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Seismic testing summaries { November 30 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/30/australia.whales.reut/ http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/30/australia.whales.reut/ 169 Whale, Dolphin Strandings in New Zealand, Australia November 30, 2004 SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Scientists and wildlife officials continued to search on Tuesday for what may have caused a series of mass strandings which left 169 whales and dolphins dead on Australian and New Zealand beaches in the past three days. Bob Brown, leader of Australia's Greens party, said earlier on Tuesday that ocean seismic tests for oil and gas should be stopped until the whale migration season ends. Brown, a senator in the Australian parliament, said "sound bombing" of ocean floors to test for oil and gas had been carried out near the sites of the Tasmanian beachings recently. http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Australia-NZ-team-up-to-crack-whale-mystery/2004/12/04/1101923385518.html?oneclick=true Australia, NZ team up to crack whale mystery By Phillip Hudson - Political Correspondent December 5, 2004 Some believe seismic testing for oil and gas is to blame for the mass stranding of whales on beaches but others claim there is evidence it occurred as far back as 350BC, when Aristotle was a boy. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11796662%255E421,00.html Tragedy as 20 whales die in stranding By Linda Smith December 28, 2004 TWENTY sperm whales are dead after a stranding near Strahan, on Tasmania's west coast, yesterday. Tasmanian research released earlier this year linked whale strandings to weather patterns. Other experts believe strandings could be linked to seismic testing. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/23/australia.quake.ap/ Thursday, December 23, 2004 Posted: 2329 GMT (0729 HKT) Huge quake shakes Aussie island SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- An extremely powerful earthquake struck the ocean floor between Australia and Antarctica early Friday, causing buildings to shake hundreds of kilometers away on the island of Tasmania, authorities said.

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