If Whillans is open to the marine system, it is open to incursion.
The ship wound its way along the stunning Ross Sea -- believed to be the last untouched marine eco-system on the planet -- providing scientists with an important insight into one of our few remaining healthy waterways.
In May 2000, Bill Clinton issued an executive order to develop a system of marine protected areas in America.
Geever says for years groups like his have tried to shut down the power plant because its so-called once-through cooling system kills tons of marine life.
Opponents of the method, however, are saying that the conversion process uses great amounts of fossil fuels and that it harms marine life through its vast duct system whereby it pipes water into the desalination facilities.
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It is responsible for coordinating the tsunami warning system, for facilitating international marine scientific cooperation, setting agreed standards among the international marine science community and providing access to international marine science data.
Pending lawsuits in the court system would put more than half of the Marine Corps' critical Camp Pendleton in California out-of-bounds because the Marines might disturb the one-inch-long Pacific pocket mouse and other species.
Following the tragedy, an inquiry by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MIB) found that a faulty steering system on the RIB and a lack of basic equipment may have led to the incident.
The new system is suitable for numerous industry sectors including highway transportation, marine, rail and remote industries such as mining and distributed power generation.
The story beginning overleaf assesses the implications for marine biodiversity of transgressing planetary boundaries, due to human-induced changes to the climate system, pollution and ocean acidification, as well as more direct threats like invasive species, overfishing and habitat destruction.
Second, an industry consortium called the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced that it is ready to quickly deploy a system that can control up to 60, 000 barrels of oil per day in the event of an underwater well spill.
Using the Aldabra atoll as an example, Frauke Fleischer-Dogley (CEO, Seychelle Islands Foundation) noted that no other international protected areas system holds its sites accountable for its conservation efforts as does the UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites.
CORILA a consortium for co-ordinating research concerning the Venice lagoon system says that the lagoon is being transformed from a marsh into a completely marine environment.
The ITV is also an important component of the Expeditionary Fire Support System, which allows a mobile mortar system to provide long-range indirect fire support to infantry forces as part of the Marine Corps' "Ship to Objective Maneuver" doctrine.
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