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...Soviet Union's greatest natural assets is the Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland body of salt water. Much of Russia's annual fish catch and most of its black caviar come from the Caspian; tankers ply its waters, carrying oil from Baku to ports in the north. But the Caspian is in trouble. Since 1930 its water level has dropped more than eight feet, leaving fishing villages and port facilities high and dry; the fish catch has been cut more than half. To compensate for the continuing water loss, the Soviets are planning a bold...
...Japan's oil troubles, a huge storage tank ruptured last month at the Mizushima industrial complex in the city of Kurashiki. About 50,000 bbl. of oil poured into the Inland Sea-a national park area as beloved as Mount Fuji-and tarred 100 miles of scenic coastline. Beyond the aesthetic damage, which has caused a national outcry, the spill has wreaked havoc with the local fishing and edible seaweed industries; losses are estimated at $40 million...
...weighs as much as an elephant. Most highly developed is Orcinus orca, the "killer whale," which may be the only higher animal on earth that knows no fear. Then there is the humpback whale, renowned for its intricate but remarkably precise "songs," and the river dolphins that navigate far inland during floods, remembering underwater topography so well that they never get trapped by the receding waters...
...material to be shipped without the buildup of dangerous methane gas. Barges and trucks bearing the finished product will soon be on their way to the port of Lake Charles, La., and in late January the first shipload will depart for Dubai. On arrival, the manure will be piped inland and sprayed together with grain seed upon barren ground. For six years the grain will be plowed under to build soil that should eventually bear food crops...
...ideological. The music and chatter of the pirate stations are sprayed so widely across the medium-range radio frequencies that they have become a communications hazard. In Donetsk, many of the illegal transmitters were on the frequency of the railway switching station of this important industrial center. On the inland Sea of Azov, riverboat skippers complain that they cannot hear routing orders because of interference by Elvis Presley tapes. Judged even more hazardous, however, were the broadcasts of an operator in Vilna, Lithuania, who has been sentenced to three years in prison for "anti-Soviet agitation." His crime: retransmitting Western...