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Primary school geography paints such a neat picture of the world.It tells us, for example, that there are seven continents on Earth, but the truth is far more complex.Researchers are constantly encountering lost landmasses that constitute important pieces in the puzzle of our planet’s geological past.Now, a whole new continent has been found lurking beneath the icy waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean.The discovery was made around the Davis Strait, a large stretch of water located between Canada’s Baffin Island and Greenland.The strait was formed millions of years ago when the tectonic plates between the two islands shifted, reconfiguring the...

Scientists have just discovered a brand new continent

The world’s biggest iceberg, A23a, has been spinning in place north of Antarctica, contrary to expectations that it would be swiftly carried away by the powerful Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Instead of drifting towards its eventual dissolution in the warmer waters of the South Atlantic, A23a has been caught in a Taylor Column—a stationary, rotating water mass—created by an underwater obstruction called the Pirie Bank. This phenomenon, first described by physicist Sir G.I. Taylor in the 1920s, occurs when ocean currents meet seafloor obstructions, causing the water to split and form a vortex. As a result, A23a remains trapped, spinning anti-clockwise by about 15 degrees each day, which delays its decay and prolongs its existence.

World’s Biggest Iceberg Spins in Ocean Trap

Imagine this dire scenario: the Atlantic Ocean's sea currents which bring warm water to Europe collapses, making large swaths of the continent as cold as the Arctic Circle. In a grim turn, that's just the scenario that a team of European scientists are warning about in a new study in the journal Nature Communications: that this catastrophic collapse — along with the ruination of the Amazon rainforest and the melting of polar ice — is on track to actually happen if we continue along our current path.

Major Earth Systems on Track for Collapse, Scientists Find

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Last Sunday marked the world’s hottest day ever, and many parts of the Mediterranean are facing risks of wildfires as a result. The record topped the previous one set a year ago, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Global average temperatures have hit or exceeded a climate threshold for 12 months as climate change continues to threaten the earth.

After The Hottest Day Ever Recorded, Scientists Sound Alarm About Accelerating Pace Of Climate Change

Sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms like plants and algae have long been believed to be the Earth's original producers of oxygen. But now, researchers have found evidence of a natural O2 factory that needs neither the Sun nor the lifeforms that harness its power. The source is a chemical reaction taking place in rocks lying on the lightless seafloor thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, releasing what the researchers have dubbed "dark oxygen."

Scientists Say They've Detected a Strange Source of Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean

Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 25, 2022. It has since been updated. Even as activists continue to face opposition—and even disdain—from climate deniers for attempting to raise awareness about the danger our planet is in, mounting scientific data shows that the world's ice is melting at a rapid pace. According to a study published earlier in 2021, global ice loss has increased rapidly over the past two decades, soaring from about 760 billion tons per year in the 1990s to more than 1.2 trillion tons per year in the 2010s. Meanwhile, a second, NASA-backed study on the Greenland ice sheet found that at least 74 major glaciers that terminate in deep, warming ocean waters are being severely undercut and weakened.

What would the Earth look like if all the ice melted? The answer is terrifying.

Cyprus, an island country in the Mediterranean, is renowned for its sparkling white-sand beaches and turquoise waters. But those beaches are at risk of disappearing within mere decades. What's happening?. Cyprus Mail reported on the alarming news, quoting Cypriot scientist Dr. Giorgos Zittis from the nonprofit research center the Cyprus...

Scientists issue warning after half of nation's beaches expected to vanish in next 50 years: 'These efforts can be stepped up'

Strange structures up to 1,300 feet (around 400 metres) long have been discovered deep beneath the ice in Antarctica.The never-before-seen shapes were uncovered when a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dove 10 miles (17 kilometres) below the Dotson Ice Shelf, in the west of the continent, and travelled more than 600 miles (1,000 kilometres) along the underside of the ice, Live Science reports.The Dotson Ice Shelf is a 30-mile-wide (50 kilometre) chunk of floating ice which is seven times the size of New York City.It is part of the West Antarctic ice sheet, which is home to glaciers that are breaking...

