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Before you head to Galveston Beach, beware of these sea creatures and safety hazards in the waters

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HOUSTON – Hello there, from your fellow Houstonian! I know it’s already hot in Texas as we brace for the intense summer and humid heat we are blessed with every year. It seems to get warmer as we get older – or is this just me getting older? Anyway, I wasn’t much of a beach … Read more

A 100-million-year-old fossil find reveals a huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s Inland Sea

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One hundred million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, much of northeastern Australia was underwater. The inland Eromanga Sea was home to a host of marine animals, from turtles and dolphin-like ichthyosaurs to the bus-sized predator. Kronosaurus queenslandicus and other plesiosaurs. The forested edge of the sea was home to dinosaurs and the sky above … Read more

Was this sea creature our ancestor? Scientists turn a famous fossil upside down.

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Over the past 500 million years, vertebrates have evolved into a dizzying variety of forms, from hummingbirds to elephants, bullfrogs to hammerhead sharks, not to mention our special species of upright monkeys. But among all that diversity, vertebrates share some important characteristics. We all have a backbone made of, for example, vertebrae, together with a … Read more

Mysterious Unknown Deep Sea Creatures Discovered During Abyssal Expedition

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Sea anemones catch small animals floating along the bottom. This species belongs to the order Actiniaria. Credit: SMARTEX/NHM/NOC Transparent sea cucumbers, pink sea pigs and bowl-shaped sponges are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a deep-sea expedition to the Pacific Ocean’s Abyssal Plains. A 45-day research expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone between Mexico … Read more

Former BP boss calls for a halt to new drilling permits in the North Sea

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Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Oil and gas industry myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. Lord John Browne, the former chief executive of BP, has called for a halt to new drilling permits in the North Sea, implicitly endorsing the Labor Party’s position on fossil fuels. Writing in … Read more

The double act of Raw Fury and Kingdom shines like a lighthouse above an industry floundering at sea

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I remember it clearly: I was at EGX 2015 in Birmingham, and one match made my head turn like a doorknob. It wasn’t one of the blockbusters, or one of the games with a flashy mode, but a much smaller game on a few screens, nestled among many others. On that screen it looked like … Read more

Plastic-eating sea fungus found in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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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

Besiege: The Splintered Sea review: a small ship for extended sea travel

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I can’t compare my experience writing a review for The Splintered Sea, the first paid expansion for the dastardly clever physics puzzle builder Besiege, to that of a journalist keeping a diary facing deadly storms on the horizon. But if we take for granted the idea that a review is only really valuable as an insight into the player’s experience, I haven’t felt particularly good this week. That in mind: Splintered Sea is more Besiege, carefully applied to the already extensive toolkit. More importantly, it’s currently bringing me deep and much-needed moments of untainted, childlike, vaguely-Orcish joy.

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Ocean water flows for miles under the ‘Doomsday Glacier’, potentially causing serious consequences for sea level rise

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A view of the tidal motion at Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, recorded by Finland’s ICEYE commercial satellite mission, based on images acquired on May 11, 12 and 13, 2023. - Eric Rignot/UC Irvine

Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research that used radar data from space to create an X-ray of the crucial glacier. As the salty, relatively warm ocean water meets the ice, it causes a “powerful melt” under the glacier and … Read more

Ocean water flows for miles under the ‘Doomsday Glacier’, potentially causing serious consequences for sea level rise | CNN

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CNN — Ocean water is pushing miles beneath Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research that used radar data from space to create an X-ray of the crucial glacier. When the salty, relatively warm ocean water meets the ice, it causes a “powerful melt” under the … Read more