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Stunning satellite image shows immense power of monster 7-story waves in Portugal
An 18-year-old surfer rode a record-breaking 101-foot-wave on the day this image was taken.
Historic sea-level rise predicted by NASA and government task force
In a new collaborative report, NASA and other U.S. government agencies have found that sea levels will rise up to a foot by 2050.
4-story rogue wave that randomly appeared in the Pacific Ocean is the 'most extreme' ever detected
Scientists have confirmed that a 58-foot rogue wave detected by a monitoring buoy off the coast of Canada in 2020 is the 'most extreme' ever recorded.
The deep seafloor is filled with entire branches of life yet to be discovered
The ocean floor is filled with undiscovered evolutionary lineages that help to regulate Earth's climate, a new global study of DNA in deep-ocean sediments finds.
11 strange things that washed ashore in 2021
A rundown of some of the strangest things the sea carried to the shores this year.
28,000 tons of COVID-19 waste now swirling around in our oceans
The pandemic intensified "pressure on this already out-of-control problem."
Project to map entire ocean floor by 2030 passes 20% mark
An ongoing project to map 100% of the global ocean floor by 2030 just passed the 20% mark.
