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In 2000, San Diego sank the 366-foot HMCS Yukon off Mission Beach; from 2015 to 2020, nine divers recorded 237 observations across 58 marine speciesThe HMCS Yukon, a Canadian warship, was intentionally sunk near Mission Beach to foster a new artificial reef. Initial research from 2004 i...- A massive jellyfish swarm clogged cooling-water filters at France’s Gravelines nuclear plant, forcing three reactors offline and cutting output at a fourthA French nuclear facility faced major shutdowns as massive jellyfish invaded its cooling systems, resembling an incident from last year. Th...
- 2026 Super El Niño Forecast: What happens this winter could shock California, here's whyCalifornia anticipates a dangerous winter with record coastal sea levels. A rapidly strengthening El Niño threatens increased flooding and ...
- Built to hunt enemy submarines during World War II, this device later transformed our understanding of the seafloorWorld War II fluxgate magnetometer: A World War II device found new scientific purpose after the war. Oceanographers refitted the fluxgate ...
- In 2023, San Diego researchers released bright pink dye into an estuary plume to study how runoff moves through breaking surfResearchers dyed ocean water pink to track storm runoff at Torrey Pines. This experiment, called PiNC, used non-toxic dye released into Los...
- You’re the centerpiece in a phenomenon not seen in 30 million yearsEarth's atmosphere has surpassed 430 ppm of carbon dioxide in May 2025, a record high in millions of years, primarily due to human activiti...
- Legendary doom fish returns to California, believed to signal disaster; here's what's in storeIn a recent development it has been known that the rare oarfish which is also known as the legendary doom fish and is hugely believed as a ...
- Subglacial meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers could accelerate retreat, study findsResearchers have found that subglacial discharge, or meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers, could be causing glacier...
- This giant fish still around from dinosaur era can live for 100 yearsCoelacanths, which have been around for 400 million years, were thought extinct until they were found alive in 1938 off South Africa.
- Carbon dioxide reaches dangerous levels, more than plants can take inThe average carbon dioxide level for May was 419.13 parts per mn.
- CO2 reaches its highest level in more than 4 million yearsThree centuries ago, before the beginning of the industrial age, geological records show that number was 280 ppm. In other words, by burnin...
- Ocean's average temperature is 3.5 degree CelsiusNew York, Jan 4 (IANS) The modern ocean's average temperature is 3.5 degrees Celsius, says a study that identified a new way to measure the...
- First nuclear explosion helps test Moon's formation theoryThe test samples analysed were collected between 10 meters and 250 meters from ground zero at the Trinity test site in New Mexico.
- Carbon dioxide jumps by 3.05 parts per million in 2015, largest y-o-y rise in 56 yearsIn February 2016, the average global atmospheric CO2 level stood at 402.59 ppm. Prior to 1800, atmospheric CO2 averaged about 280 ppm.
- Scientists map April 2015 Nepal earthquakeThe study assessed the presence of low frequency and high frequency waves over the three stages of the earthquake.
- Antarctic ice shelves rapidly thinning: StudyThe thickness of Antarctica's floating ice shelves has decreased by 18 per cent in certain areas over nearly two decades, warns a study.
- NF3 contributes more to global warming than CO2A new research indicates that another powerful and highly potent greenhouse gas, nitrogen trifluoride, is thousands of times more effective...
- Keeping carbon emission to 2005 levels not enoughPainting a grim picture, a new study shows that even if greenhouse gas emissions are fixed at 2005 levels, irreversible warming will lead t...
- Climate change may dry up US water sourceMan-made factors, including climate change, could dry up a key source of water for millions of Americans living in southwestern United Stat...
- Forum to discuss funding for green economyWays to cut emission & the necessary funds required for green economy will be the top agenda of a meeting of world's environment ministers.
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