Oceanography News
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By AFP
Wellington -
New Zealand's "first bloke" Clarke Gayford revealed Thursday how he fought off an angry shark with a pole while diving off Auckland.
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By AFP
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A hermit crab, a shiny-eyed shrimp and a crab with fuzzy spines are among over a dozen new species discovered in a deep-sea expedition off the Indonesian island of Java, scientists said.
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By AFP
Sydney -
A message in a bottle written 132 years ago and found on an Australian beach by a group of walkers including the parents of Formula One star Daniel Ricciardo has been verified as the world's oldest known missive of its kind.
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By AFP
Sydney -
A massive humpback whale buried on a popular Australian beach after it washed up dead was being exhumed Monday because locals feared its rotting carcass was attracting sharks.
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By AFP
Sydney -
Scientists are attempting to unlock the secrets of the "lost continent" of Zealandia, setting sail Friday to investigate the huge underwater landmass east of Australia that has never been properly studied.
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By AFP
Sydney -
The painstaking search for missing flight MH370 has uncovered a previously unknown undersea world of volcanoes, deep valleys and soaring ridges, according to detailed maps released by Australia.
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By AFP
Eilat -
In the azure waters of the Red Sea, Maoz Fine and his team dive to study what may be the planet's most unique coral: one that can survive global warming, at least for now.
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By AFP
Jerusalem -
Swimmers wanting to avoid being stung by jellyfish may want to watch the sky as much as the sea after Israeli researchers found a link between their arrival and the phase of the moon.
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By AFP
Brest -
Celebrated French marine explorer Jacques Cousteau's iconic ship the Calypso -- out of commission after an accident 20 years ago -- will sail again in a few months, its owners said Thursday.
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By AFP
Auckland -
New Zealand has unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments.
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According to geophysical research from the University of Washington and the Naval Research Laboratory in Mississippi, a previously frozen section of the Arctic Ocean now has massive waves.
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Southampton -
Using advanced climate modelling, new research predicts climate change will have a profound impact on deep-sea marine life. Even the most remote ecosystems in the ocean deeps are likely to be affected by climate change, says a new study.
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Everywhere on the planet, sand is different. Some of it is the Sahara-like stuff, but a lot of it is more like jewelry. It is, literally, beautiful. There are endless varieties of sands. Some look like Mandelbrots, some like classic marble colors.
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This is one piece of news that you probably won’t find cluttering the headlines, where it should be. There are now 3,000 floating robots working on climate and fisheries productivity. It’s called the Argo Project.
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According to CTV.ca News Staff an amazing discovery has been made in the Antarctic.
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RMS Titanic departing from Southampton, for the first and only time, on 10 April 1912 Wikicommons
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