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Sharp depletion in soil moisture drives land water to flow into oceans, contributing to sea level rise

The increasing frequency of once-in-a-decade agricultural and ecological drought has underscored the urgency of studying hydrological changes. A research team…

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Oceans are heating faster in two bands stretching around globe

The world's oceans are heating faster in two bands stretching around the globe, one in the southern hemisphere and one…

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‘Scratching’ more than the ocean’s surface to map global microplastic movement

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every…

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Trump is loosening red tape to help America’s $20 billion seafood trade deficit. Conservation groups worry overfishing could unravel the ocean’s ‘safety net’

President Donald Trump's executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing groups and condemnation…

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Earth’s oceans weren’t always blue, scientists say

Earth’s oceans may not have always been as brilliantly blue as they are today. In fact, there may have been…

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Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as…

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Sharks and rays benefit from global warming, but not from CO2 in the Oceans

Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the…

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Finally, an answer to why Earth’s oceans have been on a record-hot streak

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Earth’s oceans caught a fever in March 2023…

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