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Thursday, May 24th, 2018
On a North Sea shore in Scotland, a group of archaeologists struggles to dig in a storm. The wind is so fierce it threatens to blow them over, and bursts...
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Friday, May 11th, 2018
Across the North Atlantic, shipwrecks scatter the seabed like the carcasses of prehistoric creatures. Bygone relics of sea exploration, trade, migration and conflict, these historical monuments are important sites of...
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Saturday, April 14th, 2018
Orcadian fishermen have been V-notching lobsters for decades to make sure berried female lobsters are not landed - this article in The Orkney News explains why... A sustainable and responsible...
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2018
Popular beauty spots on Skye and Orkney will benefit from almost £500,000 of Scottish Government rural tourism infrastructure funds to prepare for the coming tourist season. Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop...
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Saturday, January 20th, 2018
Sediment samples from the beaches around Scapa Flow have a similar level of microplastics to the industrialised, highly populated Clyde and Firth of Forth, research from Heriot-Watt University shows. Scientists...
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Monday, September 18th, 2017
Locals living in Orkney have started an online petition to contest three recent planning applications made to Orkney Islands Council in Scotland for salmon farms in Scapa Flow (at Lober,...
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