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December 17, 20254 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNew Views of Solar System Moons Complicate Ocean Worlds TheoryOceans hiding within the crusts of distant moons…

Residents remove their belongings from flood-damaged homes in Meureudu, Indonesia.Credit: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA/ShutterstockIn late November, three tropical cyclones — Senyar, Ditwah and Koto — devastated cities and…

Joe MacInnis admits there are simply too many places to begin telling the story of life in the ocean depths. At 88, the famed Canadian undersea…

November 13, 20253 min readChinese Expedition Reveals Unexplored Section of Mysterious Arctic Ocean RidgeOceanographers hope to find otherworldly ecosystems at hydrothermal vents on the Arctic seafloorBy…

The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean.Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe Research TeamChinese scientists have become the first to visit…

A carnivorous “death ball” sponge discovered almost 12,000 feet deep in the Southern Ocean. The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census / Schmidt Ocean Institute Scientists have discovered…

Two of the most important coral species that made up Florida’s reef are now functionally extinct after a withering ocean heatwave caused catastrophic losses, scientists have…

A marine heatwave known as a blob was especially severe this year in the north-western and central Pacific Ocean, which could lead in the coming months…

Wilhelms, D. E. The geologic history of the Moon. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348 (1987).Potter, R. W. K., Collins, G. S., Kiefer, W. S.,…

Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns.Earth has been pushed past multiple physical and chemical boundaries crucial for…