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Science & Tech News tagged with ocean

Could Jupiter Moon Harbor Fish-Size Life?
Science & Tech  (tags: moon, ocean, fish, discovery, interesting, science, space )

Angela
- 26 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
In the oceans of a moon hundreds of millions of miles from the sun, something fishy may be alive--right now.
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Census of Marine Life Maps An Ocean of Species
Science & Tech  (tags: ocean, sea, marine, life, species, microbes, blue, whales, sharks, tuna, squid, science, research, interesting, discovery, technology, investigation, environment )

Tom
- 140 days ago - latimes.com
The first comprehensive effort to identify and catalog every species in the world's oceans, from microbes to blue whales, is a year from completion. But early discoveries have profoundly altered understanding of life beneath the sea, senior scientists say
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University of Victoria - Communications - Media Release
Science & Tech  (tags: marine, ocean, observatoryinteresting, science, Neptune Canada )

Karen
- 162 days ago - communications.uvic.ca
Canada is about to take the world on a 25-year non-stop research expedition--into the deep ocean. Over the next two-and-a-half months, a team of scientists and marine engineers will complete the installation off British Columbia of NEPTUNE Ca
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Growing Acid Problem Thins Shells of Ocean Creatures
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, study, ocean, discovery, interesting, news, environment, technology )

Maria
- 288 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Scientists have started to see some of the expected effects of Earth's increasing carbon dioxide burden: The shells of microscopic animals in the ocean are becoming thinner thanks to the ocean's absorption of some of that excess carbon dioxide
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Google Earth Now Dives Deep Into the Ocean
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, google earth, ocean, computer, internet, interesting, news )

Maria
- 320 days ago - efluxmedia.com
The new upgrade to Google Earth makes it possible for anyone to dive deep into the oceans of our planet. On Monday the search engine kingpin unveiled Google Earth 5.0, one of the most ambitious upgrades to the company's popular satellite imaging and mappi
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Oceans Warm More Quickly Than Suspected: Study
Science & Tech  (tags: climate change, US, researchers, ocean, temperatures, warmed, Australian, US, climate models )

LL
- 550 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday. Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise
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Extreme Life Found a Mile Below Seafloor
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, technology, study, geobiology, discovery, environment, ocean, prokaryotic cells, archaea family )

J.
- 574 days ago - livescience.com
The newly-discovered life likely gets its energy from methane. It thrives in 111 million-year-old rocks, enduring temperatures between 140 to 212 degrees Fahrenheit (60 to 100 degrees Celsius). In this extreme environment, life is relatively sparse.
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Narwhals More at Risk to Arctic Warming Than Polar Bears
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, environment, whales, global warming, ocean )

Dee
- 603 days ago - usatoday.com
WASHINGTON -- The polar bear has become an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even more at risk to climate change: the narwhal.
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Study Sees An Advantage for Algae Species in Changing Oceans
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, ocean, algae, acidic )

Jan
- 610 days ago - nytimes.com
Contrary to expectations, a microscopic plant that lives in oceans around the world may thrive in the changing ocean conditions of the coming decades, a team of scientists reported Thursday.
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Corals Flourish at ''Nuked'' Atoll
Science & Tech  (tags: science, study, ocean, coral, Bikini Atoll, atomic bomb )

Jan
- 614 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
A recent international survey of the 1.2-mile-wide (2-kilometer-wide) crater, created in 1954 by the impact of the most powerful atom bomb ever detonated by the U.S., shows that some coral species have bounced back.
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Researchers Uncover the Source of An Almost 2 Billion Year Delay in Animal Evolution
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, scientists, study, environment, animal, atmosphere, atmospheric, Earth, evolution, life, molybdenum, ocean, oxygen, oxygenated, oxygenation )

J.
- 635 days ago - ncl.ac.uk
An international team of biogeochemists who took part in the study provide independent confirmation that there was a major delay in the oxygenation of the ocean & appears that availability of molybdenum may have played a crucial role in animal evolution.
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Saturn Moon May Have Hidden Ocean
Science & Tech  (tags: Saturn's moon, Titan, ocean, science, discovery )

Klarabell
- 638 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Saturn's moon Titan may have a deep, hidden ocean, according to data published in the journal Science.
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Giant Ocean Eddy Shadows Sydney
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, technology, scientists, environment, ocean, satellite, water )

J.
- 641 days ago - csiro.au
Scientists say a giant ocean eddy swirling in the Tasman Sea is compelling evidence that the ocean is not the constant, unchanging water mass it has long appeared.
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Solar and Pedal Powered Green Boat for a Luxurious Weekend
Science & Tech  (tags: Solar Energy, Boats, Pedal Powered Boats, Ocean, Environment )

Pooja
- 641 days ago - ecofriend.org
The boat has a wide deck wherein you can relax with your family and friends, and you can even take a sun bath. It gives you both exercise and when done with that, you have the option of solar panel energy that can be used.
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Saturn Moon 'Once Had Ocean'
Science & Tech  (tags: Saturn's moon, ocean, scientists, investigation )

Ingrid
- 645 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
One of Saturn's moons may once have harboured a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface, scientists have told a major conference in Houston, Texas.
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