The earth-sun distance found to dramatically alter seasons
An unrecognized effect boosts or diminishes the Pacific cold tongue, likely impacting El Niño/La Niña events and North American weather
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Joseph Shavit
- Nov 3
Arctic hydrothermal vent site could help in search for extraterrestrial life
Researchers believe that this vent could serve as a natural laboratory and substantially inform the search for extraterrestrial life.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 24
Researchers call for action to stop exploitation of Antarctic waters
The Southern Ocean has immense global value, for its ability to regulate global ocean temperature, moderate sea levels, and store carbon.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 28
Saving our oceans: Novel plastic material biodegrades in ocean water
Around the planet, evidence of plastic pollution stretches from grocery bags in the deep sea to microplastics in our food supplies.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 2
What sea cucumbers can teach us about self-defense
Cool as a sea cucumber - new evidence on how sea cucumbers produce self-defence chemicals may lead to medicines and healthy compounds.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 14
Generating "Blue Energy" where seawater and river water meet
Scientists have known since the 1950s that it is theoretically possible to generate electricity through the movement of water.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 11
Robotic vehicle makes studying the ocean easy and affordable
Most microplastics sampling requires towing a net behind a boat at a very slow speed, which is both costly and time-consuming.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 20
Strange, 26-foot-long, giant sea worm found by divers
What would typically lead most people to flee the water was something the two guys quickly recognized as completely safe and uncommon.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 29
Scientists develop a natural alternative to addictive painkillers like morphine
A sea snail living in the Pacific Ocean may be able to help scientists develop an alternative to addictive painkillers like Morphene.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 19
Sharks take naps with their eyes open!
It turns out these predators love to grab a nap when there’s nothing going on and some actually sleep with their eyes wide open!
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 13
Massive coral reef taller than the Empire State Building discovered in Australia
A "massive" new reef measuring 500 meters (about 1,600 feet) has been discovered in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 22
Lighted nets shown to dramatically reduce wildlife bycatch while making fishing more efficient
Researchers have found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 14
World's largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica
Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, researchers found the world's largest fish breeding area known.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 19, 2021
Humans reached remote North Atlantic islands centuries earlier than thought
The lake bed on the island of Eysturoy contains a sediment layer laid down around 500 AD that documents the first arrival of sheep & humans.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 17, 2021
More than 100 underwater animal species found living on 2,200-year-old Mediterranean shipwreck
Researchers reported finding no fewer than 114 species of animals, coexisting in a complex community, on a ship’s ram from a sunk ship.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 15, 2021
Bugs and microbes around the world are evolving to eat plastic, study finds
The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 10, 2021
Researchers uncover new insights into dolphins, genetics and habitat
Ocean-dwelling dolphins have repeatedly adapted to life in coastal areas throughout history. It is important to learn more about them.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 30, 2021
'Floating continent' could collect and recycle plastic from the ocean
'The 8th continent' is an award-winning design that recycles ocean plastic and is completely self-sustainable.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 29, 2021
New possibilities for life at the bottom of Earth's oceans, and perhaps on other planets
In the strange, dark world of the ocean floor, underwater fissures, called hydrothermal vents, host complex communities of life.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 26, 2021
South Korea plans to build world’s first floating city by 2025
A floating city has been proposed for the seas off Busan in South Korea to pioneer a new mode of living amid climate-related sea-level rises