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...continent away. But for some 30 investors with a special sense of romance-and risk-the payoff from an unusual Florida operation was the kind they could touch, even fondle: silver ingots the size of paving blocks, gold chains, gold bars, fistfuls of gold and silver coins, a coral-encrusted anchor, a bronze cannon, an emerald ring-all lost at sea 361 years...
...Kingston harbor, numerous fish kills have been linked to the high bacteria count in the water. Fishermen in Cartagena, site of last week's conferences, worry about the effect of mercury and pesticide levels on shellfish and other marine life. Known for their collections of picturesque coral and nourishing sea grasses, the Caribbean's shallow coastal waters are a rich breeding ground for sea life, ranging from shrimp, mollusks and crustaceans to numerous varieties of finfish. Any major disturbance of this fragile ecosystem could have far-reaching repercussions. Unfortunately, as Rodriguez Mercado notes, there is little awareness...
...mountains in the rainy season and causing long periods of drought in summer. The torrents may be accompanied by landslides. More subtle damage comes from silting. As rivers wash debris into the clear coastal waters, the particles reduce the transparency of the sea, cut down sunlight and kill off coral reefs and valuable coastal sea grasses, on which much marine life depends...
...when a well being drilled by Pemex, the Mexican national petroleum company, blew on June 3, 1979. Before it was capped 290 days later, it had poured some 475,000 metric tons of oil into the sea. Scientists still cannot say what the effects were on the rich fisheries, coral reefs or sea-grass beds of the Caribbean basin. But they agree that the beautifully delicate world of the Caribbean could not readily withstand a repetition of that environmental disaster. - By Frederic Golden
...rally, organized by the Harvard Women's Center, was timed to coincide with similar marches at other area campuses, including Brandeis, B.U., Northeastern and Wellesley. Coral A. Owens '84, one of the Harvard organizers, explained that the marches were coordinated in response to the rape of four women at Brandeis in the past three months...