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Scientists Stunned by Discovery of a Mysterious ‘Yellow Brick Road’ at the Bottom of the Pacific Ocean
In an extraordinary discovery made in 2022, a deep-sea expedition led by the Ocean Exploration Trust aboard the E/V Nautilus ...
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Prairies of the Sea
Text by Katherine Harmon Courage One of the oldest living organisms on Earth is a colony of Neptune grass in this vast meadow of the plant in the Mediterranean Sea. Shane Gross Bright sunlight ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts
At the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading ...
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The race to map the world’s seagrass — before it disappears
Other creatures, including sponges, clams and sea anemones, can be found nestled between the blades of grass or in the murky sediment at the base of the plants. And much as mosses coat trees ...