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  Ocean marvel: Largest deep-sea coral reef unveiled, spanning distance equivalent to Delhi to Lahore

  World | January 23, 2024 19:26 IST

  Scientists underscore larger deep-sea reefs may be discovered since only about 25% of the world’s ocean floor has been mapped in high resolution. Only 50% of US offshore waters have been mapped.

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  Dinosaur-killing meteorite instantly acidified the oceans: Study

  Science | October 23, 2019 15:42 IST

  In a first, researchers have found that the dinosaur-killing meteorite that crashed into the Earth 66 million years ago may have instantly acidified the oceans by causing a release of excess sulphur into the atmosphere and the seas. The researchers, including those from Yale University in the US, said that the impact from the space rock pulverised sulphur-rich rocks, and caused the raining-out of sulphuric acid which may have led to increased ocean acidity.  

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  MH370 may not be found on ocean surface: Abbott

  World | April 28, 2014 17:38 IST

  Perth: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today said it was now “highly unlikely” that any debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane will be found on the ocean surface, as he announced a more intensive