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The ocean is on track to become so acidic that sharks could quite literally lose their bite, new research found.
Science & Energy

As Ocean Water Gets Worse, Sharks’ Teeth Start to Dissolve

By Frank Landymore

New climate research suggests the Antarctic sea is experiencing rapid disruptions that could represent a global climate "tipping point."
Climate Change

The Climate Is Officially Getting So Bad That It’s Unrecoverable

By Frank Landymore

Over the weekend, a huge swarm of jellyfish forced the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station in France to take four of its six reactors offline.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by Furious Jellyfish

By Joe Wilkins

New research warns that several methods of using the ocean for carbon removal could drastically deplete it of oxygen.
Climate Change

Using the Ocean to Suck Up CO2 Could Come With the Small, Unintended Side Effect of Wiping Out Marine Life

By Frank Landymore

For the past two decades, vast swathes of the oceans have been darkening as sunlight penetrates at shallower depths than it once did.
Environment

A Strange Darkness Is Spreading Throughout the Oceans

By Frank Landymore

Harrowing footage from David Attenborough's new documentary OCEAN shows an up close look of the devastating effects of bottom trawling.
Environment

Heartbreaking Video Shows Fish Fleeing Huge Nets

By Frank Landymore

There's a big catch to the first ever footage of a colossal squid capturing roaming in its natural habitat.
Science & Energy

Scientists Take First Ever Video of Colossal Squid in the Wild… With One Comical Issue

By Frank Landymore

The dormant algae cells remained buried at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for thousands of years, and made a full recovery once revived.
Science & Energy

Scientists Revive Organism Found Buried at Bottom of Ocean

By Frank Landymore

Sailors have reported glowing stretches of "milky seas" for centuries, but scientists are still struggling to explain what causes them.
Science & Energy

Scientists Investigating Patches of Ocean With Otherworldly Glow

By Frank Landymore

Using drones, a team of researchers have captured the first footage of narwhals using their tusks in the wild.
Science & Energy

Behold Rare Footage of What Narwhals Actually Use Their Tusks For

By Frank Landymore

An unusual number of great white sharks are turning up dead, and scientists are struggling to understand why.
Brain

Great White Sharks Are Suddenly Washing Up Dead With Swollen Brains

By Frank Landymore

The scientists were tracking a seven-foot long porbeagle shark, which is a formidable predator in its own right.
Science & Energy

Scientists Alarmed as Shark Tracker Suddenly Shows Up Inside Larger Creature

By Frank Landymore

A single male bottlenosed dolphin, who may just be trying to be friendly, is believed to be behind a string of attacks on beachgoers.
Science & Energy

Dolphin Who Keeps Attacking Swimmers May Be Motivated by Sex, Experts Say

By Frank Landymore

This ocean dead zone is larger than average this year, NOAA said, leaving thousands of square miles of water depleted of oxygen.
Science & Energy

Scientists Alarmed by Enormous Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico

By Frank Landymore

Rocks lying on the seafloor could be causing a chemical reaction that produces oxygen, upending beliefs on how oxygen first filled the Earth.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say They’ve Detected a Strange Source of Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean

By Frank Landymore

To fend off climate change, some propose removing CO2 from the ocean so that it can store even more of the greenhouse gas.
Climate Change

Startups Working on Using the Ocean as Huge Waste Dump for CO2 to Save Earth From Climate Change

By Frank Landymore