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Biofoul Growth on Cruise Ship Strands Hundreds of Australia

January 3, 2023
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Hundreds of passengers have spent this New Year stranded off the coast of Australia on The Viking Cruise ship, the Orion, which was unable to dock for seven days due to the potentially harmful biofoul growing on its hull. According to the ship-tracking website, VesselFinder.com, the Orion didn’t dock for a week after it cast…

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Australia’s National Science Agency Drops China Collaboration After Security Concerns

June 15, 2021
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Australia’s national science body, the CSIRO, has announced it will no longer work with China on marine research following a warning from Australia’s intelligence bureau that the collaboration could help the Chinese navy track Australian submarines. The CSIRO Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR)—based in Hobart, Tasmania—was told on June 11 that its oceans research collaboration…

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