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Carbon cycle in a subglacial freshwater lake in Antarctica

Surprising results from historic study suggest the shrinking West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a major threat to global sea level rise, was smaller and more dynamic in recent geologic past than…

Jellyfish-like robots could one day clean up the world’s oceans

Roboticists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have developed a jellyfish-inspired underwater robot with which they hope one day to collect waste from the bottom of…

Ocean ecosystem: Mixotrophic microorganisms play key role

Previously unknown group of bacteria in the deep sea regulates energy balance. A team of international researchers led by Federico Baltar of the University of Vienna and José M González…

Creating a tsunami early warning system

… using artificial intelligence. Real-time classification of underwater earthquakes based on acoustic signals enables earlier, more reliable disaster preparation. Tsunamis are incredibly destructive waves that can destroy coastal infrastructure and…

Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics

The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic particles as the surrounding seawater. This concentration at the base of the food web…

Scientists identify 2022 sea urchin killer

The mass die-off of the long-spined sea urchin – a loss that threatens the health of coral reefs from the Caribbean to Florida’s east coast — was caused by a…

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