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Tag: Oceanography
Eulogy for a glacier: Scientists honor Iceland’s first glacier lost to climate change
It's a stern reminder that we are changing the face of the planet.
Most detailed survey yet finds 200,000 species of viruses living in the oceans
There's a lot of life in the oceans.
Most detailed Map of the Seafloor yet exposes Thousands of New Mountains
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has released a new map of the world's seafloor - the first in ...
Global warming slows down Antarctica’s coldest currents, poses huge threat
Oceanographers believe that Antarctica's oceanic waters, which are turning from briny to fresh in recent decades, are causing the shutdown ...
NASA releases global salinity map
NASA has, for the first time, released a global map of ocean salinity. The first thing that popped up for ...
Wave-powered swimming robots completes epic 9,000 journey at sea
After it was first cast out to sea less than a year ago from San Francisco's bay, the PacX Wave Glider, ...
New study estimates 1 million marine species – one third still unknown
The world's oceans are teeming with life, a new census estimating almost 1 million species out there; but marine life ...
The March award for awesome animal goes to THE MIMIC OCTOPUS
The mimic octopus, Thaumoctopus mimicus is a species of octopus that grows up to 60 cm (2 feet) in length ...
Amazingly long fish filmed
Mark Benfield from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge was undertaking a survey when he spotted this amazing oarfish at about ...
Just in case you didn’t know, there’s a garbage island twice as big as France in the Pacific Ocean
I was surprised to talk to a bunch of people today and find out they didn't know about this, so ...
Blue whales singing lower every year, baffled scientists say
Blue whales are not only the biggest living creatures in the world right now, but the biggest ever to have ...
Hundreds of icebergs drifting towards New Zealand
According to the Australian Antarctic Division, at least a hundred Antarctic icebergs are currently drifting towards New Zealand at a ...
The hand of blood: man makes sure no ocean water remains pristine
A new study has shown that not even a square meter of the world's oceans has been left untouched by ...