Tag Archives: open ocean

Cleaning clothes dirties oceans

By Stephen Ornes / October 5, 2011
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Washing polyester fabrics sends plastics to sea

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Swirling seas of plastic trash

By Amanda Rose Martinez / June 22, 2011
The ocean dumps literally tons of plastic trash on Hawaii’s Kamilo Beach each year. Credit: Amanda Rose Martinez

Long-lasting oceanic garbage threatens marine life

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Life beneath the ‘berg

By Stephen Ornes / June 1, 2011
Icebergs support thriving communities of living organisms above and below the water’s surface.

Scientists find Antarctic icebergs play a new and bigger role in the climate cycle

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The Pacific Ocean’s Bald Spot

By Carolyn Gramling / October 13, 2006

A large swath of seafloor at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean lacks sediment.

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Drilling Deep for Fuel

By Emily Sohn / September 24, 2004

Stores of natural gas created by high temperatures and pressures may nestle deep in Earth’s mantle.

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Deep Drilling at Sea

By Kate Ramsayer / August 30, 2004

Drilling holes deep into the seafloor unveils the ocean’s past and hints at Earth’s future.

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