What is the ocean's 'twilight zone' and how are elephant seals helping to monitor it?
Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...
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Elephant seals provide a window into the ocean’s twilight zone
A new study suggests that elephant seals can serve as “smart sensors” for monitoring fish populations in the ocean’s twilight ...
An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker
There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million ...
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Nearby Habitable-Zone Exoplanet May Be a World of Fire and Ice
A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...
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Scientists racing to discover depth of ocean damage sparked by LA wildfires
On a recent Sunday, Tracy Quinn drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to assess damage wrought upon the coastline by the ...
Strange corkscrew burrows and other unexpected structures discovered 4.7 miles deep in the Japan Trench
New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...
Bacteria on marine particles play key role in ocean nitrogen cycle
It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can ...
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Real Twilight Zones in the Real World - and the Weird Stuff You’ll Find There
As a result, the waters of the world get pretty dark pretty fast, and scientists often separate the seas into distinct layers ...
Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean
A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in the ocean's eerily dim 'twilight zone.' ...