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Mussels Inspire A Glue That Works Underwater
Environment

Mussels Inspire A Glue That Works Underwater

By Francie Diep

9 Stunning Photos Of Pacific Northwest Sealife
Environment

9 Stunning Photos Of Pacific Northwest Sealife

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach
Science

Massive slick of anchovy shoal up for a day at the beach

By Popular Science Team

What Happens To A Human Who Spends A Month Under The Sea?
Environment

What Happens To A Human Who Spends A Month Under The Sea?

By Brian Lam

John Steinbeck’s 1966 Plea To Create A NASA For The Oceans
Science

John Steinbeck’s 1966 Plea To Create A NASA For The Oceans

By Rose Pastore

Survey Finds Trash In The Remotest Ocean Floors
Environment

Survey Finds Trash In The Remotest Ocean Floors

By Francie Diep

What Would Happen If Everyone Peed In The Ocean At The Same Time?
Environment

What Would Happen If Everyone Peed In The Ocean At The Same Time?

By Lacey Henry

This Scary Giant Black Jellyfish Is Stinging Swimmers In Southern California
Environment

This Scary Giant Black Jellyfish Is Stinging Swimmers In Southern California

By Dan Nosowitz

A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents
Environment

A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents

By Flora Lichtman

Scientists Discover Massive Methane-Based Ecosystem
Environment

Scientists Discover Massive Methane-Based Ecosystem

By Shaunacy Ferro

In The Future We Will All Live In Photosynthetic French Sea Pods
Environment

In The Future We Will All Live In Photosynthetic French Sea Pods

By Shaunacy Ferro

James Cameron Donates His Custom-Built Submarine To Science
Environment

James Cameron Donates His Custom-Built Submarine To Science

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: What Is Sea Foam? Where Does It Come From?
Science

FYI: What Is Sea Foam? Where Does It Come From?

By Emily Elert

Ambitious $1 Billion Project Aims To Drill A Hole All The Way To Earth’s Mantle
Environment

Ambitious $1 Billion Project Aims To Drill A Hole All The Way To Earth’s Mantle

By Rebecca Boyle

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Technology

Plastic-Eating Underwater Drone Could Swallow the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Rebecca Boyle

Ultra-Tough Mantis Shrimp Claws Could Lead to Better Body Armor
Environment

Ultra-Tough Mantis Shrimp Claws Could Lead to Better Body Armor

By Rebecca Boyle

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea
Environment

How It Works: Building a Kilometer-Long Pipe Deep Under the Sea

By Rebecca Boyle

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way
Science

An Ocean of Data: Looking for Sunken Treasure in a New Way

By Brooke Borel

200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World’s Oldest Living Organism
Environment

200,000-Year-Old Patch of Seagrass Is the World’s Oldest Living Organism

By Dan Nosowitz

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising
Environment

Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation to Australia If Sea Keeps Rising

By Rebecca Boyle

Drill, Don’t Kill: Lessons From Two Underground Lakes
Environment

Drill, Don’t Kill: Lessons From Two Underground Lakes

By Ryan Bradley

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean
Environment

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Single-Celled Creatures As Big As Your Fist Found in Mariana Trench
Science

Video: Single-Celled Creatures As Big As Your Fist Found in Mariana Trench

By Clay Dillow

Ocean Explorers Find Largest Virus Ever Seen, 20 Times Bigger than the Average Bug
Environment

Ocean Explorers Find Largest Virus Ever Seen, 20 Times Bigger than the Average Bug

By Rebecca Boyle

Google Earth Goes Under the Sea
Environment

Google Earth Goes Under the Sea

By Jennie Walters

To Harvest Natural Gas From the Ocean, Shell Is Building the World’s Largest Man-Made Floating Object
Environment

To Harvest Natural Gas From the Ocean, Shell Is Building the World’s Largest Man-Made Floating Object

By Rebecca Boyle

Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones
Environment

Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones

By Rowan Jacobsen

Saving the Seas: Fixing the Water Cycle Is the Key
Environment

Saving the Seas: Fixing the Water Cycle Is the Key

By Abe Streep

Saving the Seas: Bleaching Threatens Coral, But Phage Therapy Could Prevent “Ghostly” Reefs
Environment

Saving the Seas: Bleaching Threatens Coral, But Phage Therapy Could Prevent “Ghostly” Reefs

By Paul Kvinta

Putting a Price on Carbon Could Slow Oceans’ Acidification
Environment

Putting a Price on Carbon Could Slow Oceans’ Acidification

By Donovan Hohn

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean
Science

Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean

By Dan Nosowitz

Yard-Long Undersea Bug Terrorizes Robo-Sub, Internet
Science

Yard-Long Undersea Bug Terrorizes Robo-Sub, Internet

By Clay Dillow

Seastead, Ahoy!
Environment

Seastead, Ahoy!

By Devanshu Patel

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