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Understanding the relationship between humans and the ocean is crucial for making informed and effective decisions that will ...
The continent drifts northeast at about 2.7 inches (7cm) per year - a rate so significant that GPS coordinates must be updated regularly to keep maps accurate.
Searching for life in extraterrestrial oceans, like Saturn’s moon Enceladus, may be more challenging than scientists thought. A new study shows that Enceladus' ocean forms distinct layers that prevent ...
Geologists have long viewed North America and Europe as separate continents, yet new studies suggest there might be more complexity beneath the surface of Earth’s oceans. Ongoing research has revealed ...
Earth’s oceans caught a fever in March 2023 that has yet to break. Since then, the bathwater-like conditions have killed corals in a record-breaking mass bleaching event, fueled hurricanes ...
The world’s oceans are warming four times faster than they were in the late 1980s, according to a new study. The alarming acceleration helps explain why 2023 and 2024 saw unprecedented ocean ...
Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...
But with a contract from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the researchers in Halifax hope to reanalyze the samples using newer methods. Timothy Frasier, principal investigator of the ...
At the end of the last century, an analysis of these oscillations showed the existence of two subsurface ‘super-continents’: one under Africa and the other one under the Pacific Ocean, both hidden ...
In 2024, ocean temperatures reached record highs, worsening extreme weather and threatening ecosystems due to accelerating global warming. A recent study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences ...