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    Strange, 26-foot-long, giant sea worm found by divers
    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.
    Scientists develop a natural alternative to addictive painkillers like morphine
    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.
    Sharks take naps with their eyes open!
    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!
    Massive coral reef taller than the Empire State Building discovered in Australia
    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.
    Lighted nets shown to dramatically reduce wildlife bycatch while making fishing more efficient
    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.
    World's largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica
    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.
    Humans reached remote North Atlantic islands centuries earlier than thought
    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.
    More than 100 underwater animal species found living on 2,200-year-old Mediterranean shipwreck
    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.
    Bugs and microbes around the world are evolving to eat plastic, study finds
    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.
    Researchers uncover new insights into dolphins, genetics and habitat
    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.
    'Floating continent' could collect and recycle plastic from the ocean
    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.
    New possibilities for life at the bottom of Earth's oceans, and perhaps on other planets
    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.
    South Korea plans to build world’s first floating city by 2025
    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
    There's gold in seawater! Can we extract It? (video)
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 16, 2021

    There's gold in seawater! Can we extract It? (video)

    The ocean has about 20 million tons of gold in it — that’s around 700 TRILLION DOLLARS worth of gold!
    Using ocean plastic waste to power ocean cleanup ships
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 3, 2021

    Using ocean plastic waste to power ocean cleanup ships

    Plastic amassing in floating islands in the oceans could be used to power the ships that are sent to clean them up.
    New device just cleaned up 20,000 pounds of trash out of the Pacific ocean's Garbage Patch
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 22, 2021

    New device just cleaned up 20,000 pounds of trash out of the Pacific ocean's Garbage Patch

    Non-profit that wants to remove 90% of the floating ocean plastic by 2040 recently introduced a new large-scale cleanup system called Jenny.
    These robots can clean the oceans, but they need help
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 7, 2021

    These robots can clean the oceans, but they need help

    Robots are cleaning our oceans, harbours and rivers. No matter how much they clean, it’s only politicians who can make a real change.
    World first -- ocean drone captures footage from inside hurricane (video)
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 2, 2021

    World first -- ocean drone captures footage from inside hurricane (video)

    In a world first, US scientists piloted a camera-equipped ocean drone that looks like a robotic surfboard into a Category 4 hurricane.
    Study finds that rogue planets could sustain life
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 30, 2021

    Study finds that rogue planets could sustain life

    A rogue planet is an interstellar object of planetary mass without a host planetary system and could be fertile nurseries for life.
    Ex-Marine overcomes his fear of water to row across the Atlantic alone in 119 days
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 29, 2021

    Ex-Marine overcomes his fear of water to row across the Atlantic alone in 119 days

    Dave ‘Dinger’ Bell’s journey was marked by several struggles, including a huge storm, jellyfish stings and his fear of open water.
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