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Despite Fuel Crisis, Fossett Heads Across Pacific Ocean
Live Science — The first solo attempt to circle the globe in a non-stop, non-refueled effort could come up short. Pilot Steve Fossett (left), Sir Richard Branson, the project's reserve pilot, and aircraft designer, Burt Rutan stand with GlobalFlyer in hangar. ...More…
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Killer Aquarium Shark Released Back to the Ocean
Live Science — A great white shark was released back into the wild Thursday -- under supervision. A killer great white shark was released back into the wild Thursday -- under supervision. Scientists have fitted the shark with an electronic data tag to monitor ...More…
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Ocean Loaded with Deadly 'Ghostnets'
Live Science — Discarded fishing nets entangle marine mammals, turtles and sea birds. A tendril from a net weighing about 300 pounds hangs on a coral head. Credit: Ray Boland/NMFS Huge swaths of the Pacific Ocean are loaded with discarded fishing nets that ...More…
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Giant Balls of 'Snot' Explain Ocean Mystery
Live Science — Huge mucus 'houses' sink to the seafloor, carrying carbon that scientists have been looking for. Scientists have discovered giant sinking mucus "houses" that double the amount of food on the sea floor. The mucus houses, or "sinkers ...More…
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Ocean Depths are Shark-Free
Live Science — Scientists have long hoped to find previously unknown populations way down there. Not going to happen, a new study concludes. With shark numbers dwindling, scientists have long hoped they would find previously unknown populations of them and ...More…
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Ocean 'Gummy Bears' Fight Global Warming
Live Science — Swarms of lowly thumb-sized ocean creatures play a critical role in transporting greenhouse gas carbon deep into the deep sea. A chain of salpa aspera. Credit: Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Swarms of lowly thumb-sized ocean ...More…
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New Diagnosis of Ocean Health
Live Science — Better estimates of the production of phytoplankton shed light on greenhouse gas consumption. This data visualization comes from the MODIS instrument on NASAâEURs AQUA spacecraft. Here we see a measure of global chlorophyll concentrations, ...More…
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Mystery Ocean Glow Confirmed in Satellite Photos
Live Science — The "milk sea" in a composite satellite image, and the region of the ocean where it was spotted. Credit: Steven Miller, NRL Mariners have long told of rare nighttime events in which the ocean glows intensely as far as the eye can see in all ...More…
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Wildfires Linked to Warming Ocean
Live Science — As warming ocean temperatures have been linked to a spike in wildfires in the past, scientists now predict the western United States could experience more of such fires in the coming decades. Large-scale ocean features such as El Nino--which ...More…
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New Photos Reveal 1935 Airship at Bottom of Pacific Ocean
Live Science — On Feb. 12, 1935, during severe weather off Point Sur, Calif., a U.S. Navy flying machine called the USS Macon fell from the sky, plunged into the Pacific Ocean, and sank. The USS MaconâEURs mooring mast receptacle assembly, the most forward part ...More…
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Floating Ocean Windmills Designed to Generate More Power
Live Science — Swaying windmills floating hundreds of miles out at sea could one day help satisfy our energy needs without being eyesores. This figure shows (from left to right) an onshore wind turbine, a conventional offshore unit, and the experimental unit ...More…
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U.N.: Number of Ocean 'Dead Zones' Rise
Live Science — The number of oxygen-starved âEURoedead zones'' in the world's seas and oceans has risen more than a third in the past two years because of fertilizer, sewage, animal waste and fossil-fuel burning, United Nations experts said Thursday. ...More…