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Researchers Find Oxygen Made Without Photosynthesis — With Mind-Blowing Consequences
The scientists also suggested that the amount of oxygen created may fluctuate depending on the number and mixture of nodules on the ocean floor.
News | Animal Links
Finally, a High Seas Treaty to Protect the World’s Oceans
A new U.N. agreement aims to bring order and conservation to what has—up to now—been an ocean of mismanagement and neglect.
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
New Federal Report on Microfiber Pollution Spotlights Textile and Fashion Industries - Lexology
A new draft report to Congress by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on behalf of the…
News | Animal Links
How to regrow a wrecked coral reef - BBC Future
When Hurricane Iris hit southern Belize in 2001, the country's magnificent corals were wrecked. But within 10 years, a radical restoration project brought the reef back to life.
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Ocean plastic pollution: why our clothes are part of the problem - Vox
How much plastic is your washing machine sending out to sea?
Science & Technology | Cosmic Research
Thousands of Mysterious ‘Micro Depressions’ Discovered Offshore Near Big Sur
A new survey of the ocean floor off the California coast revealed nearly 15,000 small craters referred to as “micro depressions.”
Science & Technology | Cool Stuff
Dutch inventor says his ocean cleaning boom is working
After a series of setbacks, a system for catching plastic floating in the Pacific between California and Hawaii is now working, its Dutch inventor said Wednesday. Boyan Slat, a university dropout who founded The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit, announced that the
Miscellaneous | Other Stuff!
19 Totally Insane Things People Have Discovered Underwater
I won't be stepping foot in anything but a swimming pool this summer.
Science & Technology | The Ocean & The Environment
Scientists Go Back in Time to Find More Troubling News About Earth's Oceans | WIRED
A clever study finds communities of foraminifera, a hard-shelled kind of plankton, have transformed dramatically since the Industrial Revolution.
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10 Things You Can Do to Save the Ocean
Learn what you can do to help save the ocean with these 10 tips.
Politics | Trump Politics
Trump Signs Bill to Improve International Cooperation on Ocean Trash Cleanup
President Donald Trump extended and expanded what he called a “very important” program to clean up sea-borne waste by signing a bill to boost international cooperation on removing debris from the planet’s oceans. The Save Our Seas Act of 201
News | The News
Flooding has flushed 43 billion plastic pieces out to sea | Science | AAAS
Study reveals how plastic pollution travels from the world’s cities to its oceans
News | The News
Fishermen are harvesting more than half of the world’s oceans | Science | AAAS
New estimate comes from satellite tracking data for 70,000 ships
History | History
5 Things You Didn't Know About Jacques Cousteau
How well do you know the man beneath the wetsuit?
News | News Items
Bold New Plan To Make Ocean Trash Thing Of The Past
Ten countries have already signed on.
Entertainment | Astrology
It Looks Like Pluto Has a Liquid Water Ocean
For a frigid little space rock at the ass-end of the solar system, Pluto is full surprises. Ice volcanoes, hazy skies, vast plains of churning nitrogen, what’s next? Just maybe, a subsurface ocean.
Science & Technology | The Ocean & The Environment
10 Misconceptions About the Ocean | Mental Floss
No, that's not water spouting out of a whale's blowhole.
Science & Technology | The Ocean & The Environment
Encounter With World’s Rarest Ocean Mammal Thrills Scientists
Fewer than 100 vaquitas—an elusive porpoise found only in the Sea of Cortez—are left on Earth.
Science & Technology | Cosmic Research
New Horizons data hint at underground ocean
Pluto wears its heart on its sleeve, and that has scientists gleaning intriguing new facts about its geology and climate. Recent data from NASA's New Horizons probe—which passed within 7,800 miles of the surface on July 14—have revealed striking featu
