Oceans

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What Is Coral Bleaching and Why It Threatens Reefs Science

What Is Coral Bleaching and Why It Threatens Reefs

Coral bleaching occurs when rising ocean temperatures sever the vital partnership between corals and their food-producing algae, turning reefs white a...

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How Marine War Risk Insurance Works Economy

How Marine War Risk Insurance Works

When conflict erupts near vital shipping lanes, a specialised layer of insurance — war risk coverage — determines whether goods keep moving or global...

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How Deep-Sea Aircraft Searches Work Technology

How Deep-Sea Aircraft Searches Work

When a plane vanishes over open ocean, finding it can mean scanning thousands of square kilometers of pitch-black seafloor miles beneath the surface....

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How Harmful Algal Blooms Form—and Why They're Spreading Science

How Harmful Algal Blooms Form—and Why They're Spreading

Harmful algal blooms—explosive growths of toxic algae—shut down beaches, poison drinking water, and kill fish. Here's the science behind why they form...

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What Is a Gravity Hole? Antarctica's Weak Spot Explained Science

What Is a Gravity Hole? Antarctica's Weak Spot Explained

Antarctica sits above Earth's strongest 'gravity hole'—a region where gravitational pull is measurably weaker than the global average. Scientists have...

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Marine Fungus Found to Kill Toxic Red Tide Algae Science

Marine Fungus Found to Kill Toxic Red Tide Algae

Scientists have identified a new marine fungus, Algophthora mediterranea, that parasitizes and destroys toxic algae responsible for harmful coastal bl...

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How Sea Level Rise Is Measured—and Why It's Underestimated Science

How Sea Level Rise Is Measured—and Why It's Underestimated

Sea levels are rising faster than most models assumed—and a 2026 study found a systematic flaw in how scientists measure baseline coastal heights. Her...

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Why Scientists Think Orcas Might Be Several Species Science

Why Scientists Think Orcas Might Be Several Species

Killer whales look alike, but resident fish-eaters and mammal-hunting Bigg's orcas are so genetically and culturally distinct that researchers now arg...

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How Sea Level Rise Works and Why It's Accelerating Science

How Sea Level Rise Works and Why It's Accelerating

Global sea levels have risen roughly 9 inches since 1880 — and the rate is speeding up. Here is a clear explanation of the two main drivers, how scien...

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How Sea Level Rise Is Measured—and Why It's Off Science

How Sea Level Rise Is Measured—and Why It's Off

Scientists use tide gauges and satellites to track rising oceans, but a landmark 2026 study found that 90% of coastal hazard assessments have been usi...

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How Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents Support Life Without Sun Science

How Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents Support Life Without Sun

Miles beneath the ocean surface, hydrothermal vents host thriving ecosystems powered not by sunlight but by chemicals — overturning everything scienti...

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Antarctic Hektoria Glacier Retreats 8 km in Two Months Science

Antarctic Hektoria Glacier Retreats 8 km in Two Months

Antarctica's Hektoria Glacier lost eight kilometres of ice in just 60 days — the fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history — forcing sci...

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