Ocean
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Politics
It’s a Golden Age for Shipwreck Discoveries. Why?
More lost shipwrecks are being found because of new technology, climate change and more vessels scanning the ocean floor for science or commerce.
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Magazine
Alone on the Ocean, With 400,000 Friends
Video dinner parties, spa days, stuffed animals, favorite hoodies and cozy, colorful fleece blankets. Cole Brauer’s Instagram feed hardly feels like the work of someone racing a 40-foot sailboat around the world in the Global Solo Challenge. But Ms ...
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Business
2024 Begins With More Record Heat Worldwide
On the heels of Earth’s warmest year, January was the eighth month in a row in which global temperatures blew past previous records.
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Business
See How Hot 2023 Was in Two Charts. Hint: Record Hot.
Month after month, global temperatures didn’t just break records, they smashed them. This year could be even warmer.
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Politics
Poison Gas Hints at Potential for Life on an Ocean Moon of Saturn
A researcher who has studied the icy world said “the prospects for the development of life are getting better and better on Enceladus.”
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Business
Rapid Antarctic Melting Looks Certain, Even if Emissions Goals Are Met
It may be too late to halt the decline of the West Antarctic ice shelves, a study found, but climate action could still forestall the gravest sea level rise.
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Under a Hellish Ocean Habitat, Bizarre Animals Are Lurking
For the first time, scientists observed tubeworms and other complex ocean creatures dwelling beneath hydrothermal vents.
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Arts
Obsessed with the Ocean, Susan Casey Takes the Plunge
Susan Casey has long been enchanted by the deep ocean. For her book “The Underworld,” she finally got to visit that unforgiving landscape herself.
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World
Vessel Vanishes on a Dive to Titanic Wreck, Setting Off a Search
The submersible vessel carrying five people slipped into the dark waters of the North Atlantic, heading to what remained of the Titanic, 12,500 feet under the sea. The expedition, like many before it, was a testament to the enduring fascination with ...
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Business
Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life
The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and mining of seabeds.