Ocean
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NASA's BRUIE to hunt for life on distant ocean worlds
Science | Nov 24, 2019, 11:53 PM ISTThe underwater rover is NASA's hope for exploring distant ocean worlds, such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus.
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Satellites to detect stranded whales from space
Science | Oct 20, 2019, 09:16 PM ISTIt is hoped that in the future the technique will lead to real-time information as stranding events happen.
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Swimming in oceans ups infection risk: Study
Jun 23, 2019, 06:37 PM IST"Our data demonstrate for the first time that ocean water exposure can alter the diversity and composition of the human skin microbiome," said Marisa Chattman Nielsen, a PhD student at the University of California, Irvine in the US.
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Deep ocean mission on cards: Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan
India | Jun 04, 2019, 11:20 PM ISTThe government was in the process of formulating the "deep ocean mission" programme, encompassing various aspects of oceans in an integrated framework, said Harsh Vardhan, here on Tuesday, after taking the charge of Earth Sciences Ministry.
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UN to hold 2020 ocean conference in Lisbon
World | May 10, 2019, 12:39 PM ISTThe UNGA "decides that the overarching theme of the conference shall be "scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and solutions."
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Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches
May 09, 2019, 02:07 PM ISTOrganisms at the ocean surface have incorporated this "bomb carbon" into the molecules that make up their bodies since the late 1950s.
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Warming oceans can increase frequency of extreme rain storms
Jan 30, 2019, 04:37 PM ISTThe study team, led by Hartmut Aumann of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, found that extreme storms -- those producing at least 3 millimetres of rain per hour over a 25-kilometre area -- formed when the sea surface temperature was higher than about 28 degrees Celsius.
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Oceans warming faster than previously thought, says new research
Jan 13, 2019, 05:39 PM ISTOcean heating is critical marker of climate change because an estimated 93 per cent of the excess solar energy trapped by greenhouse gases accumulates in the world's oceans.
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Ocean warming is accelerating faster than thought, suggests research
Jan 11, 2019, 11:57 AM ISTOcean heating is critical marker of climate change because an estimated 93 per cent of the excess solar energy trapped by greenhouse gases accumulates in the world's oceans.
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Aaj Ka Viral: 5000 billion plastic materials sworming Pacific Ocean?
Aaj Ka Viral | Jun 01, 2018, 10:12 PM ISTAaj Ka Viral: 5000 billion plastic materials sworming Pacific Ocean?
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Smoke-rings spotted in South Pacific Ocean from space
Dec 27, 2017, 07:09 PM ISTThe smoke-rings were spotted by analysing sea level measurements taken from satellites together with sea surface temperature images from the same time and place.
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NASA’s Cassini finds subsurface ocean lying deep within Saturn's moon Dione
World | Oct 06, 2016, 06:46 PM ISTA subsurface ocean lies deep within Saturn's moon Dione, offering a long lived habitable zone for microbial life, suggests a new data from the Cassini mission. Two other moons of Saturn, Titan and Enceladus,
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Arctic sea ice hits second lowest level ever recorded, reveal scientists
World | Sep 19, 2016, 11:53 AM ISTThe sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean this summer is at its second lowest ever recorded, a report has found. Scientists have found that the ice levels have plummeted to the minimum extent of
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Ocean warming poses considerable threat to food production in India: Study
World | Sep 13, 2016, 10:31 AM ISTWarming oceans are not only spreading diseases among animals, humans and marine lives but also hampering food security in many countries. A recent study has red-flagged change in weather patterns due to warming of
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Elephant seals to measure changing ocean currents, claim Australian-led researchers
World | Aug 24, 2016, 07:42 PM ISTElephant seals could help in observing changes in the circulation of the world's oceans, findings of latest research has revealed. The international researchers, led by the University of Tasmania's Dr Guy Williams, used sensors
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Seashell ‘spotted’ on Mars surface indicates life once existed on the Red Planet
World | Jul 29, 2016, 12:49 PM ISTAlien hunters believe that there was a primitive ocean on Mars that had more water than the Arctic Sea. A broken seashell spotted on the surface further indicates that life once inhabited the ancient sea.
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2 planes crash in mid-air, plunge into ocean off Los Angeles
World | Feb 06, 2016, 01:01 PM ISTLOS ANGELES: Two small planes collided in midair Friday and plunged into the ocean off of Los Angeles harbor. There was no immediate word of any survivors, authorities said.The planes collided at around 3:30 p.m.
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NASA probe spots global ocean on Saturn's moon
World | Sep 16, 2015, 12:50 PM ISTWashington: There is a vast water reservoir beneath the icy crust on Saturn's moon Enceladus - now dubbed as “global ocean” - that is behind the fine spray of water vapour and icy particles NASA's
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India-Bangladesh to have historic expedition in October
India | Jul 13, 2015, 01:44 PM ISTPanaji: Indian scientists along with their Bangladeshi counterparts will study the waters in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Bangladesh which they claimed will be the "first ever" study in the region. Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography
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Boeing 777 missing mystery: How can jet disappear? In the ocean, it's not hard
World | Mar 11, 2014, 05:02 PM ISTKuala Lumpur: In an age when people assume that any bit of information is just a click away, the thought that a jetliner could simply disappear over the ocean for more than two days is