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Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet melting, rate unknown

In the past, the Greenland ice sheet has grown when its surroundings cooled, shrunk when its surroundings warmed and even disappeared completely when the…

When fish farms are built along the coast, where does the waste go?

If you are a fish eater, it's likely that the salmon you had for dinner was not caught in the wild, but was instead grown in a mesh cage submerged in the open…

Locations of strain, slip identified in major earthquake fault

The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) is the first geologic study of the underwater subduction zone faults that give rise to the massive…

New monitoring stations detect 'silent earthquakes' in Costa Rica

These findings are helping scientists understand the full spectrum of motions occurring on the fault and may yield new insights into the events that lead to…

Antibiotic resistance: A rising concern in marine ecosystems

A team of scientists, speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, called for new awareness of the…

Changing Ocean Conditions Turning Penguins Into Long-Distance Commuters

Imagine you live in the suburbs of Chicago and you must commute hundreds of miles to a job in Iowa just to put food on the table. Magellanic penguins living on…

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