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‘Giant’ monolith discovered towering on Pacific floor, NOAA says. ‘Super weird’
A mysterious stone monolith has been found towering over the Pacific Ocean seafloor like a giant finger, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. The pillar is 49 feet high, 36 feet long and and 13 feet ...
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A Live Colossal Squid Was Just Seen In The Deep Ocean For The First Time
In 1925, scientists first described the colossal squid, the largest invertebrate on Earth. Exactly 100 years later, in March ...
Sea lions, dolphins, now a whale: Ocean giant is latest victim of SoCal’s toxic algal bloom
A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning, according to ...
Giant Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record
For centuries, rogue waves were considered nothing but nautical folklore. It wasn't until 1995 that myth became fact. On the ...
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NSWC Carderock; The US Navy's Giant Indoor Ocean
Storms, rogue waves, and underwater chaos—simulated in a warehouse. Meet the Indoor Ocean, where the U.S. Navy pushes ships ...
Colossal squid captured on camera for the first time, scientists say
A colossal squid was filmed in its natural environment by scientists for the first time, according to the Schmidt Ocean ...
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Thousands of Giant Tortoises Anchor a Thriving Ecosystem on Aldabra, a Remote Atoll in the Indian Ocean
The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...
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Sea lions, dolphins, now a whale: Ocean giant is latest victim of SoCal's toxic algal bloom
The algae bloom was the result of an upswell in the ocean that brought up enough nutrients to the surface to allow the algae to thrive, he said. Other experts also point to climate change and the ...