A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth sheds new light on the formation of the East Coast of the United States—a "passive margin," in geologic terms—during the breakup of the supercontinent ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 1, 2023
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World War II concluded decades ago, but live mines lurking on the ocean floor still pose threats, potentially spewing unexpected geysers or releasing contaminants into the water. Experts conduct controlled explosions to clear ...
Environment
Nov 20, 2023
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Scientists have calculated a way to determine the speed of past underwater landslides. To do so, researchers from The Ohio State University studied the remains of an underwater landslide just off the coast of Oregon—dubbed ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 9, 2023
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As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic waves are so powerful and widespread that they show up as a steady thrum on seismographs, the same instruments ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2023
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A team of marine biologists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fishery Science Center has solved the mystery of why approximately 10 billion snow crabs vanished from the Bering Sea back ...
Scientists call long-spined sea urchins "the lawn mowers of the reefs" because they eat algae that could otherwise smother reef ecosystems and kill corals.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2023
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A golden egg, or an alien, on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?
Ecology
Sep 8, 2023
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Gabriel Prout worked four seasons on his father's crab boat, the Silver Spray, before joining his two brothers in 2020 to buy a half-interest plus access rights for a snow crab fishery that's typically the largest and richest ...
Ecology
Sep 6, 2023
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Right at the bottom of the deep sea, the first very simple forms of life on Earth probably emerged a long time ago. Today, the deep sea is known for its bizarre fauna. Intensive research is being conducted into how the number ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 5, 2023
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A new study led by researchers at Brown University offers fresh insights into the forces above and beneath the ocean surface that influence how sea ice moves and disperses in the Arctic Ocean, which is warming at over twice ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2023
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