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A tourist who was snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef was shocked when he lifted his head from the water and found the tour boat had left him on his own.
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Halifax -
The Bay of Fundy, known for the highest tides in the world, is the lone Canadian contender for the New7Wonders of Nature.
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Record floods and Cyclone Yasi have taken a toll on the world's largest living formation but scientists are confident the Great Barrier Reef will recover.
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Brisbane -
Australian scientists have found proof of close genetic links between sea sponges and higher living organisms including nearly 70 per cent coincidence with human genes, some of which are responsible for disease and cancer.
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Australia has arrested the captain and chief officer of the Shen Neng 1, the Chinese coal ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef earlier this month.
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Australian officials and scientists announced today that the Sheng Neng 1 caused significant damage to the ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef when it collided with it on April 3, 2010.
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The ship Shen Neng 1, which hit a sand bank on April 3 at full speed carrying 68,000 metric tons of coal and 975 tons of fuel oil, is probably only the first of such collisions to occur in the near future, experts predict.
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While authorities believe there is no risk that the Chinese ship, grounded on the Great Barrier Reef, will not break-up, the ship is still in a precarious situation and the potential for disaster remains.
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A Chinese ship ran aground off the Australian coast on the Great Barrier Reef. Officials now fear that the ship may break apart.
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Amateur aquanaut, Roderick Eime, packs his flippers and trunks for an underwater look at Australia's fabled Great Barrier Reef.
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A Unesco team arrives in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.
A UN team has arrived in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.
A Great Barrier Reef pearlfish is filmed by the BBC living inside a sea cucumber's bottom. Where are some of the other strange places that fish live?
West Bank barrier threatens villagers' traditions
The captain and navigation officer of a cargo ship which ploughed into a reef off New Zealand last October plead guilty to several charges.
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The Shen Neng, a Chinese bulk carrier, ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef early april and caused significant damage to the reef.
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