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Ice age may help predict oceans' response to global warming: Study
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A team of scientists led by a Tulane University oceanographer discovered that deposits deep beneath the ocean floor provide a means to estimate ocean oxygen levels and their relationship to carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere during the last ice age, which ended more than 11,000 years a
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Titan submersible crew dead after "catastrophic implosion": US Coast Guard
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
After an extraordinary five-day international search operation near the site of the world's most famous shipwreck, the tail cone and other debris of the submersible were found by a remotely operated vehicle about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on the ocean floor about 900 east of Cap
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Chinese sand dredgers 'stealing' Taiwan's Matsu islands in bid to bring Ta
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 17 (ANI): Chinese sand dredgers are edging closer to Taiwan's Matsu Islands and entering Taiwan-controlled waters, spending hours pumping up tons of sand from the ocean floor. They have sparked panic over the disturbance of residents, spoiling of coasts, diminishing bea
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Melting of ice sheets rapidly increase methane in environment, study affir
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], April 30 (ANI): Melting of the Arctic ice sheets caused rapid methane release from the ocean floor during the last two deglaciations, according to a new study led by scientists at The University of Tromso - The Arctic University of Norway.
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Researchers discover 'stormquakes', earthquake-like seismic activity gener
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): In a new discovery, researchers have found what they have termed 'stormquakes' described as new geophysical phenomenon where a hurricane or any other strong storm can produce vibrations in the nearby ocean floor as strong as a magnitude 3.5 earthquake.
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Earth recycles ocean floor into diamonds, researchers discovered
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): Have you ever wondered where precious diamonds come from? It is most likely made out of recycled seabed cooked deep in the Earth.
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‘Human made CO2 dissolving seafloor’
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 30 (ANI): According to a recent study, alterations to the ocean floor - as a result of human activity - have raised fears for the future.
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Japan's NTT Communications strengthens underwater cable laying abilit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 24 (ANI): The internet connects people and things around the world. Optical cables placed along the ocean floor provide more than 99 percent of international communications.
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Earthquake of 6.5 magnitude jolts California coast
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
California[U.S.], Dec. 8 (ANI): A 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook the ocean floor about 100 miles off the northern California coast on Thursday morning, causing weak to light shaking in coastal communities in parts of that state and Oregon, the US Geological Survey(USGS) said.
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