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Only 0.001% of deep seafloor has been visually observed in 70 years, roughly equivalent to Rhode Island's area
In a study published today in Science Advances, researchers from the Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule ...
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117-Million-Year-Old Sediment Waves Near Africa Show How Atlantic Ocean Was Formed
Located 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) below today’s seabed, the wavy sediments were formed during the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway ...
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Life in the North Atlantic depends on this floating seaweed
A clump of sargassum weed the size of a soccer ball drifts near Bermuda in the slow swirl of the Sargasso Sea, part of the North Atlantic gyre ... like it in any other ocean,’ says marine ...
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Something a bit unusual is happening in the tropics with less than a month to go before hurricane season
In fact, the North Atlantic Ocean is approximately 2 degrees F cooler ... which has been fairly steadfast and centered northeast of the island nation of Bermuda. The ridge has helped to strengthen ...
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Are whales endangered by offshore wind turbines? NJ group calls for pause on development.
Members of a nonpartisan organization called Save Long Beach Island ... and natural treasures the ocean has to offer — including the endangered North Atlantic right whale.” ...