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There’s a hole in the bottom of the seaIn August of 2012, a large “pumice raft” appeared off the coa

Freshening of the Southern OceanOver the second half of the twentieth century, the salinity in the S

Swim with a VikingThe ocean is in constant motion. Forget about waves and tides here - in the grand

Whirlpool/MaelströmWhen opposing currents meet, a swirling phenomenon occurs. At the point of intera

Massive Mellow MolluscsThe giant clams are a tropical subfamily of bivalves specialized to live in w

Coralline landscapesCorals are a symbiosis (an ecological relationship in which two or more species

Coral BleachingHealthy coral gets its colouration from the algae (zooxanthellae) living inside the c

Coral bleaching event going globalWe reported awhile back on the growing tragedy striking the reefs

Bleached CoralThis creature is not doing well. Coral reefs are structures built out of a variety of

The end of reefsClimate scientists speak of “tipping points” regarding the way the plane

Looking At Life From Both Sides NowOn a macro level, scientists have been studying the global declin

The only Penguins in the Northern HemisphereWe usually associate penguins with the lower latitudes i

Carbon … deep downLife on Earth is based on carbon. Plants and animal, oceans and atmosph

Red Tide (1975). Cover art by Dean Ellis. Look at the creature go.

NOAA Archaeologists Discover Lost Whaling FleetOn September 12, 1871, in the dwindling light of the

BloopIn 1997, a strange sound was picked up by separate underwater microphones from the depths of th

Digging Up Ancient AnswersBelonging to the Mascarene Islands archipelago, the island of Mauritius is

THE COLUMNAR COAST OF TASMANIAThe dolerites of Tasmania are remnants of Gondwana, a “super con

Radiation in the oceansThese 2 images are cross sections of the Atlantic ocean, running from the equ

Supercontinental breakup in the JurassicWhen continents break apart and new oceans form and grow bet

Satellite Spies Ship PollutionNASA’s Aura satellite using the onboard Ozone Monitoring Instrum

Origins of the World’s Largest Single VolcanoHawaii’s Mauna Loa was regarded as the larg

jean-hofstadler:- Testemunhas geológicas da deriva continental, falésias de Torres.&nb

ochre star enjoys a mossy chiton breakfastSan Mateo county CA June 2015 / t3i /

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