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Thicker Than Water: How Dan and Kate Suski Survived a Night at Sea
When a charter boat sunk in the Caribbean and spilled Dan and Kate Suski into the sea, the brother and sister’s bond would become the difference between life and death. By Matthew Halverson. (Oct. ’15)
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Bermuda Triangle mystery: Enormous methane blowouts on ocean floor could explain missing ships
Scientists may have discovered the secret behind the notorious Bermuda Triangle: methane bubble explosions. Giant craters on the seabed around Norway's coast have been discovered by scientists, marking areas where massive bubbles of methane may have exploded. The large chasms on the ocean floor are around half a mile wide and 150ft deep. They could have been caused by gas leaking from deposits of oil and gas buried deeper in the sea floor.
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Coral bleaching threat level increased by authorities
Authorities monitoring the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority have increased the coral bleaching threat level after divers found widespread loss of coral. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) chairman Dr Russell Reichelt said the area around Lizard Island, north of Cairns, and sites further north, had been hit hardest. It warned there was a high risk of mass coral bleaching on the reef this month due to the hot...
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How the Sea Sapphire Becomes Iridescent or Invisible in a Flash
This ant-sized sea creature is a dazzling spectacle, if you can keep them in sight.
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Scientists plot sea levels using GPS satellites
Accurate sea level measurements are more critical than ever, but there are a limited number of radar satellites designed for that purpose. However, a team from the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC), University of Michigan and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have discovered a new way to do so using much cheaper and more plentiful GPS satellites. The technique is called GNSS-R, and involves bouncing low-powered signals from GPS satellites off of the...
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Bling below the waves: ‘A submarine of my own’
How personal submarines have become the latest must-have accessory for the super-rich. By Neil Koenig.
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The Sex Lives of Sea Creatures
We have a habit of looking to the animal kingdom to validate the way we love. By Colin Dickey.
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Inside the hunt for a million-dollar haul of ocean gold
Somewhere in the Atlantic, there’s a bounty of sunken gold worth millions of dollars. One team of treasure-hunters knows where it is – but can they get it to the surface?
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4,000-passenger cruise ship inexplicably sails into Atlantic mega-storm
A massive storm exploded in intensity just off the Southeast coast on Sunday afternoon, driving hurricane-force winds and whipping waves into a frenzy. And in the middle of this monster storm was a comparatively tiny cruise ship on its way to Florida — rocking, roiling and taking a major beating from the most powerful storm we’ve seen in the western Atlantic so far this winter.
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A Breakthrough for Coral Reef Restoration
David Vaughan works on the Florida Reef Tract, the third largest coral reef in the world and a vastly important ecosystem for sustaining underwater life. He and a team of scientists are working to combat the crisis in the world’s coral reefs—that is, that human beings have lost 25 to 40 percent of the world’s corals in recent decades due largely to seawater temperature rise and continued acidification of the ocean. Vaughan has developed a technique...
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5 countries dump more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined
“At this rate, we would expect nearly one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish in our oceans by 2025."
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'Ocean Art' Contest Uncovers the Otherworldy Beauty of the Deep
There’s still so much left to learn about our oceans, and these photographers are helping shine a light on its vast mysteries.
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China's craze for 'aquatic cocaine' is pushing two species into oblivion
Affluent Chinese are putting two Mexican species at risk due to demand for dried swim bladders. But will this year’s Cites meeting on the wildlife trade force a crackdown?
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In Tanzania, a Horrific Fishing Tactic Destroys All Sea Life
Tanzania is the only country in Africa where fishermen widely use homemade bombs to increase their catch. By Jani Actman.
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James Hansen, father of climate change awareness, calls Paris talks ‘a fraud’
The former Nasa scientist criticizes the talks, intended to reach a new global deal on cutting carbon emissions beyond 2020, as ‘no action, just promises.’ By Oliver Milman.
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What Is Ocean Acidification & Why Does It Matter?
As excess carbon dioxide is absorbed into the oceans, it is starting to have profound effects on marine life, from oysters to tiny snails at the base of the food chain.
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Two Idiots Jumped Into The Ocean In The Middle Of A Massive Storm
The Met Office issued a red warning across parts of the region for wind “strong enough across many northern areas, to bring down some trees, and perhaps cause damage to buildings,” said Chief Operational Meteorologist Frank Saunders in a statement. People have died and towns have been evacuated as a result of the storm.
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How to Lead a Nation That Will Be Swallowed by the Sea
The president of low-lying Kiribati has spent nearly a decade trying to save his people from rising sea levels. There’s a good chance he will not succeed. This is how he leads a nation that will likely not exist in 100 years. By Brian Merchant.
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What ‘the blob’ tells us about ocean warming
Richard Dewey on how ‘the blob’ in the Pacific disrupted weather, affected salmon and baleen whales, and offers a glimpse into the future. By Nancy Macdonald.
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