Secret Superhighways: How Microscopic Life Transforms the Deep Ocean
Researchers have discovered that tiny ocean organisms are transported to deeper waters by currents called intrusions, playing ...
World's oldest underwater city discovered in Greece in major archaeology breakthrough
Pavlopetri in Greece is a small islet off the coast of Laconia in the southern Peloponnese. Deep into the Mediterranean Sea, ...
Underwater caves yield clues that may help explain early expansion of Homo sapiens into ...
Archaeological surveys led by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis suggest that coastal and underwater cave sites ...
A compost in the sea that produces oxygen
Researchers studied the fate of the material produced by Posidonia seagrass meadows. This study, carried out in the Mediterranean Sea at STARESO, shows that the dead leaves of what is commonly known ...
Sicily’s Hidden Underwater Caves: New Discoveries Reveal Ancient Human Secrets
Recent findings in southern Sicily's cave sites offer groundbreaking insights into early human migrations in the ...
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The conservation status of cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea
A total of 24 cetacean species have been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea, of which 10 are considered to be resident. This second regional IUCN Red List assessment on the cetacean species in the ...
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Deep-sea mining
The seafloor contains an extensive array of geological features. These include abyssal plains 3,500–6,500m below the sea surface, volcanic underwater mountains known as seamounts, hydrothermal vents ...
Archaeology breakthrough after 2,500-year-old city sunken off Africa's coast found
The city was founded in the 8th century BCE and was inhabited for centuries before it sank into the Mediterranean Sea.