Deepest Earthquake Was Not A Seismic Record After All
A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...
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Marshall Islands protects ‘pristine’ Pacific corals with first marine sanctuary
By Shanna Hanbury The Marshall Islands government has announced it will protect an area of the Pacific Ocean described as one ...
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See the first detailed illustration of an ancient deep-sea mountain
A Boston University led team of scientists analyzed a Pacific Ocean seamount that is teeming with biologically diverse corals ...
Scientists find ‘dark’ periodic element among metallic rocks in deep ocean
Deep-seafloor organisms consume oxygen which scientists believe is produced by seawater electrolysis without light or sunshine.
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Scientists Unravel the Mystery Behind Strange Holes Spewing Warm Fluids on the Pacific Ocean Floor
The unusual holes in the ocean didn't reveal an underwater volcano or some hydrothermal vents, but rather something remarkable.
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Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn’t be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers
A project is underway to investigate the production of “dark” oxygen further. Understanding the phenomenon better could help ...
Two Mountains 100 Times Taller Than Mount Everest Discovered Deep Beneath Earth
Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa ...
First-of-its-kind video shows deep-sea fish escape by swimming backward. Take a look
Other videos showed two species of cusk eel, Bassozetus sp. and Barathrites iris, swimming tail-first away from the camera with the help of top fins. “After the backward escape maneuver, the fish ...
Rare Pacific Sleeper Shark Spotted In Southern Hemisphere
A research expedition in the Tonga Trench filmed a Pacific sleeper shark, a slow-moving, opportunistic predator rarely seen ...
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3,600-Foot-Tall Undersea Volcano Expected To Blow This Year, But Nobody’s Worried
Axial Seamount is a young, 30 million-year-old undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean off the U.S. coast, and it’s expected to ...
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Marshall Islands declares first marine sanctuary
The Marshall Islands declared on Tuesday its first national marine sanctuary, which protects a 'pristine' expanse of the ...
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First-of-its-kind video shows deep-sea fish escape by swimming backward. Take a look
From a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean, scientists watched the feeds of several cameras sitting on the seafloor. Miles below, a deep-sea fish approached the camera’s bait then, changing its ...