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Tag: deep ocean

What does the Amazon Rainforest and the deep ocean have in common?
Ecology

What does the Amazon Rainforest and the deep ocean have in common?

Cutting down trees in the Amazon affects more than just land animals. What does it mean for the deep ocean?
September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Jaclyn Torkelson
Ocean oxygen levels were controlled by plate tectonics during the Phanerozoic Eon
Paleoceanography

Ocean oxygen levels were controlled by plate tectonics during the Phanerozoic Eon

Pohl, A., Ridgwell, A., Stockey, R.G. et al. Continental configuration controls ocean oxygenation during the Phanerozoic. Nature 608, 523–527 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05018-z   ************************************  …
September 2, 2022September 5, 2022 Krti Tallam
Enigmatic microorganisms from the depths
deep sea Microbiology

Enigmatic microorganisms from the depths

Magneto might be happy to find about this recently discovered magnetic microorganism from the deep sea
June 23, 2022June 28, 2022 Valeria Contreras
Human mercury pollution found at the deepest ocean
Pollution

Human mercury pollution found at the deepest ocean

For many decades, humans have been putting mercury into the ocean, contaminating big fish like tuna and swordfish. But we…
December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Jiwoon Park
Life in Plastic: 14 Million Tonnes of Microplastics Likely on Sea Floor
Plastic

Life in Plastic: 14 Million Tonnes of Microplastics Likely on Sea Floor

The deep-sea floor has always fascinated scientists and ocean lovers alike with its mystery and wonder. For the first time…
October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Elena Gadoutsis
Undersea Volcanoes Explode Dramatically
Geology

Undersea Volcanoes Explode Dramatically

Under the incredible pressures of the deep sea, how do volcanoes erupt? And how do these eruptions affect the marine…
July 15, 2020 Amanda Semler
Sinking Alligator Carcasses into the Deep Ocean to See What Eats Them
Ecology

Sinking Alligator Carcasses into the Deep Ocean to See What Eats Them

  The Deep Unknown The deep ocean is an alien world. Life here must contend with crushing pressures, near-freezing temperatures,…
March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 R J Parker
Mixing it up in the Southern Ocean
Physical oceanography

Mixing it up in the Southern Ocean

A team of scientists used underwater ocean gliders to measure ocean turbulence and mixing along the Antarctic continental slope and…
November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Climate Change

Is the Deep Ocean Warming Too?

It’s been shown that the surface of the South Pacific Ocean has been warming by absorbing excess heat from the…
March 24, 2017October 29, 2018 Julia Dohner

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