Oceanography
How Does a Coral Reef Ecosystem Work?
A coral reef ecosystem is a network of corals, algae, fishes, invertebrates, microbes and physical processes that recycle energy and nutrients in nutrient-poor tropical…
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Why Are Coral Reefs Important?
Coral reefs matter because their physical structure and biological productivity support diverse marine communities and provide services to people. Their value is ecologi…
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What Is Coral Bleaching?
Coral bleaching happens when stressed corals lose or expel much of the symbiotic algae living in their tissues. Because those algae provide color and a major share of th…
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What Are Hydrothermal Vents?
Hydrothermal vents are places on the seafloor where seawater circulates through hot, chemically reactive ocean crust and returns to the ocean carrying dissolved minerals…
Oceanography
What Is the Deep Sea?
The deep sea is the vast ocean environment below the sunlit surface layers, commonly including waters deeper than about 200 meters. It is cold, dark, under high pressure…
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Extremely intelligent and adorable, Beluga whales also possess a unique ability that sends shivers down people's spines.
Beluga whales, also known as white whales, are one of the smallest whale species in the animal kingdom.
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Norway euthanized the walrus Freya after it was too much of a nuisance.
Norwegian authorities euthanized the famous walrus known as Freya on August 14th after repeatedly warning crowds to stay away from the attention-grabbing animal.
Oceanography
Giant wolf fish wipes out entire lobster catch in American fisherman's nets.
A video from a fisherman in Maine shows an Atlantic wolf fish devouring a lobster after they were both trapped in the net, according to Newsweek.
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What would the Titanic look like if the water around it were drained away?
Have you ever imagined what the Titanic would look like if it were brought ashore?
Oceanography
Life erupts from volcanic 'mud soup'
The seafloor's struggle to recover from Tonga's 2022 Hunga eruption is real—but tiny marine pioneers are returning, slowly transforming the grey plains into a vibrant la…
Oceanography
'The Little Mermaid' movie poster mocked for containing basic scientific errors
Poster to promote the movie
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Strange and 'sophisticated' round bite marks on tuna's body, the culprit turned out to be this 'monster'
A tuna caught off the coast of Australia on October 29 had its body covered with strange round holes.
Oceanography
'Another world' discovered thousands of meters deep under the ice in Antarctica
Scientists have confirmed that an almost completely ice-covered area in Antarctica hides a
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Antarctic shrimp eat 300 million tons every year but still not extinct
As of now, Antarctic shrimp are 'confident' that they won't be eaten.
Oceanography
'Mysterious creature' in Vietnam's deep sea identified as a new species by scientists
(Fatherland) - A new species of creature in Vietnam has attracted the attention of scientists.