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Where is Point Nemo?
Point Nemo is the location in the ocean that is farthest from land.
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Surfer saved in miracle rescue trying to shake off survivor guilt
Brett Archibald has days when he thinks he's actually dead; that everything has just been a dream since being plucked from the ocean in a rescue that defied the most unbelievable odds.
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In The Stomach Of A Seabird, A Glimpse Of An Ocean Heating Up
As the Pacific Ocean warms, the diet of Alaska's seabirds has been changing along with it. Now, on the eve of President Obama's visit to the state, researchers aren't the only ones paying attention.
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Three Category 4 Hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean: How Rare Is That?
The Pacific Ocean saw a very rare occurrence on Saturday evening.
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New seabed discovery rivals Great Barrier Reef
An expedition to the sea floor off Australia's southern coast has revealed an underwater Eden, scientists say.
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AMAZING! Dive the great reefs of the world on Google Street View
The Catlin Survey is documenting the coral reefs of the world, and anyone can now watch them on Google Street View.
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Ocean blob brings tropical fish to B.C. coast
Something unusual is happening off the coast of British Columbia. Fish species normally found in the warm waters of the tropics are finding their way north — and a blob is being blamed... scientists have been tracking a large mass of water in the Pacific Ocean that is 1,000 kilometres long and at least 2 C warmer than usual. The blob now stretches from Mexico to Alaska and scientists say heat is being trapped within it, making it feel like home for fish used to warmer climes.
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Strawberries, Basil and Beans Thrive in Underwater Greenhouses
The produce aisle goes undersea in a new approach to farming
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Diving for treasure to help protect the world’s great reefs
We examine some of the challenges and solutions for developing “the blue economy” in smarter, more sustainable ways.
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Global sea levels climbed 3 inches since 1992, NASA research shows
Sea levels worldwide rose an average of nearly 3 inches (8 cm) since 1992, the result of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of NASA scientists said on Wednesday.
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Sea levels will rise, experts warn, and 'it's not going to stop'
Here's one trend California is behind on: rising sea levels. For the last 23 years, ocean levels around the world have climbed by about 3 inches on average, and NASA scientists say the sea will continue to rise as warming temperatures cause ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica to melt. But California, and the rest of the western United States, has actually seen ocean levels fall. That's about to change, thanks to a shift in weather patterns, and scientists are sounding the alarm.
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The Complicated Way We Make Ocean Water Drinkable
When Dean Spatz began his introduction-to-engineering-design class as a sophomore at Dartmouth in 1963, reverse osmosis, the process of filtering water through a semipermeable membrane, was only four years old. Working with a team, Spatz used RO to create a prototype for turning undrinkable brackish water into a potable liquid. The commercial applications were obvious, and Spatz dedicated the rest of his time at Dartmouth to developing the nascent technology.
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Boaters mapping Pacific garbage to arrive in San Francisco
Scientists and volunteers who have spent the last month gathering data on how much plastic garbage is floating in the Pacific Ocean will return to San Francisco and share preliminary findings.
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Trash-mapping expedition sheds light on 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch'
Volunteers return to San Francisco after investigating collection of trash some say is twice the size of Texas
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Oldest message in a bottle found
A CENTURY-OLD message in a bottle, possibly the oldest ever found, has finally reached its destination.
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Life in a disappearing country
It's one of the clearest injustices of climate change: The Marshall Islands likely won't exist if we warm the planet 2 degrees.
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How global warming has stopped the natural cooling of the oceans
Man-made global warming has triggered a reversal of the natural ocean cooling that has occurred over the past 1,800 years, a study has found.
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First Cape Verde Storm of 2015 Possible This Week
A tropical wave in the central Atlantic has the potential to develop into a tropical storm over the next several days. Invest 96L was gradually organizing near 10.0°N and 28.3°W at 1800 GMT Sunday , moving west at about 15 mph.
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By 2100, Earth Will Have an Entirely Different Ocean
The ocean is in the midst of a radical, manmade change. It can seem kind of crazy that one of the most immense properties on Earth—the ocean washes over 71 percent of the planet—could be completely transformed by a swarm of comparatively tiny, fleshy mammals. But humans are indeed remaking the ocean, in almost every conceivable way. The ocean we know today—that billions of people swim, fish, float, and surf in—that vast planetary body of water will be of an entirely different character by...
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$140M in Conservation Work Proposed for Gulf of Mexico
Ten watersheds around the rim of the Gulf of Mexico — from Florida to Texas — are being looked at as sites for $140 million in proposed conservation projects under a plan to restore the Gulf from BP's catastrophic 2010 oil spill. On Thursday the Gulf Coast Restoration Council, a body set up...
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