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Ocean warming 4 times faster than in 1980s — and likely to accelerate in coming decades
Ocean warming has more than quadrupled in recent decades and is likely to accelerate even faster if humanity fails to address ...
Art meets science: See the first detailed illustration of an ancient deep-sea mountain
Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...
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Scientists Who Found Mysterious ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor Plan a New Expedition, Hoping to Settle Disputes
Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...
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Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn’t be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers
A project is underway to investigate the production of “dark” oxygen further. Understanding the phenomenon better could help ...
Two Mountains 100 Times Taller Than Mount Everest Discovered Deep Beneath Earth
Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa ...
Where Science, Love And Planetary Health Intersect: Insights From The Nature Conservancy’s One Conservancy Science Gathering
With nearly 6,000 people working in 80 nations to address biodiversity & climate crises, TNC experts are collaborating to scale the highest-impact work around the world.
Eruption ‘imminent’ for mile-wide hidden volcano near US coast: ‘Final stages of buildup’
An increase in seismic activity has prompted predictions that a mile-wide submarine volcano named the Axial Seamount will erupt near the United States West Coast by year’s end. “The eruptions are ...
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Seagrass meadows as natural climate protectors
Kiel. How can seagrass help combat climate change? This question is the focus of the new research project ZOBLUC (“Zostera marina as a Blue Carbon Sink in the Baltic Sea”), which now starts under the ...