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Gigantic 'mud waves' buried deep beneath the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally split
Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.
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Scientists stunned as deep-sea camera captures elusive creature nearly 5,000 meters below the ocean's surface: 'The animal disappears from view'
"In each burrow move, the animal disappears from view by retreating into its burrow, then a small mound appears a short ...
Ancient 300-foot-tall mud waves gave rise to Atlantic Ocean
According to geologists at the UK’s Heriot Watt University, gigantic waves of mud and sand sediment about 250 miles off the ...
Plastic may be warming the planet more than we thought
Most models haven’t accounted for how microplastics may increase global warming by disrupting natural cycles that store ...
117 million-year-old mud waves reveal the birth of the Atlantic Ocean
Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers off ...
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117-million-year-old deep-sea mud waves unlock Atlantic Ocean’s birth story
Now, researchers at the Heriot-Watt University have traced its formation event using 117-million-year-old “underwater mud ...
Only 0.001% of deep seafloor has been visually observed in 70 years, roughly equivalent to Rhode Island's area
In a study published today in Science Advances, researchers from the Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule ...
Giant Waves Reveal How the Atlantic Was Born
The Atlantic Ocean may have formed millions of years earlier than previously thought, igniting a period of climate change, scientists found.
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Check Out the First Confirmed Footage of the Colossal Squid, a Rare and Enigmatic Deep-Sea Species
Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...
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First confirmed footage of colossal squid shot in deep sea, century after discovery
It was seen during the live “divestream” feed of a remotely operated vehicle during the Schmidt Ocean Institute and Ocean Census partner expedition searching for new deep-sea species and habitats in ...
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Scars of the sea: World’s first deep-sea mining still haunts the ocean floor
The Blake Plateau, an astonishing deep-sea mountain range, features striking pillars of marine life alongside humanity’s ...