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Why The First Complete Map of the Ocean Floor Is Stirring Controversial Waters
Earth has no shortage of stunning landforms: Mt. Everest rises majestically above the clouds; the Grand Canyon rents deep into desert rock layers; the mountains that make up the Ethiopian Highlands, aka the Roof of Africa, tower above the rest of the continent. But all of these natural icons pale in comparison to the dramatic formations that lie beneath the ocean. Next to the deep sea's mountains and gorges...
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Seven right whales found dead in ‘devastating’ blow to endangered animal
Carcasses found off Canada in recent weeks in what may be biggest single die-off of one of world’s most endangered whale species, expert says. By Ashifa Kassam.
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Three years to safeguard our climate
Christiana Figueres and colleagues set out a six-point plan for turning the tide of the world’s carbon dioxide by 2020.
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New study confirms the oceans are warming rapidly
John Abraham: Although there’s some uncertainty in the distribution among Earth’s ocean basins, there’s no question that the ocean is heating rapidly. As humans put ever more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, the Earth heats up. These are the basics of global warming. But where does the heat go? How much extra heat is there? And how accurate are our measurements? These are questions that climate scientists ask.
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Maryland Island Denies Sea Level Rise, Yet Wants to Stop It
Scientists, skeptics, crabbers and pastors try to find common ground, offering a glimmer of hope for a divided country. By Scott Waldman.
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Massive Underwater Domes of Methane Look Set to Blow at Any Moment
Researchers monitoring a number of massive frozen domes of methane in the Arctic Ocean say there are signs that a series of blowouts could be imminent.
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Testing the myth that global warming is leveling off
Has the Earth already reached peak warming? Has climate change leveled off, leaving us to adjust to a new, warmer normal? Not according to satellite measurements, say the authors of a paper published yesterday in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Waves Rippled Through Greenland’s Ice. That’s Ominous
A previously unobserved phenomenon has roiled the interior of one of Greenland’s glaciers. By Brian Kahn.
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The Infinite Now
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Where oil rigs go to die
When a drilling platform is scheduled for destruction, it must go on a thousand-mile final journey to the breaker’s yard. As one rig proved when it crashed on to the rocks of a remote Scottish island, this is always a risky business. By Tom Lamont.
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Exploding Sea Cucumber Butt Threads Are a New Material
Whoever named the sea cucumber after a vegetable didn’t give it enough credit. Yes, sea cucumbers are soft, warty tubes that scoot eyelessly along the seafloor. But they aren’t helpless. Some secrete a poison that’s deadly to other animals. And some, when threatened, shoot sticky threads out of their anuses to tangle up predators.
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‘The Ocean Is Boiling’: The Complete Oral History of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill
On January 28th, 1969, crude oil and gas erupted from a platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Alarm over the disaster reverberated around the world, energizing the nascent environmental movement and leading to a slew of legislative changes.
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These are the strangest oceans in our galaxy
It’s a weird, wet universe out there. By K.N. Smith.
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High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas
The Race to Save the Cougar Ace. By Joshua Davis (Feb. 25, 2008)
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Icebergs Make Some of the Ocean's Loudest and Most Eerie Sounds
Scientists are just learning to decode the sounds of icebergs. By Sarah Laskow
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Scientists Race to Prevent Wipeout of World's Coral Reefs
There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is a haunting expanse of gray, a scene repeated in reefs across the globe in what has fast become a full-blown ecological catastrophe.
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Earth's oceans are warming 13% faster than thought, and accelerating
New research has convincingly quantified how much the Earth has warmed over the past 56 years. Human activities utilize fossil fuels for many beneficial purposes but have an undesirable side effect of adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere at ever-increasing rates. That increase - of over 40%, with most since 1980 - traps heat in the Earth’s system, warming the entire planet. But how fast is the Earth warming and how much will it warm in the future? Those are the critical questions we need to answer if we are going to make smart decisions on how to handle this issue.
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When mammals took to water they needed a few tricks to eat their underwater prey
There are plenty of mammals that have adapted to life in water, some more than others. That meant they also had to adapt the way they feed.
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Plastic and how it affects our oceans
Plastic has transformed our lives, but has created a major environmental problem in our oceans — so just how big is the problem?
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From sea to plate: how plastic got into our fish
Eight million tonnes of waste plastic ends up in the sea each year. Fish eat it - and then we do. How bad is it for us?
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