Purpose-driven inventors: Bringing the sea floor to the surface
Advances in technology are helping explorers fulfill their purpose: Mapping the ocean floor in tiny detail for the first time.
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FACTBOX: International status of the Arctic
In this piece TASS FACTBOX editors review the international legal status of this region. The Arctic is the northern polar region of the Earth, including the outskirts of the continents of Eurasia and ...
La Niña Has Finally Arrived— What it Means for Skiers
La Niña Definition La Niña is one half of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle—when the east-central tropical ...
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'Sunken worlds' discovered under the Pacific ocean in Earth's mantle
Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...
Scan Detects Evidence of "Lost World" Under Pacific Ocean
A team of geophysicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a baffling discovery while analyzing earthquake waves to ...
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Doomsday map shows what US cities will vanish underwater in less than 75 years
A new doomsday map has revealed that several major US cities could be underwater by the end of this century if global ...
Newly discovered undersea structures stun scientists: ‘Is there a lost world beneath the Pacific Ocean?’
According to scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Swiss research university ETH Zurich, a new method ...
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In 2024, Air and Ocean Temperatures Break New Records
In 2024, air temperatures and ocean temperatures once again reached record highs. According to climate researchers, ocean ...
Why has this marine research institute made the ocean a member of its board? Expert Q&A
The ocean absorbs more than 90% of the atmosphere’s excess heat trapped by human-emitted greenhouse gases. It plays a vital ...
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Oceans Are the Real Continents
Filmed with marvelous attention to subtle contrasts possible in its monochromatic palette, the frames brim with a built-in ...
Why stop at Gulf of Mexico? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages | Mark Woods
Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish name.
Navajo high school teacher brings knowledge of ocean to New Mexican desert
NAVAJO NATION (KRQE) – A Navajo high school teacher is bringing the ocean to the New Mexico desert. Kim Etsitty is a science ...