Stunning giant structures found lurking beneath Antarctic ice

The reality of what lies within our oceans has fascinated people since time immemorial, so it’s no wonder we’ve created countless myths about the watery depths.But step aside, Atlantis, scientists have discovered a real Lost City beneath the waves, and this one is teaming with life.The rocky, towering landscape is located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge mountain range, hundreds of metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, and consists of massive walls, columns and monoliths stretching more than 60 metres (200ft) tall.To be clear, it’s not the home of some long-forgotten human civilisation, but that doesn’t make its existence...

'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic is like nothing else we've ever seen on Earth

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An unmanned submarine conducted a first-of-its-kind survey of the underside of an Antarctic glacier.

Drone submarine finds mysterious 1,300-ft-long structures under Antarctic ice

As extreme weather and high temperatures spurred on by humankind's industrial presence continue to impact our planet, we must rely on research and data collection to stay informed. So, it's especially concerning that researchers have discovered a major oversight in Antarctic ice shelf climate models, as Phys.org reported. What's happening?

Scientists make troubling discovery after examining overlooked phenomenon within Antarctica's ice shelves: 'I was surprised'

"With every tenth of a degree of ocean warming, we get closer and closer to passing this tipping point." A new study that accounts for seawater intrusion between ice sheets estimates that other projections about future sea level rise could be too modest. What's happening?. As detailed by the Guardian,...

Scientists sound the alarm after new research points to growing invisible threat putting coastal cities at risk: 'We need very dramatic action'

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

In what can only be described as a herculean accomplishment, a team of scientists has succeeded in bringing to the surface a long, 1,268-meter section of rocks from the Earth’s Mantle. This layer, hidden beneath the crust, forms the largest chunk of our planet. The insights gained from this...

Record-breaking hole drilled into the Earth’s mantle is a scientific goldmine

Ukraine pressed on with a major cross-border incursion into Russia on Friday, also launching a significant air attack on a Russian airfield hundreds of kilometres behind the front lines. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Emmanuelle Chaze.

Ukraine presses on with offensive, hits Russian airbase

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia was constructed as far back as 25,000 BC – though there has since been doubts as to whether the structure was ever man-made at all.In research led by Danny Hilman Natawidjaja of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, and published in the journal Archaeological Prospection, the academics write that “the pyramid’s core consists of meticulously sculpted massive andesite lava” and that the “oldest construction” element of...

'World’s oldest pyramid' built 25,000 years ago was not made by humans, archaeologists claim

Several photos have been circulating online purporting to show Olympic swimmers wearing swimsuits with the message "Not a dude!" crudely emblazoned on their crotches to protest the participation of transgender athletes in the Paris Olympic games. These posts appeared online on July 28 and August 2. However, it turns out...

No, Olympic swimmers weren’t wearing swimsuits emblazoned with a transphobic message

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Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade.

Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the ground

"The hatching success of embryos is a crucial factor for population dynamics." The natural world is especially sensitive to environmental changes, and recent research seems to indicate that shark embryo mortality rates may increase catastrophically by the year 2100. What's happening?. Noémie Coulon, a Ph.D. student at France's Laboratoire de...

Scientists sound the alarm after making troubling discovery in shark embryos: 'We were shocked'

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The El Niño–Southern Oscillation is an unpredictable shift in winds and currents over tropical Pacific waters that significantly affects climates far and wide across the planet.



					
			

It now appears it might have a secret sibling. Dubbed the 'new El Niño', the Southern Hemisphere Circumpolar Wavenumber-4 Pattern emerges further south in the southwestern subtropical Pacific towards Australia and New Zealand. While the region that controls these weather shifts is relatively small, it can also trigger climate shifts across the whole of the Southern Hemisphere.
The international team of researchers who made the discovery say that it's going to be vital in understanding climate...

Mysterious 'New El Niño' Was Just Discovered South of The Equator

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Hottest oceans in 400 years making Great Barrier Reef 'increasingly vulnerable', scientists say

For the past decade, water temperatures along Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef have been the warmest in 400 years, a major study said on Wednesday. Ocean...

Hottest oceans in 400 years making Great Barrier Reef 'increasingly vulnerable', scientists say

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