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Cormorants Are Helping Characterize Coastal Ocean Environments

by R. A. Orben, A. G. Peck-Richardson, G. Wilson, D. Ardağ and J. A. Lerczak 23 September 202111 July 2023

The Cormorant Oceanography Project is using sensors deployed on diving marine birds to collect broadly distributed oceanographic data in coastal regions around the world.

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Meteotsunami Spotted for the First Time in the Persian Gulf

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 31 July 201917 May 2022

The Persian Gulf, a region with high-end resorts and oil-related infrastructure dotting its shorelines, was hit in 2017 by weather-induced waves that rolled roughly a kilometer inland.

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Ancient River Discovery Confirms Mediterranean Nearly Dried Up in the Miocene

Mara Johnson-Groh, Science Writer by Mara Johnson-Groh 25 March 201931 May 2023

Sedimentary deposits reveal a Nile-sized river system flowing from what are today Turkey and Syria.

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UAE-Oman Mountains Give Clues to Oceanic Crust and Mantle Rocks

by S. Pilia, M. Y. Ali, A. B. Watts and M. P. Searle 9 December 20154 August 2023

When oceanic plates meet continental plates, the continental plates usually come out on top. Cases where this is reversed provide valuable access to oceanic crust and mantle materials.

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