‘It’s still working!’ Metal-detecting divers discover luxury watch worth thousands of pounds on sea bed off Corfu Stephen Kershaw found a luxury Breitling watch hidden on a sea bed on May 8 He used a handheld metal detector to rummage for buried treasure in Corfu With the help of his friend Simon, he found the luxury … Read more
Incredible Go-Pro footage shows riders twisting and turning for over 800 feet along the world’s longest water slide at sea The Blaster is one of the brand new slides on board Royal Caribbean’s revamped Navigator of the Seas liner It sees riders propelled in a two-person raft through twists, turns, over hills and down thrilling … Read more
Global sea levels could rise as much as 10ft (3 metres) if the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica collapses. Sea level rises threaten cities from Shanghai to London, to low-lying swathes of Florida or Bangladesh, and to entire nations such as the Maldives. In the UK, for instance, a rise of 6.7ft (2 metres) or more … Read more
MIT scientists create device that will REBULID island coastlines threatened by rising sea levels by using the power of ocean waves to push sand toward the shoreline MIT researchers designed a way to grow shorelines by using the power of waves Submersible bladders are placed on the ocean floor simulating reefs or rocks They work … Read more
Sea turtles dig decoy nests and leave false trails on the beaches where they lay their eggs to protect them from predators, study finds Sea turtles spend considerable time spreading sand around after laying eggs Scientists previously believed this behaviour was to camouflage the nests But a study has revealed it actually creates decoy nests which are intended … Read more
California’s superbloom was expected to ‘be bust’ due to a historical drought that plagued the state earlier this year. However, a ‘March Miracle’ brought significant rainfall that birthed fields of fiery orange poppies across the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve landscape. NASA has now shared a stunning image of the wildflowers as seen from space, which … Read more
U.S Navy sends four warships to Russia’s Barents Sea for the first time since the Cold War to ‘conduct maritime security operations’ The US Navy confirmed Monday that three destroyers and one support ship had been joined by the Royal Navy’s HMS Kent in the mission U.S. Navy surface ships have not operated in the … Read more
Shrinking snow caps in the Himalayas are causing the spread of toxic green algae so big it can be seen from space, a new study has found. US research based on NASA images found blooms of the marine species Noctiluca scintillans, known as ‘sea sparkle’, lining coastlines around the Arabian Sea. Noctiluca scintillans, a millimetre-size … Read more
Ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland shrinking and melting since 2003 have contributed towards a global sea level rise, a NASA funded study revealed. Researchers at the University of Washington examined data from two space lasers that were able to make the most precise measurements of the ice sheets to date. They found the net … Read more
Up to 30,000 North Sea oil and gas jobs could be cut unless Government steps up support By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 27 April 2020 Up to 30,000 North Sea oil and gas jobs could be cut unless the Government steps up support, … Read more