Scientists peeked underneath an iceberg and found a startling kaleidoscope of marine life
A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...
Great White Sharks Are Mysteriously Disappearing – And It’s Collapsing Ecosystems
Renowned for their incredible ability to breach the water while hunting, the disappearance of Great white sharks from False ...
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about: By dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.
My team discovered ‘dark oxygen’ on the seafloor – now we’re trying to understand how it was made
The discovery of dark oxygen clearly has potential implications for the deep-sea mining industry. Deep-sea mining would ...
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A Chicago-Sized Iceberg Broke Off From Antarctica, Revealing a Hidden Ecosystem Never Seen Before
When the A-84 iceberg calved in January, it unveiled a 209-square-mile swath of seafloor. Nearby scientists rushed to the ...
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Ecosystem disrupted following the disappearance of Great white sharks
A new study has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from False Bay, South Africa. The research spans ...
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Scientists thought this Antarctic sea floor would be barren. But it's teeming with life
But it remains a mystery as to how so much life could have flourished in the dark ocean depths ... were a very impoverished ecosystem because, you know, normally a marine ecosystem is fed by ...
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'Dark Oxygen' Discovery in Ocean Depths Draws Heavy Debate
Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? Some ...