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Scientists Are Crafting Fake Whale Poop and Dumping It in the Ocean
As research over the past several decades has shown, whales play a critical role in bolstering ocean ecosystems. Many whale ...
Novel machine learning techniques measure ocean oxygen loss more accurately
Using data from historic ship measurements and Argo floats, researchers introduced a machine learning technique that improves assessment and analysis of the ocean's declining oxygen levels.
Glowing ‘mystery mollusk’ spotted living in the ocean’s midnight zone
An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living ...
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Guam science communicator sets sail in Western Pacific Ocean
Guam-based science communicator Amanda Dedicatoria sets sail in a deep ocean exploration expedition. She is from the Guam ...
European ocean research community calls for enhanced monitoring to improve ocean observation
European marine researchers are calling for an urgent improvement and standardization of ocean monitoring. The call is also ...
A Legendary Missing World War II Destroyer Has Emerged From the Ocean After 82 Years
The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall— and its more-than-200 servicemen went ...
What That ‘Yellow Brick Road’ Under The Pacific Ocean Really Is
Ocean explorers spotted what looked like a "yellow brick road" to Atlantis in the Pacific Ocean in 2022. Here's what we know ...
USM, NOAA to enhance ocean floor exploration with new remotely operated vehicle
NOAA and the University of Southern Mississippi will be working with a new remotely operated vehicle to enhance oceanic ...
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Ocean Studies Board Adopts A Float, Names It Trieste to Honor Don Walsh
In March 2024, a team from the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) project lowered an autonomous robotic float named ...
First-of-Its-Kind Glowing Sea Creature Discovered in Ocean’s ‘Midnight Zone’
“Only recently have cameras become capable of filming bioluminescence in high-resolution and in full color,” Haddock added.