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Eating the Lionfish

The red lionfish sports maroon and white stripes to complement its venomous spines. A native of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the red lionfish and one of its cousins have rapidly established a new domain from Cape Hatteras to the coast of Mexico.

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Video: Shark attack victim on the mend

Chris Wragge talks to Craig and Jordan Mangum, the parents of 6-year-old Lucy Mangum, who was attacked by a shark off the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks.

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Piracy Preventing Monsoon and U.S. Rainfall Research

By Nicola Jones of Nature magazine Piracy is stopping oceanographers and meteorologists from collecting data vital to understanding the Indian monsoon and rainfall patterns in the United States, researchers say. Pirate activity off the coast of Somalia has skyrocketed in recent years. [More]

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Radiation Found in Seaweed Near Crippled Japan Plant

By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Seaweed collected from the coast near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant and sewage in Tokyo have shown elevated levels of radiation, according to data released by an environmental group and government officials on Friday. [More]

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Worldwide Monitoring Network Allows for Rapid Tsunami Warnings

At 2:46 P.M. Tokyo time, one of the largest earthquakes of the past century hit just off the coast of Honshu, the main island of Japan. The 8.9-magnitude quake stirred up massive tsunami waves that battered coastal cities, especially along the east coast north of Tokyo.

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