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Jim and Marilyn Simons lent their 68-metre superyacht to ocean scientists; an $80,000 system tested whether luxury vessels could help validate satellite data
The Times of India 11 Oct 2026
Superyachts are usually associated with luxury travel, but the 68-metre Archimedes, owned by Jim and Marilyn Simons at the time of the research, also became a platform for marine science ... This qualification is important ... .
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Ray Dalio bought a former oil-survey ship; it was rebuilt into an 87-metre research vessel with deep-sea submersibles
The Times of India 11 Oct 2026
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio's OceanX transformed a former oil-survey ship into the 87.1-metre OceanXplorer, a specialised vessel built to combine deep-sea research with advanced filmmaking and real-time broadcasting.
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Australia planted rubber vine from Madagascar as a garden ornamental in the 1860s; the climbing weed now reaches 30 metres and has covered huge areas of Queensland
The Times of India 11 Oct 2026
Left unchecked, this glossy, trumpet-flowered climber can scramble up to 30 metres into tree canopies, blanket creek lines, smother the native vegetation beneath it, and form dense thickets.
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Four houses destroyed, 50-metre embankment damaged by Ganga erosion in Bihar
Hindustan Times 10 Oct 2026
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Canada removed 7,300 cubic metres of toxic sediment from this harbour; fish species returned after disappearing for more than 30 years
The Times of India 10 Oct 2026
Restoration followed as 7,300 cubic metres of contaminated sediment were cleaned up, sewage treatment was improved, wetlands were protected, and new spawning beds and shoreline habitat were created.
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Florida rebuilt a degraded offshore oyster reef with dolomite limestone in 2018; within six months live-oyster density rose from near zero to 91 per square metre, and by year five it had reached 244
The Times of India 10 Oct 2026
At four fixed restored offshore monitoring stations, mean live-oyster density increased from near zero to 91 oysters per square metre within six months ... was approximately 83 oysters per square metre.
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Rotterdam dredges millions of cubic metres of mud from its waterways; researchers are turning the waste into bricks without firing or cement
The Times of India 10 Oct 2026
Rotterdam’s waterways require constant dredging to keep the port’s channels and basins navigable, producing millions of cubic metres of sediment each year.
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Turtles found buried in metres of mud returned to rejuvenated wetland
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 09 Oct 2026
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Residential buildings under 24 metres don’t need fire NOC; Telangana Fire Services dept revises safety requirements
The Hindu 09 Oct 2026
Fire towers and dedicated Fire Command Centre (FCC) rooms are mandatory for buildings measuring 24 metres or more in height ....
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Philippines: Taal Volcano blasts ash 4,000 metres into the sky in five-minute eruption
Gulf News 09 Oct 2026
Taal Volcano unleashed a five-minute phreatomagmatic eruption, sending a dark-grey ash plume 4,000 metres above its main crater, according to the ...
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Moni sewage plant leaked 500 cubic metres of sludge and water after valve failure
Philenews 09 Oct 2026
About 500 cubic metres of sludge and secondary-treated water leaked from the emergency pipeline of the Moni sewage treatment plant in Limassol on 5 August after a valve in its sand filter system failed, Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou said.
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Chandrapur groundwater levels dip by 1.25 metres as rainfall deficit deepens
The Times of India 09 Oct 2026
... falls ranging from one to two metres.As per GSDA officials, they recorded a decline in groundwater levels ranging from one metre up to three metres across all 58 watershed areas in the district.
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The Block secured a Victorian government property for $38 per sq metre. Neighbours and MPs ...
AOL 09 Oct 2026
Community groups and MPs are demanding answers from the Victorian government after it sold a 2.6 hectare (6.4 acre) site containing a former psychiatric hospital for just $38 per sq metre, so it can be renovated on the next series of The Block.
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