For First Time, Seawater Made Drinkable by Sunlight to Be Even Cheaper Than Tap Water
A team from MIT developed a + still about the size of a briefcase that utilizes "thermohaline" circulation similar to the ocean itself.
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Hero Surfer Rescues Stranded Deer in Ocean - Photographer Captures Moment
From New Jersey comes the story of a good samaritan rescuing a deer that had somehow found itself battling the surf off the coast of Belmar.
Thousands of Dolphins Form 'Mega Pod' in California's Monterey Bay - WATCH
In places with a high abundance of food, pods can merge temporarily, forming a superpod; such groupings may exceed 1,000 dolphins.
Volunteers 'De-seaweeding' Results in Dramatic 600% Improvement of Coral Regrowth
Any good gardener knows what a good de-weeding can do for a soil plot. As it turns out, it's much the same for coral reefs.
Maine Sets Records for Atlantic Herring and Salmon Runs in the Penobscot River
Maine's rivers are the only ones left in the US where Atlantic salmon can return to spawn, and the most productive of these rivers is having one of its most productive years. After the removal of the Bangor Great Works Dam on the Penobscot River, ocean-going/river-spawning fish began to return in large numbers. As of […]
'Living Breakwater' Makes Room for Oysters and Tidal Pools In Award Winning Design off Staten Island
Dubbed a 'Living Breakwater,' every one of the blocks is specially formed to maximize the space for bivalves like oysters to glom onto
Otherworldly Images Show Breathtaking Beauty of Oceans in Photo Competition
The winners of the various categories had to beat out thousands of entries and come from all over the Earth
1 Million New Seagrass Seedlings Will Protect Sardinia's Beaches While Storing 35-Times More Carbon Than Trees
The new project launched by Med Sea looks to plant 1 million seagrass plants by 2050 across 19 square miles off the coastline of Sardinia
Ocean CleanUp Launches Huge System in Pacific Garbage Patch to Clean a Football Field Every 5 Seconds
The Ocean Cleanup deployed a new system to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch capable of cleaning an area of a football field every five seconds.
Barnacles Could Lead Investigators to the Wreck of the Missing Malaysian Airways Flight 370
Using the record of water temperature, the team believes they can reconstruct the drift path of the barnacles on the washed-up plane debris.
4 Decades of Data Suggests Pacific Coral Reefs Can Acclimate to Warming Oceans and Resist Future Bleaching
They've already adapted—potentially at a rate of 0.18°F per decade, and the researchers recommended updating models for coral bleaching.
Dozens of Messages in Bottles Tossed by a Nantucket Fisherman are Found Around the World
Ames threw hundreds of these bottles off his boat, and they've been found and replied to in Europe and all over the Caribbean.
Scientists Find A Whole New Ecosystem Hiding Beneath Earth's Seafloor
an international team of marine biologists have discovered ecosystems of worms, snails, and bacteria living underground, under the seafloor.
Ocean Cleanup Hits Milestone of 220 Tons Removed From Pacific Garbage Patch (Watch)
Last year, the Dutch non-profit completed the test run of their new system 002/B which can capture multiple tons of garbage in one sequence
500 Million Year-Old Jellyfish-Oldest Ever Found-May Have Swallowed Prey Whole
In terms of reaching back to point that jellies evolved mobility, Burgessomedusa phasmiformis is the farthest anyone has ever gone.
Analysis Shows We've Been Overestimating the Amount of Plastic in Oceans by 30x
Estimates range from 50 million tons to 300 million tons, but the actual amount is likely somewhere around 3.2 million tons.
Palm Beach County Smashes All-Time Record for Sea Turtle Nests: 21,800 and Counting
By Sunday, the 9.5-mile Juno Beach in the northern part of the county had seen 21,872 sea turtle nests, 3,000 more than last year.
Pacific Garbage Patch Is Teeming With Life-An Ecosystem Older Than Plastic But No One Saw it
However, longer before there was plastic waste in these waters, and in spite of it, the Northern Pacific ocean gyre teems with marine life
Man and His Dog Survive 2 Months at Sea Drinking Rainwater and Eating Raw Fish: 'So Grateful'
Shaddock departed from Sydney in May in a catamaran en route to French Polynesia, but bad weather knocked out all his electronics.
The Guys Who Sell Ocean Plastic Bracelets Just Reached 30 Million Pounds of Waste Pulled From Seas
4ocean has reached a stellar milestone: 30 million pounds of plastic waste recovered from the oceans, rivers, and coastlines.
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