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Tropical cyclone 'maximum intensity' is shifting toward poles

Over the past 30 years, the location where tropical cyclones reach maximum intensity has been shifting toward the poles in both the northern and southern…

Turtle migration directly influenced by ocean drift experiences as hatchlings

When they breed, adult sea turtles return to the beach where they were born. After breeding, adult sea turtles typically migrate several hundreds to thousands…

New study indicates loss of West Antarctic glaciers appears unstoppable

The study presents multiple lines of evidence, incorporating 40 years of observations that indicate the glaciers in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica…

Smithsonian scientists link unusual fish larva to new species of sea bass from Curacao

Identifying larval stages of marine fishes in the open ocean is difficult because the young fishes often bear little or no resemblance to the adults they will…

Radiation from Early Universe Found Key to Answer Major Questions in Physics

The radiation could even provide physicists with clues to another outstanding problem about our universe: how the invisible “dark matter” and “dark energy,”…

The physics of ocean undertow

People standing on a beach often feel the water tugging the sand away from under their feet. This is the undertow, the current that pulls water back into the…

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