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As a result, the eminent biologist who runs the centre, Dr Robin Crump, was presented with a unique "before and after" study which is providing valuable information about the precise impact of oil on the life of the sea-shore.
BBC: News | UK | West Wales recovering from 'environmental disaster'
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Moreover, onshore production of floating turbines that are then towed offshore to be anchored in place should prove cheaper than the weather-restricted and costly off-shore construction of sea-bed turbines.
BBC: Floating challenge for offshore wind turbine
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Now all 14 of its 'berths' - areas of sea connected by cable to the shore - are booked, a sign of growing interest in this fledgling source of power.
BBC: Tidal power gets a stormy birth off coast of Scotland
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The tests included the first night test of the Shahab-3 missile, said to have a range of 2, 000km (1, 240 miles), along with shore-to-sea, surface-to-surface and sea-to-air missiles, state media reported.
BBC: US warns Iran on missile threat
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Above sea level, the offshore structure has been bolted together with a conventional offshore turbine of the sort used for near-shore wind farms that are bolted to the sea-bed.
BBC: Floating challenge for offshore wind turbine
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After graduating he worked briefly for the North Wales water authority and from 1985 to 1986 he worked as a sub-sea engineer and diver for British Underwater Engineering based in London, spending a lot of time off-shore.
BBC: Weather - David Braine - BBC South West
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China claims a U-shaped swathe of the sea that extends well into what UNCLOS (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea) recognises as the 200-mile-from-shore Exclusive Economic Zones of other claimants.
BBC: China and Vietnam row over South China Sea clash
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Russia is rapidly developing the energy-rich Yamal Peninsula, on the eastern shore of the Kara Sea.
BBC: Russia explores old nuclear waste dumps in Arctic
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China's claim includes almost the entire South China Sea, well into what UNCLOS recognises as the 200-mile-from-shore Exclusive Economic Zones of other claimants.
BBC: Philippines 'to take South China Sea row to court'