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Past volcanic warming linked to marine extinctions, high-resolution fossil data show
The Earth is rapidly warming, and similar climate upheavals over 300 million years ago once triggered massive fluctuations in ...
First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor
Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that could be teaming up with bacteria to thrive off gas bubbling from the seafloor ...
Marine snow provides new clues about the export of carbon to the deep sea
As Earth's largest carbon reservoir, the ocean locks carbon away from the atmosphere. However, scientists still struggle to ...
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Rowan University mathematician co-authors landmark study on cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch
Helga Huntley, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the College of Science & Mathematics at Rowan University, has co-authored a ...
Australia's ocean protection plan revealed as sea temperatures soar
Oceans soak up around 90 per cent of the extra heat produced through rising emissions, helping prevent Earth from overheating ...
The invisible underwater killer that could destroy the shellfish we eat
The oceans are becoming acidic due to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere being absorbed into the seas – and it could affect ...
‘Thwarted at every turn’: Councils’ inquiry into sea life die-offs prompts ‘disrespectful’ Government claim
A report by councillors into an incident which saw a mass wash-up of dead crustaceans on North-East beaches has criticised a ...
Council report into Teesside sea life die-off published
A report by councillors into an incident which saw a mass wash-up of dead crustaceans on North-East beaches has criticised a lack of ...
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B.C.'s sunflower sea stars are now endangered, but rays of hope remain
Once a dominant predator along the Pacific seabed, the vibrant and fast-moving sunflower sea star is now officially listed as ...