The weather these days is wild and will be wilder still within a century. In part, because the water from melting ice sheets off Greenland and in the Antarctic will cause extreme weather and unpredictable temperatures around ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2019
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Another summer, another drought. Sydney's water storages are running on empty, and desalinisation plants are being dusted off. Elsewhere, shrunken rivers, lakes and dams are swollen with rotting fish. Governments, irrigators ...
Environment
Jan 29, 2019
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Scientists have discovered that bacteria in the deepest parts of the seafloor are absorbing carbon dioxide and could be turning themselves into an additional food source for other deep-sea life.
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2018
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A new report by social scientists at NOAA Fisheries reveals that viewing or photographing the ocean was the top activity for ocean lovers in the U.S. in number of participants, days spent, and how much people paid to do it.
Environment
Sep 7, 2018
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A parachute system that's designed to land spacecraft on Mars will be tested this week off Virginia's coast.
Space Exploration
Sep 4, 2018
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About 94 million years ago, something happened that led to an unusually high amount of organic material being preserved in oceans around the world.
Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2018
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Satellite images of phytoplankton blooms on the surface of the ocean often dazzle with their diverse colors, shades and shapes. But phytoplankton are more than just nature's watercolors: They play a key role in Earth's climate ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2018
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An iceberg four miles (six kilometers) wide has broken off from a glacier in eastern Greenland and scientists have captured the dramatic event on video.
Environment
Jul 13, 2018
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Rising ocean temperatures due to climate change will not only be felt by smaller organisms like coral, but will also impact apex predators, according to new research.
Ecology
Jun 15, 2018
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Underwater robots have uncovered new evidence about life in the Arctic and, for the first time, revealed the moment the region's marine ecosystem springs into life after the dark winter season.
Environment
Jun 8, 2018
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