A quarry illustrating bands of layered limestone from the ancient seabed in what is now Mercato San Severino in Italy. Credit: F. Tissot About 183 million years ago, volcanic activity in modern South Africa unleashed an estimated 20,500 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ocean-atmosphere system over a period of 300 to 500 thousand … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Field system on Earth and basis for simulations used in this study. Credit: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023JE008202 × close to Field system on Earth and basis for simulations used in this study. Credit: Journal of Geophysical … Read more
We’ve all seen the surreal images in nature documentaries showing hydrothermal vents on the frigid ocean floor – roaring black plumes of superheated water – and the life forms that cling to them. Now, a new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz suggests that the lower-temperature vents, which are common on Earth’s seafloor, could … Read more
Scientists think they’ve found a window into the dawn of time on Earth, and it’s hidden beneath the Pacific Ocean. A team led by geophysicist Simon Lamb of the University of Wellington and scientist Cornel de Ronde of GNS Science said the key to our past lies in a remote corner of South Africa, far … Read more
The sea is actually the blue skin of the world, yet we know so little about its depths. Like the vastness of space, it is filled with mystery. With both comes the unknown – and therefore horror. In Still awakens the depththe latest first-person horror from The Chinese Room, the sea births a mysterious terror … Read more
credit – Matthew Mulrennan, Colossal Last year, a group of scientists trying to capture images of a colossal squid, the largest invertebrate on Earth, in its natural habitat may have won their prize when one of their underwater cameras captured a young glass squid swimming by. Colossal squids are members of the glass squid family, … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! By analyzing the chemistry of shells like these, scientists can learn more about the temperature and movement of ancient ocean water. Credit: Brian T. Huber/Smithsonian Institution × close to By analyzing the chemistry of shells like these, scientists can learn … Read more
Credit: NASA/Ryan Fitzgibbons What do you give to an ocean that has everything? This year, in celebration of National Ocean Month, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite is giving us a unique look at our home planet. The visualizations created using data from the satellite, which was launched on February 8, are already … Read more
According to National GeographicThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Also called the Pacific Debris Vortex, it consists of two distinct collections of debris bounded by the vast subtropical gyre in the North Pacific Ocean. Now scientists have examined plastic waste floating in the Great Pacific … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Graphical representation of satellite-recorded bathymetric data of the Western Atlantic Ocean Basin and its ocean floor features. Credit: NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite and Information Service × close to Graphical representation of satellite-recorded bathymetric data of the Western Atlantic Ocean Basin … Read more