Oceans

  1. Animals

    An island in the Maldives is made of parrotfish poop

    Coral-eating parrotfish create much of the sediment that a reef island is made of, a new study finds.

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  2. Climate

    Rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide rise unprecedented

    The current rate of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere is unprecedented over at least the last 66 million years, new research shows.

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  3. Animals

    Lazy sunfish are actually active predators

    Ocean sunfish were once thought to be drifting eaters of jellyfish. But they’re not, new research shows.

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  4. Animals

    Growth of mining on land may promote invasions at sea

    Ballast water taken in to keep ships stable could, when discharged elsewhere, release species that become invasive in their new homes.

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  5. Climate

    Onshore hurricanes in a slump

    No major hurricanes have made landfall in the United States for over nine years. That’s a rare occurrence, new research shows.

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  6. Animals

    Tiny sea turtles are swimmers, not drifters

    Young green and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles moved in different directions than instruments set adrift in the sea, which shows the animals were swimming.

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  7. Oceans

    UV light reveals hidden patterns on seashell fossils

    Under UV light, fossil seashell color patterns glow, a researcher finds.

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  8. Environment

    Five years on, Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s impact lingers

    Five years after the Gulf of Mexico’s largest disaster, researchers are still studying its ecological impact and struggling to learn the fate of most of the spilled oil.

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  9. Climate

    Rain slows whipping hurricane winds

    Taking raindrop drag into account — which may slow hurricane winds by as much as 30 percent — could help improve hurricane forecasts.

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  10. Oceans

    ‘Ocean Worlds’ chronicles the story of water on Earth and across the cosmos

    Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams recount the history and predict the future of Earth’s oceans.

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  11. Oceans

    Glassy blue iceberg goes belly up

    A photographer snaps a rare picture of a recently overturned iceberg near Antarctica.

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  12. Oceans

    On East Coast, sea levels lean southward

    On North America’s East Coast, sea levels tilt slightly downward to the north, new research finds.

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