21.   You are a little inland for rapid weathering, which occurs fastest in a marine environment, but in two years no one will see the difference.

22.   Opponents claim the sinking will release tons of pollutants into the marine environment.

23.   Ramos said the Chinese fishermen, in addition to violating Philippine territory, also were destroying the marine environment in the South China Sea.

24.   A fuel spill that has damaged the fragile marine environment of the Galapagos Islands has killed at least nine animals, authorities said Tuesday.

25.   A more subtle threat to the whales is the contamination of their marine environment with organochlorine compounds, such as DDTs and PCBs.

26.   And greater cooperation was needed between fisheries management organizations and conservationists to protect the marine environment.

27.   An action plan for reducing land-based pollution of oceans and coastal areas was adopted Friday by a U.N. conference that appealed for funds to protect marine environments.

28.   De Brichambaut denied that renewed tests could cause sections of the atoll to shear off, exposing the marine environment to radiation.

29.   Greenpeace says dumping the platform at sea would pollute the marine environment.

30.   However, a study submitted to the Environment Ministry showed that the pipeline would cause irreversible damage to the marine environment, Kramer said.