metro UK: BelowDeckDown Under is happening and we’re falling overboard with excitement (Picture: Bravo) Below Deck Down Under is coming and we cannot wait to see what happens on the latest spin-off series. Yep, the beloved franchise is setting sail to a new location...
New Australian marine parks protect area twice Great Barrier Reef’s size2021-05-13
Mongabay: The Australian government has moved to create two new marine protected areas that cover an expanse of ocean twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The two parks will be established around Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in...
Australia establishes new marine parks2021-05-13
Sina: CANBERRA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The AustralianGovernment has declared two new massive marine parks in the Indian Ocean in a bid to conserve the area. Sussan Ley, the Minister for the Environment, announced on Wednesday the government would establish two new...
No barrier to reef: 'Virtual excursion' brings coral wonder to remote students2021-05-12
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Teachers working with a citizen science program spend four days on a Great Barrier Reef island creating a free "virtual excursion" for isolated and disadvantaged students. ......
Huge marine parks off Christmas and Cocos islands targets illegal foreign fishing2021-05-12
Yahoo Daily News: Read full article Graham Readfearn12 May 2021, 7:30 pm·4-min read Australia is adding an area of the Indian Ocean bigger than France to its network of marine parks in an attempt to keep out international fishing boats and promote scientific discovery in...
More Ocean Areas Protected Off Australia In Federal Budget2021-05-12
The Tennessee Tribune: CANBERRA, Australia — A huge area of ocean around two remote Australian territories will be protected as part of the federal budget, leaving conservationists grinning. The Morrison government’s 2021/22 budget locks in an AU$100 million ($77 million) package...
Island life attracts hotelier2021-05-12
The Daily Telegraph Australia: Buyer appetite for Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef islands has not been quelled by COVID-19, with a Sydney hotelier about to pay close to $20m to purchase Long Island in the Whitsundays. ......
All coral reefs could suffer bleaching, erosion in few decades: research2021-05-12
Sina: SYDNEY, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The world's coral reefs could face mass bleaching and erosion within the next few decades, according to an international team of scientists including those from Australia. Their findings, published this week in the scientific...
Below Deck Australia: Is the new Below Deck spin-off already filming?2021-05-12
m&c: BelowDeck is moving full steam ahead with the Australian spin-off. Pic credit: Bravo Weeks after it was confirmed that Below Deck was adding Below Deck Australia to the hit Bravo franchise, all signs point to the show currently filming. Last month news broke...