Why you should be concerned if you come across 'finger of death' while swimming in the ocean
The deadly phenomenon has affectionately been called the 'ice finger of death' and occurs under sea ice in Antarctica.
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More Than 600 "Animal Architect" Species Are Shaping The Face Of The Earth
A first-of-its-kind global assessment has revealed 603 wild animals plus five livestock taxa that do more than just inhabit ...
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Deep sea discovery where 'Moses parted Red Sea' could change what we know about life on Earth
Scientists delving into the unexplored regions of the Red Sea have uncovered perilous natural traps on the ocean floor. They identified brine pools located nearly 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the ...
Historic ocean liner departs Philadelphia on voyage to become the world’s largest artificial reef
The historic, aging ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world’s largest artificial reef has departed ...
Did Earth lose its solar shield? Researchers find 10-million-year beryllium surge in sediments
According to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers found an unexpected surge of the radioactive ...
Marine engineers: Five species that shape underwater ecosystems
Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...
Strange discovery inside cases pulled 8km from below the ocean floor
The contents of three large metal cases have changed our understanding of life under the ocean. Inside were vials of sediment hauled up from a record 8km below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
Deep-sea organisms shape ocean floor at 7.5 km depth
Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...
Strange corkscrew burrows and other unexpected structures discovered 4.7 miles deep in the Japan Trench
New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...
Deep-sea sponge trial nurseries in Apollo Marine Park hope to restock oceans
Marine biologists will drop 120 tonnes of rubble onto the sea floor off the coast of south-west Victoria to grow new sponge ...
How AI Can Protect Vital Pipelines and Cables Deep in the Ocean
Militaries and startups use artificial intelligence to sift through vast amounts of data and power autonomous underwater ...
Chateau Arctic! Thousands of bottles of British sparkling wine retrieved from ocean floor months after being aged in freezing waters
Bottles of Rathfinny Wine Estate's Classic Cuvee wine were sunk to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Norway ...