The Dunlin, Thistle, Northern Producer, Murchison, North Alwyn, Tern, Eider and North Cormorant platforms are also affected.

BBC: Cormorant Alpha

The last few hundred can only be found in a few protected areas in Kenya and in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda.

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Neame is of old Murchison stock, tracing her family back to when the area was settled in the 1800s, and knows plenty of local history.

BBC: New Zealand��s never-ending fire

Lt Col Ewen Murchison, Commanding Officer, 42 Commando Royal Marines, described Marine Wright as "an impressive young man with an insatiable appetite for life".

BBC: Marine killed in attack is named

His commanding officer, Lt Col Ewen Murchison, said Marine Wright, who joined the service in November 2009, was an impressive young man with an insatiable appetite for life.

BBC: Funeral for Royal Marine James Wright in Weymouth

The Australasian bid, centred on the virtually unpopulated Shire of Murchison, in Western Australia, scored better for radio quietness (important to prevent interference), and on non-scientific factors such as political stability and the quality of the working environment.

ECONOMIST: The Square Kilometre Array

The Geopark's outstanding historical contribution, both in terms of the development of geological and archaeological sciences is astounding: from the Huttonian Theory, to the naming of the Devonian Period by Sedgwick and Murchison, and even Pengelly's discoveries informing worldwide public opinion as to the antiquity of man.

UNESCO: Global Geoparks

Ashleigh Griffin ( 2008 FWIS Fellow), Elizabeth Murchison ( 2009 FWIS Fellow), Araxi Urrutia ( 2007 FWIS Fellow) and Patricia Alireza ( 2009 FWIS Fellow) provided fascinating insights into their work on the behaviour of bacteria living in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, transmissible cancers in Tasmanian Devils, human gene and genome evolution and the effects of high pressure at quantum level.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: For Women In Science Fellows Share Experiences at Science Museum 'Lates'