January 15, 2020 Earth's oceans have warmed by rate of more than 3B atomic bombs over past 70 years, shocking study says A shocking new study notes that the amount of heat that has been put into the planet's oceans from human activity over the past 70 years is the equivalent of more than 3 billion atomic bombs.
January 14, 2020 Dying fish revealed Congo is world's deepest river SAN FRANCISCO — A mysterious case of dying fish in the lower Congo River helped scientists discover that this body is the deepest river on the planet. It's also a place where raging rapids, powerful currents and even submerged "waterfalls" divide the water, much as mountain ranges can separate habitats on land.
January 13, 2020 Solar storms might be causing gray whales to get lost Migrating animals that live in Earth's oceans may have a closer relationship with the sun than we thought. New research shows that healthy gray whales are nearly five times more likely to strand when there is a high prevalence of sunspots, and therefore high levels of radio waves emitted from solar storms.
January 7, 2020 Scientists in Florida Keys spending $100 million to stop coral reef deaths Key Largo, Fla. –– Technicolor coral once covered stretches of underwater reefs in the Florida Keys and beyond. But now, they are dying and researchers have likened them to abandoned underwater cities.
December 16, 2019 Huge blocks from Anak Krakatau volcano discovered on ocean floor An international team of scientists has mapped huge blocks on the seabed from the recent eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano.
December 13, 2019 'Lost' iron meteorites may lurk beneath Antarctic ice. Scientists are on a quest to find them. Scientists are scouring the remote Antarctic ice cap for rare meteorites chock-full of iron and holding secrets to the history of our solar system going back some 4.5 billion years.
December 13, 2019 Thousands of 'penis fish' wash up on Northern California beach Thousands of fat innkeeper worms, known as “penis fish,” have washed up on a beach in Northern California.
December 10, 2019 Greenland ice melt 'is accelerating,' new study reveals The Greenland ice sheet's losses have accelerated dramatically since the 1990s and it's now losing more than seven times as much ice per year, according to a new study.
December 5, 2019 Small volcano discovered in the Pacific Ocean Researchers have discovered a new, small volcano in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
December 4, 2019 Oceans contain a million times more microplastic than we realized, alarming study claims The amount of microplastic in the world's oceans is a million times greater than previously thought, according to alarming new research.
