Biologists say the inadvertent discovery of sea life on a boulder beneath a 900-metre-thick Antarctic ice shelf challenges our understanding of polar organisms Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267737-life-found-beneath-antarctic-ice-sheet-shouldnt-be-there/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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We heart the Earth and sky
This Valentine’s Day, we find so much to love in the many heart-shaped objects created by Mother Nature that can be found right here on Earth or all the way to the deepest reaches of the sky. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/heart-shaped-objects-in-nature-space-earth-valentines-day…
Earth’s mountains disappeared for a billion years, and then life stopped evolving
For a billion years Earth’s mountains stopped growing, and may have starved the sea of nutrients, new research finds. Source: https://www.livescience.com/earth-mountains-disappear-boring-billion.html
ExoMars discovers new gas and traces water loss on Mars
Sea salt embedded in the dusty surface of Mars and lofted into the planet’s atmosphere has led to the discovery of hydrogen chloride—the first time the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected a new gas. The spacecraft is also providing new information about how Mars is losing its water. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-exomars-gas-loss-mars.html…
Is this the end of the A-68A iceberg?
Satellite images reveal that the once colossal A-68A iceberg has broken into multiple pieces. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/end-of-the-a68a-iceberg-feb2021…
Stressful animation shows blue whale dodging hundreds of ships while trying to feed
Scientists recently animated the hazards of being a blue whale that’s trying to avoid collisions with ships at sea. Source: https://www.livescience.com/whale-stress-animation.html
This ‘pile of rope’ is actually a live sea creature
If you’ve ever come across a coil of colorful ‘rope’ along the shoreline, it might not be quite what it seems. You can often find some unusual things … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343661/this-pile-of-rope-is-actually-a-live-sea-creature…
Denmark Strikes Deal On Artificial Wind Energy Island
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Denmark’s government has agreed to take a majority stake in a 25 billion euro artificial “energy island,” which is to be built 50 miles (80km) offshore, in the middle of the North Sea. The island to the west of the Jutland peninsula will initially have an area of 120,000 sq meters –…
Sea cucumbers pinch out ‘5 Eiffel Towers worth’ of poop per reef, per year
Sea cucumbers poop an incredible amount — and that’s really important. Source: https://www.livescience.com/sea-cucumber-poop-reef.html
The moon rock in Washington National Cathedral
A moon rock collected by Apollo astronauts during the first moon landing is enshrined in a stained-glass window – known as the Space Window – in the Washington National Cathedral. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/moon-rock-washington-national-cathedral-stained-glass-window…