An international team of researchers using the Hubble telescope has found that two Earth-like planets may be largely made of water and covered in oceans 1,000 miles deep. Image shows super-Earth Kepler-138 d in the foreground, undated photo. Astronomers from the University of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada, found out that…
This is the moment a retired US Marine Corps combat engineer shows off a new tool capable of separating microplastics from organic sea matter. https://youtu.be/VjUVVwqZCL8 The Trash Time Machine (TTM) is an open-source invention created by Ray Aivazian III, a former Marine Corps combat engineer and the founder of Stimulating…
Scientists have created fish-shaped robots to swim around and collect microplastics from the oceans’ nooks and crannies. Microplastics, tiny plastic particles that can be harmful to marine animals when ingested, settle at the bottom of waterways and are hard to remove from the environment. Chinese scientists have developed a small,…
The millions of shipwrecks resting in the world’s oceans are increasing the surrounding areas’ microbial richness, according to new research. There are an estimated three million shipwrecks all around the world, according to UNESCO. Now scientists at the University of Southern Mississippi in the United States have taken a closer…
Video Credit: CEN/Museo Ciencias Naturales Miramar These teeth of great white sharks which stalked the world’s oceans 10,000 years ago have been identified years after their discovery. Scientists of the Natural Sciences Museum of Miramar and the Foundation Azara have identified the remains of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) -…
