In the marine realm, diel vertical migration is a common feeding pattern: During daytime, zooplankton, fish and other marine life that feeds on these organisms hide in the darker depths of the ocean.
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2023
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Anthropogenic aerosols—aerosols originating from human activity—and greenhouse gases, or GHGs, have helped modulate the storage and distribution of heat in oceans since the industrial age. Isolating and quantifying the ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2023
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An analysis of oxygen levels in Earth's oceans may provide some rare, good news about the health of the seas in a future, globally warmed world.
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2023
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Using a design inspired by one of the ocean's best sailors, a team of scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is developing a low-cost sensor for ocean observations. The sensors are modeled after Velella ...
Ecology
Jun 22, 2023
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The world's first international treaty to protect the high seas was adopted Monday at the United Nations, creating a landmark environmental accord designed to protect remote ecosystems vital to humanity.
Environment
Jun 19, 2023
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The Arctic Ocean is connected with the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans through several ocean gateways, and changes in the linkage between these oceans and the Arctic Ocean can affect both climate and marine ecosystems.
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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Climate change-driven shifts in the circulation of waters to the deepest reaches of the ocean around Antarctica, which could reverberate across the planet and intensify global warming, are happening decades "ahead of schedule", ...
Environment
May 28, 2023
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Human-caused greenhouse gas emissions mean strong El Niño and La Niña events are occurring more often, according to our new research published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, which provides important new evidence ...
Environment
May 18, 2023
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In the sunlight of a May afternoon on the Chesapeake Bay, a 72-foot schooner called the Marie Tharp floated above a shipwreck from long ago.
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2023
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A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization this weekend at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers.
Other
May 15, 2023
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