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 ...
Deep-Sea Creatures Are Crafting Their Own Worlds Beneath the Ocean Floor, Study Finds
Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.
Arctic Air Mass Brings Dangerous Temperatures to Parts of the U.S.
The office of the Weather Service in Bismarck, N.D., described the conditions as “life threatening,” cautioning that wind ...
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Scientists discover life in the deep seafloor
The ocean is one of Earth's greatest enigmas, as it completely overpowers our planet, covering much more area than land, and ...
Understanding of marine ecosystems is alarmingly low. Here's why ocean literacy matters
Understanding the relationship between humans and the ocean is crucial for making informed and effective decisions that will ...
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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 ...
Subtropical salmon: How an enormous fish farm in Homestead hopes to change the seafood industry
A massive warehouse on the edge of the Everglades seems like an odd place to farm salmon, but it just might represent be the ...
Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing
Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic ...
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Earth’s oceans may have been green for billions of years
Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power their photosynthesis, which may be an evolutionary adaptation to a time when the oceans were iron-rich and green-tin ...
Fascinated By The ISS? Wait Until You Read About China’s First Deep-Water Space Station
The “cold seep” ecosystem research facility will be positioned 2,000 meters (6,560 feet) beneath the surface of the ...