O nav transportatoare de petrol si pcur sub pavilionul Liberiei s-a scufundat la data de 16 martie 1978, la 5 km distan de coasta francez (regiunea Bretania). Odat cu scufundarea acesteia, n Marea Celtic s-au scurs 219.797 tone de petrol si 4.000 de tone de pcur, ducand astfel la cele mai mari pierderi de […]

  Assorted diatoms living between crystals of annual sea ice. Credit: NSF Polar Programs [Click to enlarge image]   A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown for the first time that several types of aquatic algae can detect orange, green and blue light. Land plants have receptors to […]