The clean-up continues on the MV Rena which ran hard aground on Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga, New Zealand on October 5, 2011.
The remaining oil has been pumped off and efforts are beginning to remove the container cargo from the stricken ship. Roughly forty containers have been lifted from the ship with a container capacity of over 3,000 boxes. Progress made on removing Rena containers
Forty nine Little Blue Penguins oiled in the spill from the MV Rena were recently released, after being rescued by emergency response teams from the International Bird Rescue, organised by Massey University’s New Zealand Wildlife Health Centre.
Little Blue Penguins released back into wild in New Zealand
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At least 75 whale skeletons, believed to be more than two millions years old, were recently unearthed in the Atacama Desert in Chile, a kilometer away from the ocean. The find is believed to be the best preserved graveyard of pre-historic whales in the world. Of the 75 skeletons found, more than 20 are perfectly intact. Researchers speculate that there could be many more skeletons not yet discovered. Most of the fossils are baleen whales which measure about 25 feet long. The whale bones were discovered during a project to widen Pan American Highway, or Route 5, Chile’s main north-south road.
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There have been several interesting art projects on and/or soon to be under the water around New York harbor. 