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Paraglider flies into 'death zone,' miraculously survives
A Chinese paraglider has survived accidentally flying 8,500 meters into the sky - a "death zone" altitude. Peng Yujiang, 55, ...
Will surging sea levels kill the Great Barrier Reef? Ancient coral fossils may hold the answer
In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. It's expected to rise even ...
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A look at Titanic wreck ocean depth and water pressure — and how they compare to the deep sea as a whole
"You must consider that at 4,000 meters depths, the pressure is 400 times what we experience at sea level," he told CBS News. That's about 13,000 feet, or nearly 2.5 miles. Inflated car tires have ...
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Sea levels could rise 22 feet by the year 3000
The research showed that we have already committed ourselves to a sea-level rise of 1.1 metres by the year 3000 as a result of our greenhouse gas emissions up to now. This irreversible damage ...
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The incredible trench that's 11k metres below sea level and is the deepest place on Earth
The Challenger Deep plunges to an estimated 10,935 metres (roughly 6.8 miles) below sea level - more than 1.2 ... This extreme pressure would crush most human-made objects.
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Hidden Antarctic lakes could supercharge sea level rise
Similar to how an air hockey table effuses a thin cushion of air for a puck to glide over, the pressure exerted ... line generated 2.2 additional meters of sea level rise by 2300.