Oceans 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-BACKGROUNDS 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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US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows todayheadline
The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic OceanNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization ...
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Will U.S. Push on Seabed Mining End Global Consensus on Oceans?
INTERVIEW President Trump’s recent order to expedite permits to begin deep-sea mining bypasses international agreements that protect oceans. By moving ...
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Despite global opposition, Trump fast-tracks deep sea mining todayheadline
President Donald Trump wants federal agencies to fast-track applications for deep-sea mining in an effort to make the United States ...
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Global coral bleaching has now hit 84% of ocean’s reefs in biggest-ever event
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event ...
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