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BSIP scientists are looking for 520-million-year-old marine fossils in Uttarakhand’s Tethys Himalayas to uncover secrets of ...
In addition to providing information about the intensity, polarity, declination and inclination of the Earth’s magnetic field, rock magnetism also reveals the movements of continents and ocean ...
Across Earth’s many landscapes and oceans, life has formed in patterns that might not be obvious at first. While it may seem like species are scattered randomly, a new global study suggests there’s an ...
Athena, a goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of Athens, was one of the most popular deities in the Greek ...
It reflects the complex evolutionary history of the Tethys Ocean, which existed hundreds of million years ago. In areas such as Chamdo, during the Early Jurassic Period, marine sedimentation gradually ...
Often encompassing large swaths of ocean (and even lakes and ponds), dead zones become oceanic deserts, devoid of the usual aquatic biodiversity. Though hypoxic zones can occur naturally ...
The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth. The ocean produces at least 50% of the planet’s ...
Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...
Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...
The ocean sustains humanity and all life on earth. Nonetheless, despite our utter reliance on it, we have only ever explored ~10%. While we know little of the ocean compared to its immense vastness, ...