These nodules, a focus of seabed mining interests, could be natural “geobatteries” and play a larger-than-expected role in the deep-sea ecosystem.
Oceans
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Aliyah Griffith: Ocean Scientist, Explorer, Mermaid
A marine biologist is studying coral reefs and making ocean sciences more tenable for young explorers.
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Waves May Be Crashing on Titan’s Shores
A new study suggests that wind-driven waves could be sculpting the coastlines of the lakes and seas on Saturn’s largest moon.
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Scientists Find Clues to Atlantic Current’s Future in Ancient Iceberg Debris
Modern ice loss from Greenland rivals the most dramatic episodes of ice sheet collapse.
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Microbes Likely Form Magnetite in the South China Sea
Researchers sampled sediment cores and found that where magnetite was abundant, methane-producing bacteria were as well.
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Ocean Impacts on European Winter Weather
State-of-the-art high-resolution models are needed to reveal the ocean’s role in driving extra-tropical weather systems.
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Reactive Barriers Could Keep Nitrate out of the Atlantic
Microbes in mulch scrub nitrate from groundwater before it flows to the sea.
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Physics + Machine Learning Provide a Better Map of Ocean Measurements
A new study offers a compelling example where the merger of dynamical modeling, machine learning, and ocean measurements enhances oceanographic understanding, monitoring, and mapping.
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The Tonga Eruption Left Deep-Sea Life Buried in Ash
When Hunga erupted in 2022, ash “decimated” slow-moving species living on the seafloor. More mobile species were able to hoof it out of harm’s way.
