News tagged with underwater
Antarctic lake home to diverse community of viruses
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of the genetic structure of viruses in an Antarctic lake has revealed an astonishing genetic richness in the large number of viral families discovered.
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Bizarre squidworm discovered
The bizarre, newly-revealed squidworm -- a free-swimming worm with up to 10 squid-like limbs -- is one of a host of strange discoveries that await scientists in the vast, largely unexplored spaces of the deep ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Turning the tide to energy
NASA researchers who developed a new way to power robotic underwater vehicles believe a spin-off technology could help convert ocean energy into electrical energy on a much larger scale. The researchers hope ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Scientists finding sink holes in Great Lakes
Scientists studying submerged sinkholes in the Great Lakes off the coast of northern Michigan have stumbled onto something they never expected to find: life forms akin to those found in some of Earth's most extreme environments.
May 04, 2009 |
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Glider robot a sleek ocean explorer
The sea was heaving, the skies gray. The captain of the research ship was worried about the weather. About 120 miles off the coast of Spain, three Rutgers University scientists had a narrow window of opportunity to find and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 27, 2009 |
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Underwater volcanoes discovered off coast of California
Scientists have discovered a cluster of underwater asphalt volcanoes rising from the sea floor just off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Huge undersea mountain found off Indonesia: scientists
A massive underwater mountain discovered off the Indonesian island of Sumatra could be a volcano with potentially catastrophic power, a scientist said Friday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 29, 2009 |
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400-bln-euro plan to pump African solar power to Europe
Twelve European companies launched a 400-billion-euro (560-billion-dollar) initiative on Monday to plant huge solar farms in Africa and the Middle East to produce energy for Europe.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 13, 2009 |
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New Triton submarine in race to reach ocean bottom
(PhysOrg.com) -- Step back to 1960 when Trieste, the first and only manned vessel, reached the deepest known part of the ocean called Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench near Guam. No other vessel has ever ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2011 |
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Scientists map and confirm origin of large, underwater hydrocarbon plume in Gulf
Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have detected a plume of hydrocarbons that is at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue ...
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica
Scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have found evidence of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor near Antarctica, formerly a blank spot on the map for researchers wanting to learn ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Study reveals unprecedented impact of Deepwater Horizon on deep ocean
Scientists report they have "compelling evidence" that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has impacted deep-sea corals. Their study, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences utiliz ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Extreme archaeology: Divers plumb the mysteries of sacred Maya pools
Steering clear of crocodiles and navigating around massive submerged trees, a team of divers began mapping some of the 25 freshwater pools of Cara Blanca, Belize, which were important to the ancient Maya. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Long-distance larvae speed to new undersea vent homes
Working in a rare, "natural seafloor laboratory" of hydrothermal vents that had just been rocked by a volcanic eruption, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and other institutions ...
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Apr 12, 2010 |
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Pavlopetri -- the world's oldest known submerged town
The world's oldest known submerged town has been revealed through the discovery of late Neolithic pottery. The finds were made during an archaeological survey of Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 21, 2009 |
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