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Asking a NASA Scientist: Are There Oceans on Other Planets?

You may have noticed by now that there’s a lot of water on Earth. There are four named oceans on our beautiful planet: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. Many countries, including the USA, recognize the Southern or Antarctic ocean…

December 10, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Stop the Plastic Pollution and Save the Oceans, Researchers Unveil a Plan

We know about it, we talk about it, and we’re aware of it: the plastic pollution! Even if we do all of that, very little is being done to solve the issue, and is killing our planet. Experts came up…

July 19, 2021 · by Georgia Nica · 0

National Geographic Reveals the Earth’s 5th Official Ocean

Most of us learned in school that our planet has four oceans: the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian, and the Arctic. But another one is officially added to the list by National Geographic, as a result of more and more…

June 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

LEGO Bricks Can Survive in Oceans for More Than 1,000 Years

A new paper published by a team of American researchers mentions that LEGO bricks can withstand the waters of the ocean for up to 1,300 years. The researchers wanted to learn more about the popular toys, which are notorious for…

March 17, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Viruses In The Oceans Present Interesting Traits, New Research Revealed

A mixed team of researchers from the Swansea University Medical School and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution learned more about viruses present in the sea and on the land and their capability to lead to lethal diseases. They managed to…

June 7, 2019 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Climate Change is Causing Oceans to Absorb more Heat than we Estimated

The modern society has a big problem – people don’t seem to care about future generations. If they did, they would be more careful with nature and the environment, especially now, when we know that climate change has become a…

November 1, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0