Underwater volcanic brine pools could be home to extreme life forms todayheadline
Animals found near the Mabahiss Mons volcano in the Red Sea, including amphipods and polychaete wormsDr. Katrin Linse Super-salty underwater ...
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Sea spiders ‘farm’ methane-eating bacteria on their bodies todayheadline
Sea spider from the genus SericosuraBiance Dal Bó Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate ...
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When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask. todayheadline
Just below Greenland is a menacing stretch of water known as the Cold Blob. As the planet heats up, the ...
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As the UN Ocean Conference opens in France, a push to turn promises into protection
NICE, France -- The third United Nations Ocean Conference opens Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of ...
Read moreDetailsOceans Are Getting Darker, Shrinking the Livable Space for Marine Life, Study Finds
According to a new study, about one-fifth of the world’s oceans, spanning around 75 million square kilometers, has been getting ...
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Five ways you can protect the ocean for Oceans Day
Our planet is over 70% ocean and the significance of it cannot be overstated. The ocean holds the majority of ...
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There may be a surprising upside to losing coral reefs as oceans warm todayheadline
Satellite view of coral reefs in New CaledoniaShutterstock/BEST-BACKGR​OUNDS There might be an upside to the loss of coral reefs. Their ...
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World’s nations to gather in France to tackle what UN says is a global emergency in the oceans
UNITED NATIONS -- The world’s nations are gathering in France next month to tackle what the United Nations calls a ...
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The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica todayheadline
In December 2022, Matthew Boyer hopped on an Argentine military plane to one of the more remote habitations on Earth: ...
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Supergiant crustaceans may cover more than half of the deep-sea floor todayheadline
Alicella gigantea, the world’s largest amphipod, may be more common than we had thoughtMaroni et al./Royal Society Open Science A ...
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