The climate emergency is finally on the global agenda, with plans and strategies abounding on how we can transition to a low-carbon future. Business as usual is no longer an option. To reach our targets, we need to change ...
Environment
Mar 12, 2020
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Resting atop Thomas Peacock's desk is an ordinary-looking brown rock. Roughly the size of a potato, it has been at the center of decades of debate. Known as a polymetallic nodule, it spent 10 million years sitting on the ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2019
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The ocean hosts an inconceivable wealth of marine life and diverse habitats, most of which remains unknown and unseen. International plans to mine minerals from the deep seafloor threaten this largely unexplored biodiversity ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2019
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Researchers from the University of Plymouth have contributed to a new book addressing some of the most pressing challenges in marine conservation.
Ecology
Oct 29, 2019
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There are 30 percent more sediments on the seabed than previously expected, reveal an update of the map GlobSed. This equates to up to two kilometers of extra land mass over today's land area.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2019
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Ice sheet dynamics of the past likely caused fault movements in the Earth's crust, resulting in seabed methane release in ~1200 m water depth offshore Svalbard, an archipelago in the Norwegian Arctic.
Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2019
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When we the found fresh water leaking from the seabed, we were very surprised," explains scientist and marine geologist Wei-Li Hong at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU).
Environment
Aug 28, 2019
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Realistic estimates show that global warming can only be kept below 1.5 or two degrees Celsius if carbon dioxide is actively removed from the atmosphere. Storage beneath the seafloor is an option that has been investigated ...
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2019
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New research has uncovered a missing nutrient source in coastal oceans, which could promote better water quality and sand management on popular beaches.
Environment
May 2, 2019
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There is a wide variety of animals living on the Arctic seabed. Attached to rocks, they feed by removing nutrients from the water using filters or tentacles. But it can take decades for these colonies to become established, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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