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Discovered: World’s Largest Tsunami Debris

Up to 9 meters (30 feet) high and weighing up to 1.6 million kilograms (3.5 million pounds), the seven coral boulders are located 100 to 400 meters (300 to…

Chemical Equator’ discovery will aid pollution mapping

Researchers from the University’s Department of Chemistry found evidence for an atmospheric chemical equator around 50 km wide in cloudless skies in the…

Ocean Floor Geysers Warm Flowing Sea Water

With about 71 percent of the Earth's surface being ocean, much remains unknown about what is under the sea, its geology, and the life it supports. A new…

Modest CO2 cutbacks may be too little, too late for coral reefs

But scientists have come to realize that an even more acute danger than climate change is lurking in the world's oceans—one that is likely to be triggered by…

Low Arctic Sea Ice Cover in the Summer of 2008

The Arctic summer nears its end and the minimum extent of sea ice is reached. The Arctic ice cover amounted to 4.5 million square kilometres on September 12th.

'Chemical Equator' splits northern from southern air pollution

Their findings show for the first time that the chemical and meteorological boundaries between the two air masses are not necessarily the same.Observations of…

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