From Youtube, "Some places are more threatened by rising sea levels than others, but in the end, we'll all be paying a price. Alternate titles include: "Where You Shouldn't Invest in Real Estate," "Places... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 months ago • 287 views • 20:12

The Insane Biology of: The Octopus

posted by BSR 2 months ago • 811 views • 21:27

This strange creature was only discovered by marine biologists in 2007 during a deep water expedition. Teuthidodrilus, commonly known as the "Squidworm", is just as flamboyant as it is strange in appearance.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 week ago • 760 views • 3:38

Wave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things. To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 871 views • 3:16

From Youtube, "Who FILES A LAWSUIT UNDER THE SEA? A depressed Plankton wakes up and goes to the Krusty Krab one morning without a plan to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, telling Karen that... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 29 views • 23:21

Ice lost in Greenland means higher sea levels around the world. "Oceans Melting Greenland," a NASA program in its fourth year, is studying the melt. So far, measurements indicate a rate of melt exceeding... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 1 week ago • 323 views • 3:27

YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,833 views • 3:58

YouTube description: Dig in to the history of the Roman Empire’s staged gladiatorial naval battles and how they flooded the Colosseum to reenact famous battles. Starting in 80 CE, residents of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 7 months ago • 427 views • 4:20

"Pacific mole crabs, also known as sand crabs, make their living just under the surface of the sand, where they're safe from breaking waves and hungry birds. Some very special physics help them dig with... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 86 views • 3:52

YouTube description: Their skeletons are prized by beachcombers, but sand dollars look way different in their lives beneath the waves. Covered in thousands of purple spines, they have a bizarre diet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 510 views • 4:23

YouTube description: Less than 2 percent of the ocean floor has been explored by scientists. “Every time we go to the deep sea, we find new species of organisms,” explains geobiologist Victoria... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 128 views • 9:46

YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months ago • 444 views • 3:30

This video shows a deep-sea squid Gonatus onyx fighting to eat an owlfish Pseudobathylagus milleri. It was recorded using remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.

posted by newtboy 2 years 5 months ago • 818 views • 2:17

Jadon Anderson on his career sat diving. "My deepest was 621 feet" "When you drop out into the unknown- and you know, I could be the first person that’s actually stood here. You’re in a different... continue reading

posted by nanrod 2 years 5 months ago • 660 views • 3:18

Kurzgesagt on detonating a nuclear bomb in the Marianas Trench.

posted by w1ndex 2 years 6 months 1 week ago • 688 views • 6:03

Earth’s outer shell is made of two materials whose different densities and thicknesses give rise to two distinct “levels” on the planet’s surface.

posted by Mekanikal 2 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 773 views • 3:10

Until recently, Canada didn't have a road link to the Arctic Ocean. But last year, the all-weather Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway opened, which meant that finally the country was connected "from sea to sea... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 7 months ago • 1,370 views • 3:16

"Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all..." ... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 514 views • 3:30

YouTube description: When the small Japanese seaside town of Susami needed a tourism boost, an unlikely resident came to the rescue: the town’s postmaster. Together with the local diving community,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years ago • 449 views • 2:55

YouTube description: On the little island of Kihnu, seven miles off the coast of Estonia, women run the show. The island still functions as one of the last matriarchal societies left in the world. Historically,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 654 views • 2:54