Category: Oceanography
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Rapid Loss of Marine Biodiversity: When Will We Pay Attention?
According to UN Climate Change, human-induced global warming has been taking a severe toll on the oceans for decades. Acting as Earth’s natural heat sink, the oceans absorb nearly 90% of the excess heat and energy generated by greenhouse gas emissions trapped in the atmosphere. This relentless absorption of heat is gradually warming the oceans,…
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Why do Deep-Sea Fish Look so Bizarre?
As a child, I grew up chanting the familiar saying during my geography study: “Three-fourths of the Earth is water, and one-fourth is land. Three-fourths of the Earth is water, and one-fourth is land. Three-fourths of…” The words felt like an unshakable truth etched into my young mind. But as the years flowed by, that…