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Sea level rise: West Antarctic ice collapse may be prevented by snowing ocean water onto it

A team of researchers from the Potsdam Institute is now scrutinising a daring way of stabilising the ice sheet: Generating trillions of tons of additional…

Modeling predicts blue whales' foraging behavior, aiding population management efforts

The statistical model used for the predictions combines long-term satellite tracking data of the whales' movement patterns with environmental data such as…

Tracking down climate change with radar eyes

Over the past 22 years, sea levels in the Arctic have risen an average of 2.2 millimeters per year. This is the conclusion of a Danish-German research team…

Super salty, subzero Arctic water provides peek at possible life on other planets

On Earth, scientists are studying the most extreme environments to learn how life might exist under completely different settings, like on other planets.

Coral reefs shifting away from equator

Coral reefs are retreating from equatorial waters and establishing new reefs in more temperate regions, according to new research in the journal Marine Ecology…

NASA satellites find biggest seaweed bloom in the world

Based on computer simulations, they confirmed that this belt of the brown macroalgae Sargassum forms its shape in response to ocean currents. It can grow so…

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